Artists
- Philip Highamcello
- Alasdair Beatsonpiano
Archived Event
Beethoven, John Casken, Fauré, Lutosławski and Franck
Philip Higham; Alasdair Beatson
- Date
- Mon 23 Jan 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- 12 Variations on 'See the conqu'ring hero comes' from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus WoO. 45:
- 12 Variations on ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes’ from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus WoO.45
- John Caskenb. 1949
- Stolen Airs(London première)
- Gabriel Fauré1845-1924
- Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 109
Interval
- Witold Lutosławski1913-1994
- Grave: Metamorphoses:
- Metamorphoses (1981)
- César Franck1822-1890
- Sonata in A for violin and piano(trans. Jules Delsart cello and piano)
Overview
Two outstanding British artists offer a programmeof imaginative contrasts and enormous emotionalrange, moving from Beethoven’s ebullient variationson one of Handel’s best-known tunes to JohnCasken’s Stolen Airs, inspired by a story central tohis opera-in-progress, Sylvie and the Songman.
Philip Higham and Alasdair Beatson conclude withFranck’s evergreen Violin Sonata in A, transcribedfor cello and piano by Jules Delsart.