L'heure exquise

Date & Time

Sun, Jul 2, 2023, 18:00

Venue

Solo harpist Anne-Sophie Bertrand joins forces with American tenor Kent Carlson for a diverse chamber music program. Their repertoire spans centuries and styles, featuring harp music by Rota and Debussy alongside songs by Britten, arias by Mattheson and Benda, and works by Hahn, Barber, and Carlson himself.
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Keywords: Chamber Music, Vocal Music

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Musicians

Kent Carlson	Tenor
Anne-Sophie Bertrand	Harp

Program

»Jetzt will ich bei Dir sein« aus der Oper »Cleopatra«	Johann Mattheson
»Ach, ich liebte sie so zärtlich« aus der Oper »Der Jahrmarkt« – für Tenor und Harfe	Georg Anton Benda
Sarabande und Toccata – für Harfe Solo	Nino Rota
»L’heure exquise« aus »7 Chansons grises« – für Tenor und Harfe	Reynaldo Hahn
Mélodies Passagères op. 27 – für Tenor und Harfe	Samuel Barber
Claire de lune – für Harfe solo	Claude Debussy
Three Songs of Solomon – für Tenor und Harfe	Kent Carlson
Folk Songs – für Tenor und Harfe	Benjamin Britten

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