Graham Waterhouse: Discoveries 6
This event is in the past.
A concert evening in celebration of both the 400th anniversary of the death of the Renaissance composer John Dowland and the 80th birthday of Queen lead singer Freddy Mercury.
This event is in the past.
A concert evening in celebration of both the 400th anniversary of the death of the Renaissance composer John Dowland and the 80th birthday of Queen lead singer Freddy Mercury.
Waterhouse transcribed and expanded upon one well-known melody by each of the two artists. Boccherini’s stylised Rococo movement stands in contrast to Beethoven’s playful, almost symphonic G major Trio. The concert concludes with a new, Cuba-inspired piece by Graham Waterhouse. The diverse stylistic influences – Hispanic, African and Creole – make for energetic, cheerful music. This pushes the transparent instrumentation of the string trio to its very limits …
Programme
- L. Boccherini: Allegretto Moderato from the String Trio in B-flat major, Op 138/1
- W. Killmayer: String Trio (1984)
- L.v. Beethoven: Intermezzo in G major, Op 9/1
- J. Dowland / G. Waterhouse: Frog’n’Toad Galliard (on Dowland’s 400th death anniversary)
- Queen / G. Waterhouse: Reddy, Freddy, Rock! (on Freddy Mercury’s 80th birthday, world premiere)
- G. Waterhouse: Caprichos Cubanos – 9 Cuban studies for string trio
Featuring
- Waterhouse String Trio
- Anna Kakutia, violin
- Chialong Tsai, viola
- Graham Waterhouse, cello
In collaboration with the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich and the Peter-Kiesewetter-Netzwerk-für-Neue-Musik e. V.
