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Purcell from the ground up: The Lamenting Fourth

When
Saturday April 7, 2018 at 19:00
Where
Wigmore Hall, London
Tickets
£15-£35, £5 for under 35s
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  1. When I am laid in earth, from Dido and Aeneas Z 626 - Henry Purcell
  2. L'enharmonique, from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin - Jean-Philippe Rameau
  3. The Staircase Overture Z 614 - Henry Purcell
  4. Lamento d'Arianna SV 22 - Claudio Monteverdi
  5. Sonata for Piano Op 1 - Alban Berg
  6. Metamorphosen - Richard Strauss, arranged for string septet by Rudolf Leopold

For the past four hundred years the descending bass line constructed from a perfect fourth has provided the harmonic structure for the ‘lament’. Exploring this particular musical interval, we question whether consolation can be found in the rising fourths of Berg’s Op 1 and Strauss’s Metamorphosen.

Henry Purcell and his inimitable ground basses are the creative spark for a weekend of imaginative programmes directed by Hugo Ticciati at Wigmore Hall on 7th and 8th April 2018.


Venue
Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore Street
London
London
W1U 2BP
England
@wigmore_hall

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