Holkham Hall, Norfolk

Sunday, 19 November 2008

Michael Chance (countertenor)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Julius Drake (piano)

JS Bach: Sonata in G minor BWV1020 for oboe and keyboard
Allegro
Siciliano
Presto

Reynaldo Hahn:
A Chloris
Quand je fus pris au Pavillon
Infidélité
Fêtes Galantes
Les Cygnes

David Matthews: A Congress of Passions op 62
Cantata on poetry by Sappho for countertenor, oboe and piano*

Interval

JS Bach: Sonata in G minor BWV1032 for oboe and keyboard
Allegro
Andante
Allegro

Francis Poulenc: from Four poems by Apollinaire
L’Anguille (the Eel)
Carte Postale (Postcard to Mrs Cole Porter)
Avant le Cinéma (for Madame Picasso)

JS Bach: Cantata “Ich habe genug” BWV 82

* A Congress of Passions was commissioned by Michael Chance, Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake with funds provided by South East Arts, and was first performed by them at Cranbrook School, Kent, on 9 March 1994