Fauré and His World: Coda
RBC French Season 2024–25
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
£10
£8 over 60, under 18
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Fauré and His World: A centenary celebration
Chausson Chanson perpétuelle
India Harding mezzo-soprano
piano and string quartet (tbc)
Bonis Romance sans Paroles Op.56
Fauré Romance sans Paroles No.1 or 3 in A flat
Daisy Rentong Zhao piano
Viardot Ici-bas tous Les Lilas meurent
Noémie Johns mezzo-soprano
TBC piano
Ravel Jeux d’eau
Max Walsh piano (JRBC)*
Boulanger Nocturne
Maia Roberts flute
TBC piano
Fauré Nocturne No.6 in D flat Op.63
Mimi Raleigh piano
Massenet Je suis encore tout étourdie from Manon
Huiying Chen soprano
TBC piano
Saint-Saëns Cavatine
Thomas Hall trombone
TBC piano
Godard Piano Sonata No.2 in F minor, 1st movement ‘Allegro’
Junlin Wu piano
Samuel-Rousseau Variations pastorales sur un vieux noël
Ensemble tbc
Viardot Évocation
Ellen Smith mezzo-soprano
TBC piano
Fauré Nocturne No.13 in B minor Op.119
Archie Maclennan piano
Fauré La bonne chanson
Rebecca Black, Ella Blair, Louise Hales, Thomas Hawkey-Soar, Elissa Street, Beth Taylor, Matilda Wale, Maria Willsher, Joe Yates voices
strings and piano tbc
*Junior Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
This special concert involving students from the string, keyboard and vocal departments marks one of a number of RBC events in the 100th anniversary year of Gabriel Fauré's death.
The central work of the concert will be La bonne chanson arranged by the composer for voice, piano and string quintet and claimed by him to be one of his most spontaneous creations.
Further works will include music by composers who moved within the colourful French salons of Pauline Viardot and her circle.
Running time approx. two hours
Forthcoming events in RBC French Season 2024–25
Forthcoming dates include:
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La guitare Française
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
Christmas Music of the 17th and 18th Centuries
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
RBC Repertoire Orchestra
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
Pre CBSO Showcase: Vagabundo Trio
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
VoxBox: The songs of André Caplet
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
PRISM
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
RBC Brass & Wind: Boulez and Poulenc
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
RBC Symphony Orchestra with Karen Ní Bhroin
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
Boulez: Sur incises
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
Pre-CBSO Showcase - RBC Symphony Orchestra
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
Mon coeur soupire
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
Discovering Chevalier de Saint-Georges
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
Poiulenc: La voix humaine
RBC French Season 2024–25 -
RBC Chamber Choir
RBC French Season 2024–25
