Artists
- O/Modernt Soloists
- Date
- Sat 07 Apr 2018, 7.00pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- Dido and Aeneas Z626:
- When I am laid in earth
- Jean-Philippe Rameau1683-1764
- Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin:
- XIV. L'Enharmonique
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- The Staircase Overture Z614
- Claudio Monteverdi1567-1643
- Lamento d'Arianna: Lasciatemi morire:
- Lamento d'Arianna from Arianna
Interval
- Alban Berg1885-1935
- Piano Sonata Op. 1
- Richard Strauss1864-1949
- Metamorphosen:
- Metamorphosen for string septet
Overview
For the past four hundredyears the descending bass lineconstructed from a perfectfourth has provided the harmonicstructure for the ‘lament’.Exploring this particular musicalinterval, we question whetherconsolation can be found in therising fourths of Berg’s Op. 1 andStrauss’s Metamorphosen.