Artists
- Ailish Tynansoprano
- Adam Walkerflute
- Alasdair Taitcello
- James Baillieupiano
Archived Event
Caplet, Ravel, Saint-Saëns and more
Ailish Tynan soprano; Adam Walker flute; Alasdair Tait cello; James Baillieu piano
- Date
- Fri 14 Jul 2017, 7.00pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- André Caplet1878-1925
- Viens! Une flûte invisible soupire...
- Maurice Ravel1875-1937
- Chansons madécasses
- André Caplet1878-1925
- 2 petites pièces:
- 2 petites pièces: Rêverie & Petite valse
- Camille Saint-Saëns1835-1921
- Une flûte invisible
- Frank Martin1890-1974
- Ballade for flute and piano
Interval
- Judith Weirb. 1954
- Hector Berlioz1803-1869
- La captive Op. 12
- Gabriel Fauré1845-1924
- 5 mélodies 'de Venise' Op. 58
- Philippe Gaubert1879-1941
- Soir Païen
- Nocturne et allegro scherzando
Overview
Judith Weir’s Nuits d’Afrique, specially commissionedby Wigmore Hall, offers a contemporary take onthe great legacy of French song.
Adam Walker andAlasdair Tait join Ailish Tynan and James Baillieufor the work’s world première, part of a programmethat includes the shimmering Ballade by theFrancophone Swiss composer Frank Martin andPhilippe Gaubert’s languid ‘Soir Païen’.