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Young Performers Concert Series 1 March 2012, 1.00pm The Foundling Museum, WC1N www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk Samuel Espinosa viola accompanied by Erik García PROGRAMME Brahms – Sonata Op. 120 No. 2 in E flat Major for Viola and Piano • Allegro amabile • Allegro appassionato • Andante con moto – Allegro Walton – Concerto for Viola and Orchestra • Andante comodo Hawkins – Urizen for viola and piano Albéniz – Mallorca, Barcarola for viola and piano (arr. García) Granados – La Maja y el Ruiseñor from the opera ‘Goyescas’ Albéniz – Tango from ‘España’, Op. 165, No. 2 Manuel de Falla – Ritual Fire Dance from ‘Love, the Magician’ (El amor brujo) This concert is supported by the Instituto Cervantes
The London Chorus : Magnificat & The Passion of Mary 15 March 2012, 6.30pm TBC St Alban The Martyr, London EC1N The London Chorus New London Orchestra Ronald Corp Conductor J.S. Bach Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 Howard Blake The Passion of Mary The soloists in Blake’s oratorio take on specific dramatic roles: soprano (Mary), tenor (Jesus the man), treble (Jesus as a boy), and bass (Prophet/Satan). Famous for his film music for The Snowman, Blake reveals a more serious side in this substantial choral work evoking various episodes in Jesus’ life from the point of view of Mary, from the Visitation and Nativity through to the Resurrection. The work is in four parts of which the third is a setting of the ‘Stabat Mater’ lament, portraying her feelings at the Crucifixion. As a counterpart, the concert opens with Bach’s celebrated Magnificat with its stirring and uplifting choruses alternating with more introspective sections for the soloists and, at its centre, ‘Et misericordia’, a quiet but emotionally-charged duet for alto and tenor. Listen to excerpts from The Passion of Mary, and read more about Howard Blake. For more information please visit The London Chorus
Peter and the Wolf 27 April 2012, 7.00pm Stratford Circus, London E15 www.stratford-circus.com Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf (rest of programme – tbc) New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp Box Office Tickets £9/7 (for 8+ years) Family ticket £23 School tickets £6/ child (teachers free) Sergei Prokofiev’s 1936 musical narrative (Петя и волк in the original Russian!) was commissioned for the Central Children’s Theatre in Moscow and has been delighting audiences the world over since it was first performed over 75 years ago. Go on an adventure with the NLO, the orchestra-in-residence. Join Peter as he pursues the hungry wolf in the silent woods where instruments represent animals: the flute is a twittering bird, flying high in the trees; the oboe is a quacking duck, the clarinet a stealthy cat; and three snarling horns represent the wolf. The strings of the orchestra represent Peter who has the most famous tune. Will Peter find the wolf, and what will he do, when he does?
Young Performers Concert Series 5 April 2012, 1.00pm The Foundling Museum, WC1N www.foundlingmuseum.org.uk Alba Acevedo cello accompanied by Maite Aguirre This concert is supported by the Instituto Cervantes