A Bit of Brit
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
A veritable English Garden will be woven throughout this evening's program, beginning with the young English trumpeter Alison Balsom playing Bach. Trevor Pinnock leads the English Concert in our first hour with Haydn's Symphony No. 47 in G.
We'll also celebrate the birthday of legendary American soprano Eileen Farrell with "Tacea la notte placida" from "Il Trovatore." Also on the playlist, the Cleveland Quartet takes on Alexander Borodin's String Quartet No. 2 in D in the 8 o’clock hour.
But back to the Brits — later on we'll enjoy a harpsichord suite by the patriarch of English music, Henry Purcell, followed by the lesser known Lennox Berkeley. We’ll hear his Serenade for Strings from 1939, which oddly ends with the Lento movement, possibly illustrating the looming global conflict of the period.
Joviality follows with Wind Symphony No. 1 in E-flat by "the English Bach," Johann Christoph. Fugue fans will enjoy Alan Hovhaness's Prelude and Quadruple Fugue performed by I Fiamminghi, and towards the end of the program, Scaramouche (with violinist Andrew Manze) will play music from England's Golden Age of chamber music: Henry Lawes' Consort Suite VII.
We'll also celebrate the birthday of legendary American soprano Eileen Farrell with "Tacea la notte placida" from "Il Trovatore." Also on the playlist, the Cleveland Quartet takes on Alexander Borodin's String Quartet No. 2 in D in the 8 o’clock hour.
But back to the Brits — later on we'll enjoy a harpsichord suite by the patriarch of English music, Henry Purcell, followed by the lesser known Lennox Berkeley. We’ll hear his Serenade for Strings from 1939, which oddly ends with the Lento movement, possibly illustrating the looming global conflict of the period.
Joviality follows with Wind Symphony No. 1 in E-flat by "the English Bach," Johann Christoph. Fugue fans will enjoy Alan Hovhaness's Prelude and Quadruple Fugue performed by I Fiamminghi, and towards the end of the program, Scaramouche (with violinist Andrew Manze) will play music from England's Golden Age of chamber music: Henry Lawes' Consort Suite VII.
