Presentando REVOLUCIONES

XI Festival Málaga Clásica

11th International Chamber Music Festival

Del 29 mayo-4 junio en Teatro Echegaray y Teatro Cervantes

REVOLUTION OF THE PEOPLE

Frederic Rzewski (1938-2021)

Theme from ‘The People United Will Never Be Defeated’, for piano solo

Natalia Kuchaeva piano

Daniel Auber (1782-1871)

‘Du pauvre seul ami fidèle’ from the opera La muda de Portici, for tenor and piano

Nils Georg Nilsen tenor

Natalia Kuchaeva piano

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

‘Ave Maria’ from the opera Diálogos de carmelitas, for soprano and piano

Susanne Hvinden Hals soprano

Natalia Kuchaeva piano

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Sonata for violin and piano, FP119

Robert Kowalski violin

Julien Quentin piano

Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)

‘Souvenir d’Amerique’, Variations on ‘Yankee Doodle’, for violin and piano

Joanna Wronko violin

Natalia Kuchaeva piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

String quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op.110

Robert Kowalski violin

Joanna Wronko violin

Laura Romero Alba viola

Øyvind Gimse cello

Claude-Michel Schönberg (1944-)Alain Boublil (1941-)

Selection of songs from the musical Los miserables:

‘I Dreamed a Dream’, for soprano and piano

‘Bring Him Home’, for tenor and piano

‘Do You Hear the People Sing?’, ensemble and piano

Susanne Hvinden Hals soprano

Nils Georg Nilsen tenor

Julien Quentin piano

A work of art originates from such a powerful place, that its force and drive can truly move mountains. The way that artwork resonates with people can ignite the spark of a revolution which has long been growing within their hearts.

Auber’s work did just that, being the only known opera to have directly caused such a social riot, leading to the Belgian revolution.

The rest of the program presents the unity that music can bring, and the way that different people and nations have expressed idealism, change and triumph through the power of music.