Songs with Strings
Friday 21 February 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
A larger-than-life programme of extraordinary music by Felix Mendelssohn and Roxanna Panufnik. Soprano Theano Papadaki and baritone George Robarts team up with the Kyan Quartet, to perform two rare gems of the repertoire. Join them to hear Mendelssohn’s best-loved songs in enchanting transcriptions by Aribert Reimann, and Panufnik’s humour-filled and highly charged settings of letters from the First World War. This electric and entertaining programme will offer something for everyone.
Felix Mendelssohn arr. Aribert Reimann “…oder soll es Tod bedeuten?” for soprano and string quartet
Roxanna Panufnik “Private Joe” for baritone and string quartet
…and a couple of surprise duets!
Theano Papadaki soprano
George Robarts baritone
Kyan Quartet
Naomi Warburton Violin I
Sydney Grace Mariano Violin II
Wanshu Qiu Viola
Simon Guémy Cello
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| Fri 21 Feb | 1:00 PM | £10 | Book |
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