Fairies, Fauns and Fantasy: *** Online concert *** at English Chamber Orchestra Ltd, London on Sunday 13th September 2020

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Fairies, Fauns and Fantasy

* Online concert *

Part of the ECO LIVE: Teatime Music 2020 Series

Add to my Calendar 13-09-2020 16:00 13-09-2020 18:00 36 Fairies, Fauns and Fantasy Link to Concert: Fairies, Fauns and Fantasy Based on a poem of the same name by Mallarmé, Debussy’s The Afternoon of the Faun dreamily depicts the waking of a faun from his afternoon nap and his recollection of encounters with nymphs, beginning with a languid solo flute, and melting into a gorgeous, timeless pastoral idyll. Ravel brings us to another fantastical world in his Mother Goose Suite, with familiar characters such as Tom Thumb, Beauty and the Beast, and the Sleeping Beauty, depicted so exquisitely by his alchemical orchestration, faithfully arranged by Iain Farrington, and brought to a breathtakingly beautiful finale in the Fairy Garden. Presented between these two works is Ravel’s daydream-like Introduction and Allegro, written in 1904 to show off the expressive range of the newly-invented double-action pedal harp. English Chamber Orchestra Ltd, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

English Chamber Orchestra Ltd
2 Coningsby Road
Ealing
London
W5 4HR
England

Sunday 13th September 2020
4:00 PM

Programme

Claude Debussy – Afternoon of the Faun (arr. Iain Farrington)
Maurice Ravel – Mother Goose suite
Maurice Ravel – Introduction et Allegro

Performers

Sally Pryce – Harp

English Chamber Orchestra

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Programme Note

Link to Concert: Fairies, Fauns and Fantasy

Based on a poem of the same name by Mallarmé, Debussy’s The Afternoon of the Faun dreamily depicts the waking of a faun from his afternoon nap and his recollection of encounters with nymphs, beginning with a languid solo flute, and melting into a gorgeous, timeless pastoral idyll.

Ravel brings us to another fantastical world in his Mother Goose Suite, with familiar characters such as Tom Thumb, Beauty and the Beast, and the Sleeping Beauty, depicted so exquisitely by his alchemical orchestration, faithfully arranged by Iain Farrington, and brought to a breathtakingly beautiful finale in the Fairy Garden.

Presented between these two works is Ravel’s daydream-like Introduction and Allegro, written in 1904 to show off the expressive range of the newly-invented double-action pedal harp.

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