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Emma Kirkby Soprano
Chau-Yee Lo Harpsichord
Thursday 21 January 2016 at 7:30pm
A recital of Baroque and Modern
Music for Voice and Harpsichord.
Tickets: Early birds until 22 November
£15 | £10 concessions, £20 | £12
Purcell Couperin Stockhausen and
others including a performance of
Stockhausen’s Tierkreis for Soprano
and Harpsichord.
The Priory Church of St Bartholomew
the Great, West Smithfield,
London EC1A 9DS
www.dreamswisdominnocence.com
Dreams Wisdom Innocence takes its
title from Stockhausen’s Tierkreis,
which began life in Stockhausen’s play
with his toddler daughter, evolving into
twelve simple melodies, one for each
zodiac sign. Their dream-like innocence
was a touchstone for the composer, who
returned to them many times in his life
as the basis for more extended pieces.
Couperin’s music draws us into the
evocative pastoral of the Baroque
landscape, the gentle intimacy of his
character pieces revealing his subtle
and powerful insight into human nature.
Purcell’s music also wears its art lightly,
his songs crystallising love’s torments
and pleasures in their dazzling economy.
Programme includes:
Karlheinz Stockhausen:
Tierkreis (Nr. 414/5)
François Couperin:
Pieces from 6ième Ordre, including
Les baricades mistérieuses
Andrew Wilson-Dickson:
‘The Elephant’, from Karuṇā
Songs and keyboard music by
Henry Purcell.
All proceeds from this concert will be
going to support Maytree.
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Cover: River landscape with an antique
temple by François Boucher (1703-1770)
The elephant at the Tower of London by
Matthew Paris (c.1200-1259)
The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great
has step-free access which is along the path
from West Smithfield square underneath the
Elizabethan Gatehouse.