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Mozart, Mendelssohn and the Italians
Nash Ensemble; John Mark Ainsley tenor
Date
Sat 12 Dec 2015, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Nash Ensemble
    • John Mark Ainsleytenor

    Programme

    • Ottorino Respighi
      1879-1936
        • Deità silvane
          (arranged by David Matthews for tenor and ensemble)
        • Stornellatrice
    • Gioachino Rossini
      1792-1868
        • Soirées musicales
          :
        • La partenza
        • La gita in gondola
        • La promessa

    Overview

    Mozart’s earliest string quintet and Mendelssohn’slate Second Quintet, with its impassioned slowmovement, frame this fascinating programme.

    John Mark Ainsley joins the Nash for the concert’sItalian element, Respighi’s magical portraits ofthe ‘woodland deities’ of antiquity, and songswritten during Rossini’s long retirement as anopera composer.

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