Counterpoise

The Spectral Horseman

Thursday 15 May

Helen Reid		piano

Alexandra Wood		violin

Deborah Calland		trumpet

Kyle Horch		saxophone

Eleanor Bron		narrator

Liszt		The Sad Monk

Liszt		Gretchen

Ysaÿe		Obsession

Shelley		The Spectral Horseman (poem)

Ysaÿe		Furies

Strauss		The Castle by the Sea

Schubert		Farewell to the Earth

Rushton		On the Edge

A unique programme of verse and music illustrating how the sensibilities of Romantic poetry were reflected in associated musical compositions. In the unjustly neglected genre of melodrama, those sensibilities were heightened by juxtaposing poetry and music within the same piece. This programme offers rarely heard melodramas by Liszt, Strauss and Schubert.

The programme includes Strauss's beautiful Castle by the Sea, which is presented in a new chamber arrangement by David Matthews. Schubert's Farewell to the Earth is a poignant song of valediction in the composer's serene late style. On the Edge, a new work by the brilliant young English composer Edward Rushton, is set in the Swiss Jungfrau mountain range, site of Romantic inspiration.

Corn Exchange, Newbury
7.30pm (finishes approx 9.30pm)
£12.00
Licensed bar
www.helenreid.net
www.alexandrawood.com
www.deborahcalland.co.uk

Commission of On the Edge supported by Arts Council England