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Mendelssohn, Rossini, Dallapiccola and Berio
Nash Ensemble; Christine Rice; Jamie Phillips
Date
Sat 05 Mar 2016, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Nash Ensemble
    • Christine Ricemezzo-soprano
    • Jamie Phillipsconductor

    Programme

    • Felix Mendelssohn
      1809-1847
        • A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 61
          :
        • Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream (arranged by David Matthews for ensemble)
        • Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor Op. 66
    • Gioachino Rossini
      1792-1868
        • L'italiana in Algeri
          :
        • Overture to Italian Girl in Algiers (arranged by Graham Sheen for wind quintet)
    • Luciano Berio
      1925-2003
        • Folk Songs
          :
        • Black is the colour
        • I wonder as I wonder
        • Loosin yelav
        • Rossignolet du bois
        • A la femminisca
        • La donna ideale
        • Ballo
        • Motettu de tristura
        • Malourous qu'o uno fenno
        • Lo Fiolaire
        • Azerbaijan Love Song

    Overview

    Music by Mendelssohn makes up the first half: a newchamber version of the familiar A Midsummer Night’sDream Overture, and the darkly serious Second PianoTrio.

    After the interval the Italians take over, with LuigiDallapiccola’s poetic ‘Little Night Music’ and LucianoBerio’s exuberant makeovers of Folk Songs fromaround the globe – anticipated in the pre-concertevent by folk music in its natural state.

    As a taster of the Folk Songs to be performed by the Nash Ensemble and Christine Rice in this concert, watch a video of Elīna Garanča sing Berio's Azerbaijan Love Song.

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