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Composers and Writers as Portraitists

Add to my Calendar 10-03-2017 19:30 10-03-2017 21:30 36 Composers and Writers as Portraitists Join us for a concert where words and music become paint and canvas. Pianist and broadcaster Iain Burnside explores composers and writers as portraitists, to include music by Couperin, Schumann, Poulenc and Hahn. Romanian pianist Mihai Ritivoiu (a City Music Foundation artist) and acclaimed baritone William Dazeley will join Iain for an evening to complement and enhance the theme of portraiture. The Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year exhibition remains open prior to the concert as does the Wallace Collection café/bar. The restaurant will remain open for dinner following the concert. Wallace Collection, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Wallace Collection
Hertford House
Manchester Square
London
W1U 3BN
England

Programme

Francis Poulenc – Le Travail du Peintre, FP 161
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Pièces de clavecin: L'aimable
Claude Debussy – Hommage à Rameau
Reynaldo Hahn – Portraits de peintres
Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin: Prélude, Rigaudon, Menuet, Toccata
Benjamin Britten – The Ploughboy
Robert Schumann – Die Lotosblume, Op.25 no.7

Performers

Iain Burnside – piano
Mihai Ritivoiu – piano
William Dazeley – baritone

Programme Note

Join us for a concert where words and music become paint and canvas.

Pianist and broadcaster Iain Burnside explores composers and writers as portraitists, to include music by Couperin, Schumann, Poulenc and Hahn. Romanian pianist Mihai Ritivoiu (a City Music Foundation artist) and acclaimed baritone William Dazeley will join Iain for an evening to complement and enhance the theme of portraiture.

The Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year exhibition remains open prior to the concert as does the Wallace Collection café/bar. The restaurant will remain open for dinner following the concert.

Composers and Writers as Portraitists

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