NUITS D ’ ÉTÉ
NUITS D ’ ÉTÉ
Thursday 6th February , 7.30pm , Hall One
Ryan Wigglesworth First Book of Inventions
Sophie Bevan
When Berlioz encountered a set of poems by his friend Théophile Gautier which told of love passionate , unrequited and lost , his reaction was typically intense . Berlioz immediately set the songs to music – first for soprano with piano , then with orchestra . In the colour , sensuousness and grace of ‘ Nuits d ’ été ’, Berlioz “ sowed the seeds for the entire musical lyricism of the nineteenth century in the French language ”, according to one musicologist . Ryan Wigglesworth also includes Mozart ’ s most miraculous piano concerto , Ravel ’ s plangent memorial to lost friends and his own ‘ Inventions ’.
With a pre-concert talk
Mozart Piano Concerto No . 9 in E flat , ‘ Jeunehomme ’
Berlioz Nuits d ’ été
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Conductor / Piano : Ryan Wigglesworth
Soprano : Sophie Bevan :
Northern Sinfonia
Buses from Alnwick and Hexham Tickets : £ 10- £ 33
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