Next Concert

Saturday 6 October 2018, 7:00pm

The SandPit Theatre,
Sandringham School, St Albans, AL4 9NX

Carmina Burana

Nathan Daughtrey - Sizzle!

Schubert - Licht und Liebe, D352 (1816)

Schubert - Nacht und Träume, D827 (1822)

Mendelssohn - Die Nachtigall from Sechs Lieder, Op. 59 No. 4

Hensel - Morgengruss from Gartenlieder, Op. 3 No. 4

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana (Two piano version) 

Ildiko Allen - Soprano

Peter Martin - Tenor

Thomas Isherwood - Bass Baritone

Children’s Choir

Matthew Woodward - Piano

Linden Innes-Hopkins - Piano

The Rosewood Ensemble - Percussion

Rufus Frowde - Conductor

Sizzle! by Nathan Daughtrey is a lively percussion piece, set primarily in 4/4 with a section of 6/8. However, the occasional 5/8 and 7/8 bar creeps up just to keep the audience on their toes.

Licht und Liebe (Light and Love), D352, is one of the only two duets that Schubert wrote. The close is one of the most beautiful moments in all Schubert.

Nacht und Träume (Night and Dreams), D827, is rated as one of the most beautiful and rapturous songs that Schubert wrote.

Die Nachtigall (The Nightingale) and Morgengruss (Morning Greeting), are two delightful songs for choir by Felix Mendelssohn and his sister, Fanny Hensel.

The ever popular profane cantata, Carmina Burana, is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Much of the compositional structure is based on the idea of the turning Fortuna Wheel. The selection of poems covers a wide range of topics: the fickleness of fortune and wealth, the ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return of Spring, and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust.

Most classical listeners are familiar with the full orchestral version of the work, but in 1956 Orff arranged this version for two pianos and percussion.

Tickets: £13, Students £7, under 16 free (ticket required)

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