Reid Chamber Concert

Date: 
Thursday, November 18, 1976
Time: 
7.30 pm
Season/No: 
1976-1977

'From Monteverdi to the Beatles' - a panorama of revolutions in music.

Participant(s): 

Cathy Berberian - mezzo-soprano
Harold Lester - piano

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s): 

The programme will be selected from the following, but not necessarily in this order:-

La Lettera Amorosa ... Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Con che soavita ... Monteverdi

Harpsichord solo ... Frescobaldi (1583-1643)

Three 'Chansons di Bilitis' ... Debussy (1862-1918)

from 'La Perichole' ... Offenbach (1819-1880)

Song of Sexual Slavery ... Kurt Weill (1900-1980)
Bygone days of Tango ... Weill
'Le Grand Lustucru' ... Weill
Surabaya Johnny ... Weill

Two Early Songs ... Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Three Children's Stories ... Stravinsky
'Pritbaukki' ... Stravinsky

Reading of Text of James Joyce's 'Ulysses' used by Berio in 'Thema' ... Berio (b. 1925)
'Thema' (Omaggio a Joyce)
'Avendo Gran Desio'
'Sequenza III'
Three Early Songs
Bird Girl
'Wasserklavier' (solo piano)
'Erdenklavier' (solo piano)

Morsicat(h)y (solo piano) ... Cathy Berberian
'Stripsody' ... Berberian

'O' - 'Atti Vocali' ... Bussotti (b. 1931)

Yesterday ... Lennon/McCartney
Michelle ... Lennon/McCartney
Ticket to ride ... Lennon/McCartney

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Performance Type:

Programme: 
Salmon booklet, 4 pages
Programme Notes: 

Note about Cathy Berberian by Luciano Berio.

Documents: 
Ticket and/or Programme Price(s): 
Admission free
[Reid] Professor: 
Printer(s): 
Summerhall Press
Notes: 

Edinburgh University acknowledges the financial assistance of the Scottish Arts Council.

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