A fête galante masquerade
Time & Location
About The Event
6:45pm: Pre-Concert Talk Natalie Zimmer (Curatorial Team, Wallace Collection)
Students from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama:
Myramae Tapia Meneses, soprano
Susana Vieira, soprano
Rosalie Warner, mezzo-soprano
William Searle, tenor
Seung Hyun Lee, piano
Devised by:
Susan Waters, piano and director
Bryony Williams, movement director
A 'masquerade' nodding to the fête galante paintings of Antoine Watteau, many of whose works are exhibited at the neighbouring Wallace Collection, whose founder, Richard Wallace, celebrates his bicentenary. Come into a world of mystery and flirtatious intrigue, reinterpreting this art through music, spoken word and dance.
Music by:
John Dowland (1563-1626)
A Sullivan (1842-1900)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Gioachino Rossini (1762-1868)
Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947)
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Henr Duparc (1843-1933)
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
Giuseppe Sarti (1729-1802)
Joseph Marx (1882-1964)
Robert Schumann (1810-56)
Geoffrey Bush (1920-98)
Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Serge Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Paolo Tosti (1846-1916)
Johannes Brahms (1833-97)
Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
Carl Bohm (1844-1920)
Alma Mahler (1879-1964)
Georges Hüe (1858-1948)
- General Admission£15£150£0
- Concession£12£120£0
- General Admission +£2 Donation£17£170£0
- Concession +£2 Donation£14£140£0