Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes by candlelight
Part of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London 2016 Spring Series
Add to my Calendar 30-01-2016 18:00 30-01-2016 20:00 36 Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes by candlelight The Brandenburg Choral Festival of London 2016 Spring Series presents Bath Camerata with this delightful programme of choral music on the theme of love. The centrepiece will be Brahms's Liebeslieder Waltzes, 18 short movements each exploring an aspect of love, and featuring some magnificent writing for the choir and the two pianists. With the addition of some other choral classics, including a favourite from West Side Story, a hilarious madrigal and three gorgeous Shakespeare Songs by blind jazz musician George Shearing, this is surely set to be a evening to enjoy and remember! This concert will last approximately one hour without an interval. A combined ticket offer is available for this performance and the later concert at St Martin's. Please contact the box office for details. St Martin-in-the-Fields, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Westminster
London
WC2N 4JJ
England
Programme
Johannes Brahms – Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op.52
Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story: 'One hand, one heart'
Edward Elgar – My Love dwelt in a Northern Land, Op.18 no.3
Eric Whitacre – A boy and a girl
Gustav Holst – I love my love, Op.36b no.5
Claudio Monteverdi – Ohimé se tanto amate
John Farmer – Fair Phyllis
George Shearing – Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare
Johannes Brahms – Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op.65
Performers
Benjamin Goodson – Conductor
Bath Camerata
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Programme Note
The Brandenburg Choral Festival of London 2016 Spring Series presents Bath Camerata with this delightful programme of choral music on the theme of love. The centrepiece will be Brahms's Liebeslieder Waltzes, 18 short movements each exploring an aspect of love, and featuring some magnificent writing for the choir and the two pianists. With the addition of some other choral classics, including a favourite from West Side Story, a hilarious madrigal and three gorgeous Shakespeare Songs by blind jazz musician George Shearing, this is surely set to be a evening to enjoy and remember!
This concert will last approximately one hour without an interval.
A combined ticket offer is available for this performance and the later concert at St Martin's. Please contact the box office for details.
