Debussy & Tchaikovsky: Ilona Domnich & Sholto Kynoch
13 October 2018, 22:00
Concert
Holywell St
Oxford OX1 3BN
In the summers of 1880-1882, the young Debussy was employed by Nadezhda von Meck, the patron of Tchaikovsky, to accompany her family as teacher and musical companion as they travelled to Russia, Switzerland, Italy and Austria. We hear songs from this formative period for Debussy, alongside romances by Tchaikovsky from the same years.
N.B. A 'Debussy Day Pass' is available to purchase for £65 which will enable you to attend all talks and concerts (excluding meals) at the festival on 13th October 2018. Please book your day pass here: https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/event/938
Programme
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Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Beau Soir (L6) - Mandoline (L29)
- Romance 'Silence inéffable' (L43)
- Le matelot qui tombe à l'eau (Chanson Triste) (L24)
- Romance [musique pour éventail]; 'Voici que le printemps' (L52)
- Les roses (L13)
- Zéphyr (L12)
- Fantoches (L26)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Sred shumnovo bala ('Amid the din of the ball') (Op. 38 no.3) from 6 Romances - Vcherashnaya noch’ ('Last night') (Op. 60 no. 1)
- Kukushka ('The Cuckoo') (Op. 54 no.8)
- Skazhy o chom v teni vetvej ('Oh say, what is it, in shady branches') (Op. 57 no.1)
- Solovej ('The Nightingale') (Op. 60 no.4)
- Ja li v pole da ne travushka ('Was I not a blade of grass in the field?') (Op. 47 no.7)
- Ne ver' moj drug, ('Do not believe it, my friend') (Op. 6 no.1)
- Nyet tolko tot kto znal ('None but the lonely heart') (Op. 6 no.6)
Ilona Domnich
Ilona Domnich
Soprano
Ilona Domnich is a lyric soprano (leggero), described by critics as a memorable voice of silken beauty with a luminous edge to the tone, a sensitive musician and an actress of magnetic presence. She was chosen by Opera Now 2014 as Top 10 high flyers, “new generation of sopranos who are destined to have impressive careers”. The Artist of the Month in Opera 2015 and was a Telegraph’s choice of best British-based talent December 2016. Originally a pianist, Ilona was plucked by a legendary singing teacher Vera Rosza at o... Read Full Biography
Sholto Kynoch
Sholto Kynoch
Pianist
Sholto Kynoch is a sought-after pianist who specialises in chamber music and song accompaniment. In addition to a busy performance schedule and a fast-growing discography, he is the founder and director of the Oxford Lieder Festival, the UK’s most renowned song festival, which recently won a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award. In recent years he has appeared at London’s Wigmore Hall, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Berliner Konzerthaus, the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore, the Opéra de Lille... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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