Vocalise 11-21-15
Sir Edward Elgar and his wife Alice were big fans of Bavaria, the people, countryside and folk dancing, the Schuhplattler! Alice Elgar wrote poems about their time in Bavaria, and Elgar set her words to choral music. We’ll enjoy that and other “pastoral” music on Vocalise!
8:00 PM
Joseph Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne: Malurous qu’o unoLondon 19033
COND Sebastian Lang-Lessing
ORCH Philharmonia Orchestra
SOLO Renee Fleming, soprano
8:01 PM
George Butterworth Six Songs from “A Shropshire Lad” Chandos 8743
COND Richard Hickox Richard HIH kahks
ORCH City of London Sinfonia
SOLO Stephen Varcoe, baritone
8:13 PM
Sir Edward Elgar Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands Naxos 570541
COND Christopher Robinson
ORCH Cambridge University Ch. Choir
SOLO Iain Farrington, piano
8:37 PM
Gabriel Faure Messe des Pecheurs de Villerville/ Fishermen’s Mass Harm Mundi 901292
COND Philippe Herreweghe
ORCH Orch de la Chapelle Royale
SOLO La Chapelle Royale Chorus
