Artists
- Nash Ensemble
- Roderick Williamsbaritone
Archived Event
Mozart, Mendelssohn and the Italians
Nash Ensemble; Roderick Williams baritone
- Date
- Sat 16 Jan 2016, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Luigi Boccherini1743-1805
- String Quintet in C major G310
- Hugo Wolf1860-1903
- Italian Serenade in G
- Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847
- Songs with piano
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791
- String Quintet in G minor K516
Overview
One of the graceful quintets with two cellos bythe Italian-born, Spanish-based Luigi Boccheriniopens this programme; the most dramatic andintense of Mozart’s quintets with two violascloses it.
In between come a quartet movementby Hugo Wolf drenched in Italian sunshine,and a group of Mendelssohn songs sung byRoderick Williams.