Artists
- Nash Ensemble
- Martyn Brabbinsconductor
- Lucy Crowesoprano
Archived Event
Vienna and its Empire
Nash Ensemble; Martyn Brabbins; Ian Brown; Lucy Crowe
- Date
- Sat 21 Jan 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- String Quartet in C Op. 76 No. 3 'The Emperor' 77:
- String Quartet in C major Op. 76 No. 3 'Emperor'
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791
- Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat major K449
Interval
- Gustav Mahler1860-1911
- Symphony No. 4(arranged by Erwin Stein for soprano and chamber ensemble)
Overview
The Nash Ensemble’s renowned string players begin with Haydn’s Op. 76 No. 3Quartet, with its variations on the composer’s ‘Emperor’s Hymn’.
Long-serving Nash pianist Ian Brown is soloist in Mozart’s K449, while Lucy Crowe sings thechild’s-eye view of heaven that closes Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, performedin the chamber arrangement made for Schoenberg’s Vienna-based Society forPrivate Musical Performances.