Reid Lunch-hour Concert

Date:

Friday, October 21, 2016

Time:

1.10 pm

Season/No:

2016-2017

Venue:

Playfair Library Hall, Old College

Participant(s):

Gildas Quartet

Christopher Jones - violin
Gemma Sharples - violin
Kay Stephen - viola
Anna Menzies - cello

Work(s) / Composer(s) / Opus No(s):

Programme

Theme and Variations from Death and the Maiden String Quartet in D minor D.810 ... Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Black Angels - Thirteen images from tje dark land ... George Crumb (b. 1929)
The 13 individual movements of Black Angels are divided into three large groups.

I. Departure
1.Threnody I: Night of the Electric Insects (tutti)
2. Sounds of Bones and Flutes (trio)
3. Lost Bells (duo)
4. Devil-music (solo)
5. Danse Macabre (duo)

II. Absence
6. Pavana Lachrymae (trio)
7. Threnody II: Black Angels (tutti)
8. Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura (trio)
9. Lost Bells (Echo) (duo)

III. Return
10. God-music (solo)
11. Ancient Voices (duo)
12. Ancient Voices (Echo) (trio)
13. Threnody III: Night of the Electric Insects (tutti)

Things were turned upside down. There were terrifying things in the air ... they found their way into Black Angels - George Crumb