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Britten, Dowland, Felix Mendelssohn and Purcell
Nash Ensemble
Date
Sat 12 Feb 2022, 7.00pm
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Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours 30 minutes in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Nash Ensemble
    • Alasdair Beatsonpiano
    • Simon Lepperpiano
    • Stephanie Gonleyviolin
    • Adrian Brendelcello
    • James Gilchristtenor

Programme

  • Felix Mendelssohn
    1809-1847
      • Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 58
      • Song without Words in G minor Op. 53 No. 3
      • Song without Words in E Op. 19b No. 1
      • Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor Op. 49
Performed at the National Gallery on February 21st 1940 by Margaret Goode (piano)Harry Blech (violin) and William Pleeth (cello)

Interval

  • John Dowland
    1563-1626
      • Awake, sweet love
      • In darkness let me dwell
      • Come, heavy sleep
  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • A Fool's Preferment Z571
        :
      • I'll sail upon the dog-star
      • Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Z587
        :
      • There’s not a swain on the plain
      • Not all my torments can your pity move Z400
      • On the brow of Richmond Hill Z405
  • Benjamin Britten
    1913-1976
      • Winter Words Op. 52
        :
      • At day-close in November
      • The little old table
      • The Choirmaster's Burial
      • Proud songsters
      • Midnight on the Great Western
      • The Salley Gardens
      • Little Sir William
      • The Bonny Earl o’'Moray
      • I wonder as I wander
Performed at the National Gallery on Thursday October 7th 1943 by Peter Pears (tenor) and Benjamin Britten (piano)

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