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Beyond the borders: Music and Musicians of the New Europe
Anna Bonitatibus mezzo-soprano; Simon Lepper piano
Programme & Song Text
Date
Wed 04 May 2022, 7.30pm
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Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
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Artists

  • Anna Bonitatibusmezzo-soprano
  • Simon Lepperpiano

Programme

  • Luigi Cherubini
    1760-1842
      • Romances du Roman d'Estelle
        :
      • Arbre charmant, qui me rappelle
      • Vous qui loin d’une amante
  • Joseph Haydn
    1732-1809
      • She never told her love HXXVIa 34
      • Fidelity HXXVIa 30
  • Antonio Salieri
    1750-1825
      • In questa tomba oscura (second setting)
      • In questa tomba oscura (first setting)

Interval

  • Gaspare Spontini
    1774-1851
      • Le premier baiser
      • La vestale
        :
      • O des infortunés déesse tutélaire
  • Ferdinando Paer
    1771-1839
      • Io d’amore, oh Dio mi moro
      • Fra l'onda che infida minaccia
  • Muzio Clementi
    1752-1832
      • Melodies of Different Nations
        :
      • If sighing could recall the years
      • I've not said how much I love her
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    1770-1827
      • Schöne Minka, ich muss scheiden WoO. 158a
      • La tiranna se embarca WoO. 158a
  • Franz Schubert
    1797-1828
      • Guarda, che bianca luna D688 No. 2
      • Wandrers Nachtlied II D768

Encore

  • Gaspare Spontini
    1774-1851
      • Le premier baiser
      • La vestale
        :
      • O des infortunés déesse tutélaire

Overview

The extraordinary Italian mezzo is an artist of unusual expressive gifts who also explores rare music to set it in new contexts. Her programme looks at European composers whose careers coincided with or were impacted by the phenomenon of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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