Mendelssohn: The Gildas String Quartet & Raphaela Papadakis
20 October 2016, 15:45
Recital
Beaumont Street,
Oxford
The Gildas String Quartet and soprano Raphaela Papadakis return for Aribert Reimann's captivating scoring of songs by Felix Mendelssohn for string quartet and voice.
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Programme
Aribert Reimann / Felix Mendelssohn, arranged Aribert Reimann
... oder soll es Tod bedeuten? ...
- 1. Leise zieht durch mein Gemüt
- 2. Intermezzo I
- 3. Der Herbstwind rüttelt die Bäume
- 4. Intermezzo II
- 5. Über die Berge scheint schon die Sonne
- 6. Intermezzo III
- 7. Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
- 8. Intermezzo IV
- 9. Was will die einsame Träne (Strophe 1 & 2)
- 10. In dem Mondenschein im Walde
- 11. Was will die einsame Träne (Strophe 3)
- 12. Intermezzo V
- 13. Allnächtlich im Traume
- 14. Mein Liebchen, wir sassen beisammen
- 15. Intermezzo VI
- 16. Warum sind denn die Rosen so blass
Gildas Quartet
Gildas Quartet
Quartet
The Gildas Quartet has performed to critical acclaim at major venues including the Bridgewater Hall, Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall and on BBC Radio 3. Praised for their 'energy, verve and refreshing approach', their bold and explorative approach to performance has been recognised by the International Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition, Graz, where they won first prize in the Audience Engagement Award 2018. Determined to bring the visceral experience of string quartet performance to audiences at close quarters, the Gildas wil... Read Full Biography
Raphaela Papadakis
Raphaela Papadakis
Soprano
London born soprano Raphaela Papadakis, winner of the National Mozart Competition, made her professional début at Garsington Opera whilst still a student at the Guildhall School, for which she was praised by the Financial Times as giving "the most attractive solo performance" of the show. Since then, she has gone on to perform roles with Independent Opera and Bury Court Opera, and covered at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Royal Opera House and the Berlin Staatsoper. Operatic highlights this year include appearing as Mozart... Read Full BiographyThis event is part of a series:
The Schumann Project
The Schumann Project: 14-29 October 2016 The fifteenth Oxford Lieder Festival will be the Schumann Project, a unique survey of Schumann's complete songs. The Schumann Project will explore Schumann's life and times, his friends and contemporaries, his influences and his legacies, and his literary and artistic interests. This two-week feast of song will feature Oxford Lieder's trad...