Monday 14th May, Corn Exchange, Newbury
7.30pm (finishes approx 9.30pm)
£18.00
| Richard Jenkinson | conductor |
| Claire Prewer | soprano |
| Debussy | Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune |
| Wagner | Wesendonck Lieder |
| Mahler | Symphony No 4 |
Principal musicians of the CBSO who have worked together
for many years formed the Innovation Chamber Ensemble
in 2002 and have received rave reviews for their
performances and recordings. Tonight's programme of
chamber arrangements of late romantic master works
includes Wagner's sublime Wesendonck Lieder, written
during the composition of Tristan und Isolde, inspired by
his love affair with Mathilde Wesendonck, the author of the
poems. In the fourth and last movement of Mahler's most
tuneful and popular 4th Symphony the acclaimed soprano
Claire Prewer again joins the ensemble for the moving song
"Das himmlische Leben", a child's vision of Heaven.
