Reid Lunch-hour Concert
Concert in memory of Sam Hutchings
Sam Hutchings was born in Edinburgh in November 1982 and was educated at Edinburgh Academy where his piano teacher was Heida Hallgrimsson. In 2003 he graduated with a first class degree in Music from Christ Church, Oxford. Sam them built up an enviable reputation both as a solo pianist and particularly as an accompanist of quite outstanding sensitivity. He was rehearsal pianist to the Edinburgh Festival Chorus, the RSNO Chorus and Junior Chorus, and for NYCOS. Sam died on 29 June 2012 at the tragically early age of 29.
Emma Versteeg - soprano
Stuart Hope - piano
Programme
From 'Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques' ... Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Chanson de la mariée (The Bride's Awakening)
Là-bas vers l'église (Down by the Church
Quel galant m'est comparable? (What gallant compares with me?
Chanson des cueilleuses de lentisques (Song of the Lentisk Gatherers)
Tout gai! (So Merry!)
Original Greek poems translated into French by Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi (1877-1944)
Folksong Arrangements -
The British Isles arr. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
The Ashgrove
The Salley Gardens
Oliver Cromwell
From 'Old American Songs' Set 1 arr. Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
The Boatman's Dance (Minstrel Song)
Long Time Ago (Ballad
I bought me a cat (Children's Song)
Scottish Folksong Arrangements arr. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
The Bonnie Wee Thing (Hob. XXXIa: 102)
My Heart's In the Highlands (Hob. XXXIa: 77)
Up In the Morning Early (Hob. XXXIa: 28)
From 'Italienisches Liederbuch' ... Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Auch kleine Dinge (Even little things)
Mein Liebster ist so Klein (My sweetheart is so small)
Gesegnet sei das Grun (Blessed be the green)
Ich hab in Penna einen Liebsten (I have a lover in Penna)
Original Italian folksongs translated into German by Paul Heyse (1830-1914)
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NO programme notes. Translations provided for the songs by Ravel and Wolf.
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