BBC Proms 2012
193
Alice Coote
Academy of Ancient Music
MONDAY 16 JULY
SATURDAY 21 JULY
PROMS CHAMBER MUSIC 1
PROMS SATURDAY MATINEE 1
1.00pm–c2.00pm
Gounod Au printemps
Saint-Saëns Aimons-nous
Fauré Poème d’un jour; Cinq mélodies ‘de Venise’ – En sourdine; Au bord de l’eau; Les roses d’Ispahan; Le secret; Notre amour
Satie Je te veux
Hahn L’énamourée; Fumée; Dans la nuit; Chansons grises – L’heure exquise
3.00pm–c4.30pm
J. S. Bach The Art of Fugue (arr. M. Esfahani) Mahan Esfahani harpsichord/director Academy of Ancient Music Following his much-acclaimed account of Bach’s ‘Goldberg’ Variations in last year’s Proms Chamber Music series, former BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Mahan Esfahani takes on another of Bach’s landmark works, The Art of Fugue, this time in his own instrumental arrangement. In doing so he revives the informal spirit of Bach’s Leipzig coffee-house concerts, in which the composer would direct his own band of musicians.
Poulenc Métamorphoses – C’est ainsi que tu es; Banalités – Hôtel, Voyage à Paris; Les chemins d’amour Alice Coote mezzo-soprano Julius Drake piano Widely sought after on the international opera stage, Alice Coote makes the first of her three appearances this season in a more intimate arena. She launches the Proms Chamber Music series with a personal selection of French chansons.
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