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Queen Elizabeth Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England
Programme
Manuel de Falla – Spanish Folk Song Suite
Harrison Birtwistle – Keyboard Engine
Johann Sebastian Bach – Cello Suite no.6 in D major, BWV 1012
Astor Piazzolla – Four Tangos for strings: Adios Nonino; Rio Sena; Oblivion; Libertango
Performers
Barbara Hannigan – soprano
Tamara Stefanovich – piano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard – piano
Pekka Kuusisto – violin
Patricia Kopatchinskaja – violin
Leticia Moreno – violin
Ksenija Sidorova – accordion
Alban Gerhardt – Cello
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Programme Note
Four generations of leading artists perform the music of four centuries in the second concert of HarrisonParrott’s anniversary series 50 Years in a Day.
Trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary, praised by Concertonet for her ‘masterful technique in... smoothly delivered trills and arpeggios’, raises the curtain with Duke Ellington's smooth In a Sentimental Mood
Violinist Leticia Moreno introduces a Spanish flavour to the evening with a selection of the Canciones Populaires espagnolas followed by accordionist Ksenija Sidorova, called ‘superbly subtle and virtuosic’ by The Arts Desk, who takes the stage with cellist Alban Gerhardt for a special arrangement of Piazzolla’s Grand Tango.
The starry line-up continues with soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan who joins pianist Tamara Stefanovich in songs from her prize-winning album Vienna: Fin de Siécle (Alpha Classics) which features music from Wolf, Zemlinsky, Alma Mahler and members of the Second Viennese School.
The purity of a solo Bach cello suite (Alban Gerhardt) opens the second half and then, changing the mood, Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Pekka Kuusisto, ground-breaking star violinists, combine in a wild selection of virtuosic duos. This includes the first performance of a short piece by Peter Eötvös written specially for the HP50 anniversary entitled For Lydia and based on the Lydian mode.
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