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Schubert Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4

Brahms Symphony No. 4

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Mario Venzago, conductor

Danny Driver, piano

Beethoven The Sonatas for Piano & Violin

Sonata No 2 in A, Op 12 No 2
Sonata No 7 in C minor, Op 30 No 2
Sonata No 4 in A minor, Op 23
Sonata No 5 in F, Op 24 Spring

Beethoven The Sonatas for Piano & Violin

Sonata No 2 in A, Op 12 No 2
Sonata No 7 in C minor, Op 30 No 2
Sonata No 4 in A minor, Op 23
Sonata No 5 in F, Op 24 Spring

Discover the inspiration that trees have had in Music, Art and Literature in an illustrated concert with festival favourite Stephen Johnson (speaker) and festival exhibition photographer Kaupo Kikkas.

After the interval, there will be a performance of Elgar's final major chamber music composition, the Piano Quintet, the first movement of which drew on trees for its inspiration. It was composed in a country house in Sussex that the Elgars rented in 1918. The ghostly first movement represented a group of trees nearby that according to legend grew on the spot where some Spanish monks were killed by a bolt of lightning while celebrating mass.

Britten Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Trio, Op.2

Frank Bridge “Phantasie” Piano Trio No.1, in C Minor, H.79

E.J. Moeran Phantasy Quartet for Oboe and String Tri

Chopin Fantasie Impromptu in C sharp Minor, Op. 66c.

Nielsen Fantasy Pieces for Oboe and piano, Op. 2

Schumann Phantasiestucke Op. 12

Debussy Images (complete)

György Ligeti Études for Piano (Books 1 & 2)

Ligeti Études for Piano (Books 1 & 2, complete)

Debussy Images (Books 1 & 2, complete)

Beethoven The Sonatas for Piano & Violin

Sonata No 1 in D, Op 12 No 1
Sonata No 3 in E flat, Op 12 No 3
Sonata No 8 in G, Op 30 No 3
Sonata No 6 in A, Op 30 No 1

Ligeti Études for Piano (Books 1 & 2, complete)

Debussy Images (Books 1 & 2, complete)

Ligeti Études for Piano (Books 1 & 2, complete)

Debussy Images (Books 1 & 2, complete)

György Ligeti Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano

This special edition of Birdfoot Backstage will explore Ligeti’s vast tapestry of inspiration, ranging from echoes of Beethoven to medieval laments, African, Bulgarian and Indonesian rhythms, and the jazz greats Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans. It will also feature tasters from Ligeti’s Piano Études and a speedy tour of the horn’s musical symbolism from fairy tales to farewell songs, and include a full performance of Ligeti’s epic Horn Trio (subtitled 'Hommage à Brahms')

Ligeti Études for Piano (Books 1 & 2, complete)

Debussy Images (Books 1 & 2, complete)

from Franz Schubert Schwanengesang D 957 (1828)

Der Atlas; Ihr Bild; Das Fischermädchen (Heine-Vertonungen); Die Stadt; Am Meer; Der Doppelgänger

Gabriel Fauré L’horizon chimérique opus 118 (1921)

La mer est infinie; Je me suis embarqué; Diane, Séléné; Vaisseaux; nous vous aurons aimés (Jean de la Ville de Mirmont)

Johannes Brahms Vier ernste Gesänge opus 121 (1896)

Denn es gehet dem Menschen; Ich wandte mich, und sahe an alle; O Tod, o Tod, wie bitter bist du; Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelzungen redete

Maurice Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (Morand) 1932/33

Chanson romanesque; Chanson épique; Chanson à boire

Samuel Barber Three Songs (1972)

Now have I fed and eaten up the rose (G. Keller, trans. Joyce)

A Green Lowland of Pianos (J. Harsymowicz, trans. C. Milosz)

Boundless, Boundless Evening (G. Heym, trans. C. Middleton)

from Franz Schubert Schwanengesang D 957 (1828)

Der Atlas; Ihr Bild; Das Fischermädchen (Heine-Vertonungen); Die Stadt; Am Meer; Der Doppelgänger

Gabriel Fauré L’horizon chimérique opus 118 (1921)

La mer est infinie; Je me suis embarqué; Diane, Séléné; Vaisseaux; nous vous aurons aimés (Jean de la Ville de Mirmont)

Johannes Brahms Vier ernste Gesänge opus 121 (1896)

Denn es gehet dem Menschen; Ich wandte mich, und sahe an alle; O Tod, o Tod, wie bitter bist du; Wenn ich mit Menschen- und mit Engelzungen redete

Maurice Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (Morand) 1932/33

Chanson romanesque; Chanson épique; Chanson à boire

Samuel Barber Three Songs (1972)

Now have I fed and eaten up the rose (G. Keller, trans. Joyce)

A Green Lowland of Pianos (J. Harsymowicz, trans. C. Milosz)

Boundless, Boundless Evening (G. Heym, trans. C. Middleton)

A one-hour programme of music performed in the Salle Nymphéas, which houses some of Monet's final and very large scale water lily paintings.