Reid Chamber Concert
'From Monteverdi to the Beatles' - a panorama of revolutions in music.
Venue:
Cathy Berberian - mezzo-soprano
Harold Lester - piano
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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Performer(s):
Performance Type:
Note about Cathy Berberian by Luciano Berio.
1976 18 November.pdf (4.35 MB)Promoter:
Edinburgh University acknowledges the financial assistance of the Scottish Arts Council.
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