Archived Event

Berg, Beethoven and Schubert
Nash Ensemble; Lucy Crowe soprano
Date
Sat 11 Feb 2017, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Nash Ensemble
    • Lucy Crowesoprano

    Programme

    • Alban Berg
      1885-1935
        • 7 frühe Lieder
          (arranged by Reinbert de Leeuw arranged for soprano, piano, harmonium, flute, clarinet, string quartet and bass)
        • Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965
          :
        • Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock) D965

    Interval

    Overview

    The Nash Ensemble’s Vienna-based series endswith an introductory talk and a double bill concert.

    Berg’s epigrammatic clarinet pieces, Webern’searly Piano Quintet and an engaging selection oflittle-known miniatures by Schoenberg occupiesthe first programme.

    The main concert presentsacclaimed soprano Claire Booth in Berg’s ravishingSeven Early Songs and Schubert’s late cantata‘The Shepherd on the Rock’, together with twoNash favourites, Beethoven’s Clarinet Trio in B flatand Schubert’s monumental Octet.

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