PCM8 - Aronowitz Ensemble
From Cadogan Hall. Suzy Klein presents the Aronowitz Ensemble in Faure's La bonne chanson (with soprano Elizabeth Watts) and Richard Strauss's sextet from his opera Capriccio.
From Cadogan Hall, London. Presented by Suzy Klein.
Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Aronowitz Ensemble are joined by soprano Elizabeth Watts for a performance of Gabriel Faure's song cycle La bonne chanson, a setting of poems by Paul Verlaine.
The Ensemble also perform Richard Strauss's string sextet from his last opera, Capriccio, and give the world premiere of a BBC commission - a new string sextet written specially for the Aronowitz Ensemble by Welsh composer Huw Watkins, with a title inspired by a phrase from the Philip Larkin poem Sad Steps.
Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Aronowitz Ensemble
Strauss: Capriccio - Sextet
Faure: La bonne chanson
Huw Watkins: Sad Steps (BBC commission: world premiere).
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- Mon 8 Sep 200813:00BBC Radio 3
- Sat 13 Sep 200814:00BBC Radio 3
