Artists
- Magdalena Koženámezzo-soprano
- Simon Rattlepiano
- Daishin Kashimotoviolin
- Rahel Maria Rillingviolin
- Amihai Groszviola
- Andrew Marrinerclarinet
- Dávid Adorjáncello
- Kaspar Zehnderflute
- Kaspar Zehnderflute
Archived Event
Brahms, Dvořák, Stravinsky and more
Magdalena Kožená, Sir Simon Rattle and Friends
- Date
- Fri 29 Jan 2016, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Ernest Chausson1855-1899
- Chanson perpétuelle Op. 37
- Igor Stravinsky1882-1971
- Three Songs from William Shakespeare
- Richard Strauss1864-1949
- 3 Lieder der Ophelia Op. 67
- Maurice Ravel1875-1937
- Chansons madécasses
Interval
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- Ophelia-Lieder WoO. 22
- 2 Songs with viola Op. 91
- Leoš Janáček1854-1928
- Ríkadla (Nursery Rhymes)
- Antonín Dvořák1841-1904
- Gypsy Songs Op. 55:
- My song of love rings through the dusk
- The gypsy songman
- In pain, my heart often broods Op. 2 No. 3
- When a Maiden Was a-Mowing Op. 73 No. 2
- Gypsy Songs Op. 55:
- Songs my mother taught me
- Come and join the dancing
Encore
- Antonín Dvořák1841-1904
- Goodnight, My Darling Op. 73 No. 1
- Richard Strauss1864-1949
- Morgen Op. 27 No. 4
Overview
Sir Simon Rattle makes his Wigmore Hall debut as pianist in companywith Magdalena Kožená and outstanding musicians from Berlin, Bern andLondon.
Their programme opens with Chausson’s last completed work,offers contrasting responses to Shakespeare’s troubled Ophelia, andembraces songs of Kožená’s Czech homeland, Dvořák’s evergreen ‘Songsmy mother taught me’ and Janáček’s irresistible Rikadla among them.