Chamber concerts featuring ensembles from the Liceu Orchestra
At the Hivernacle in the Ciutadella Park
The Gran Teatre del Liceu schedules the first concerts to be held at the Hivernacle in Ciutadella Park, following its reopening last December. This emblematic space in Barcelona, recently restored, will host four chamber concerts on April 26th, 27th, and 28th featuring members of the Liceu Orchestra and Chorus.
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Dates & tickets
Trio Ainé
Friday, April 26th
7:30 PM
Joan Andreu Bella, violin
Fulgencio Sandoval, viola
Lourdes Kleykens, cello
Interludes by Bach with Boccherini and Beethoven
We present the dialogue of three great composers through the string trio formation of violin, viola, and cello. J.S. Bach's Three-Part Inventions, originally for keyboard, serve as the thread of a program that harmoniously revolves around the tonality of L. Boccherini's Trio op.14 n5, E-flat major, and concludes with one of the most representative pieces of the formation, L.V. Beethoven's Trio Op.9 N.3 in C minor, where we find both Bachian counterpoint and the richness of Boccherini's gallant style variations. This composer could curiously fit into a small wordplay game of the three Bs that Hans von Büllow referenced as Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms.
A well-rounded program in all aspects that invites contemplation and enjoyment.
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Selection of Three-Part Inventions BWV 787-801 (9 min)
No.1 in C Major BWV 787
No.2 in C Minor BWV 788
No.3 in D Major BWV 789
No.4 in D Minor BWV 790
No.6 in E Major BWV 792
No.7 in E Minor BWV 703
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
String Trio in E-flat Major op.14 n5 (G.99) (13 min)
I. Andantino
II. Allegro con spirito
III. Variazoni. Allegretto sostenuto
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Selection of Three-Part Inventions BWV 787-801 (8 min)
No.5 in E-flat Major BWV 791
No.9 in F Minor BWV 795
No.10 in G Major BWV 796
No.11 in G Minor BWV 797
No.15 in B Minor BWV 801
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1779-1827)
String Trio in C Minor Op.9 No.3 (24 min)
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Adagio con espressione
III. Scherzo-Allegro molto e vivace
IV. Finale-Presto
Lukeion
Saturday, April 27th
7:00 PM
Soprano: Oihane González de Viñaspre
Mezzo-soprano: Elisabeth Gillming
Alto: Cristina Tena
Tenor: Nauzet Valerón
Bass: Pau Bordas
Cello: Óscar Alabau
Positive organ and direction: David-Huy Nguyen-Phung
Luther and Bach
We open with a selection of arias from Johann Sebastian Bach's most emblematic works, such as the Passions according to St. John and St. Matthew and the cantata O ewiges Feuer, which introduce us to the musical and spiritual universe of the brilliant composer from Leipzig.
Next is the motet Jesu, meine Freude (1723), one of Bach's best-known and most appreciated works. A subtle work between the sobriety of Lutheran liturgy and Johann Sebastian Bach's musical genius. It all starts from the Lutheran hymn of the same name, which means "Jesus, my joy", written by Johann Crüger and sung by the congregation in Protestant temples. Bach's motet is a succession of different harmonizations of this simple chorale, thus transfigured into a musical monument of remarkable structure both for its musical beauty and its profound spiritual content.
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Passion according to St. John BWV245 - Mein teurer Heiland (bass)
Passion according to St. Matthew BWV244 - Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben (soprano)
Cantata BWV 34 - Wohl euch, ihr auserwählten Seelen (alto)
Passion according to St. Matthew BWV244 - Geduld, Geduld (tenor)
Passion according to St. John BWV245 - Es ist vollbracht (mezzo-soprano)
Motet BWV 227 – Jesu, meine Freude (SSATB)
Trio Subur
Sunday, April 28th
12:00 PM
Mariel Fontes, soprano
Emili Pascual Carbonell, English horn
David-Huy Nguyen-Phung, piano
Songs of Love and Dreams
From the sacred to the profane, from Cherubini to Hahn, songs of love and dreams, in the sublime music of Gounod, Fauré, Mahler, Strauss, Granados, Obradors, and in the enchanted texts of De Lamartine, Gallet, Rückert, Mackay, Periquet, and De Viau, among others.
Program
Luigi Cherubini (1760 – 1842)
Ave Maria
Charles Gounod (1818 – 1893)
Le soir
Gustav Mahler (1860 – 1911)
Ich bin der Welt
Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)
Morgen
Jules Massenet (1842 – 1912)
Élégie
Gabriel Fauré (1845 – 1924)
Après un rêve
Déodat de Séverac (1872 – 1921)
Les muletiers devant le Christ de Lliva (from the "Cerdanya" series)
Enrique Granados (1867 – 1916)
La maja dolorosa
Manuel de Falla (1876 – 1946)
Nana
Fernando Obradors (1897 – 1945)
Dos cantares populares
Carlos Guastavino (1912 – 2000)
La rosa y el sauce
Reynaldo Hahn (1874 – 1947)
À Chloris
Kaimerata
Friday, April 28
6:00 PM
Kai Gleusteen, violin
Albert Coronado, viola
Òscar Alabau, cello
Catherine Ordronneau, piano
Expressionism
Two wonderful post-Romantic works, full of lyricism and virtuosity. Dohnányi's Serenade, a masterpiece for the unusual formation of the string trio, followed by Strauss's quartet, a work by a gifted young man, in preparation for the great operas and symphonic poems that we admire so much.
Program Ernő Dohnányi (1877 – 1960)
Serenade
Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949)
Piano Quartet