Oxford May Music Day 4 – Festival Finale
2.00 – 3.15 pm
Concert 6 – Homage
Y. Ysaye Poème élégiaque, Op. 12
P. Dean Homage to Bartók (UK premier)
F. Mendelssohn Songs without words Op. 19, No. 1 (arranged von Hermann)
F. Mendelssohn Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano in F Major
J. Liebeck, violin|
K. Chong, piano
Our Musical Director takes centre stage with a violin and piano recital featuring a UK premier, another great violinist’s impassioned masterpiece and two Mendelssohn pieces, the sonata being only published after his tragic early death.
4.00 – 5.00 pm
The Music of Exoplanets
Rob Laidlaw, Brian Foster FRS, Freya Goldmark, Raymond Pierrehumbert FRS
Humans have been fascinated by the relationship between astronomy, mathematics, and music for thousands of years – a relationship that is more intriguing than ever today with the advent of new tools, such as the James Webb Space Telescope. This lecture-recital brings together physicists Brian Foster and Raymond Pierrehumbert, composer Robert Laidlow and violinist Freya Goldmark to explore how the latest research in astrophysics can give rise to brand new ways of making music.
6.00 – 8.30 pm
Concert 7 – Festival Finale
J.P. Jofre Tangodromo String Quartet and Bandoneon No. 1
R. Strauss Four Last Songs Op. Posth. (arr. J. Crabb)
Interval
M. Bonis Ave Maria
G. Crumb Three Early Songs
F. Mendelssohn 6 Gesange – Auf Flügeln des Gesanges – Op. 34 No. 2
R. Hahn 12 Rondels – No. 9, Les etoiles
W.A. Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K602 (arr. Marnix van den Berg)
Performers
Carolyn Sampson, soprano; Julian Bliss, clarinet; J. Crabb, accordion; J. Liebeck, violin; A. Raikhlina, violin; B. Roskams, viola; L. Anderson, viola; D. Djordjevic, cello; A. Brendel, cello; S. Watton, double bass; K. Chong, piano.
We end the Festival with a heady mix of Modern & Classical, Lieder and String Quartet, Clarinet and Bandoneon, Early Songs and Last Songs. Few things in music are more sublime and moving than the Strauss and Mozart pieces – a fitting finale!
