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Oxford Lieder Festival: Contrasts
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Part of the Oxford Lieder Festival 2021
Add to my Calendar 17-10-2021 17:45 17-10-2021 19:45 36 Oxford Lieder Festival: Contrasts This stellar trio of musicians perform Béla Bártok’s effervescent Contrasts, written in 1938 and commissioned by the legendary jazz clarinettist Benny Goodman. They also include music by the toweringly influential American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, and Antonín Dvořák, who spent nearly four years in New York, where he wrote some of his best-loved works including the famous ‘New World Symphony’. Enjoy the whole festival live online for £165 with a Digital Festival Pass. All events will be available on demand after broadcast until 30th November, so you can catch up at a time which suits you. Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building
St Hilda's College
Cowley Place
Oxford
OX4 1DY
England
Programme
Béla Bartók – Contrasts, Sz.111
Performers
Julian Bliss – clarinet
Tim Horton – piano
Alexander Sitkovetsky – violin
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Programme Note
This stellar trio of musicians perform Béla Bártok’s effervescent Contrasts, written in 1938 and commissioned by the legendary jazz clarinettist Benny Goodman. They also include music by the toweringly influential American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, and Antonín Dvořák, who spent nearly four years in New York, where he wrote some of his best-loved works including the famous ‘New World Symphony’.
Enjoy the whole festival live online for £165 with a Digital Festival Pass. All events will be available on demand after broadcast until 30th November, so you can catch up at a time which suits you.
