Concerto Grosso
17 October 2023, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
What to expect Music by Tom Phillips, including his own graphic scores; music that inspired his artworks, including by Eric Satie and John Cage; and music that he loved, including songs by Schubert and Schumann.
The artists This fascinating programme will be performed by the brilliant mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean, a former Oxford Song Young Artist, and Joanna MacGregor, one of the pre-eminent pianists of today who is particularly acclaimed for her insightful performances of contemporary music. Well-known actor Samuel West joins them to read extracts of Tom Phillip’s writings.
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Programme
- Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
- Music for a While (1679)
- John Cage (1912 - 1992)
- A Flower (1950)
- Erik Satie (1866 - 1925)
- Socrate
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Wehmut (1840) Op. 39 no.9 1–20.v & 22.vi.1840 from Liederkreis
- Zwielicht (1840) Op. 39 no.10 1–20.v & 22.vi.1840 from Liederkreis
- Im Walde (1840) Op. 39 no.11 1–20.v & 22.vi.1840 from Liederkreis
- Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
- Der Lindenbaum (1827) from Winterreise
- Tom Phillips (1937 - 2022)
- Golden Flower Piece (solo piano)
- György Ligeti (1923 - 2006)
- Három Weöres-Dal
- Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950)
- Buddy on the Night Shift
- Es regnet
- George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
- I’ll build a stairway to paradise
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Series
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