Proms at ... Cadogan Hall, PCM 6

21 Aug 2017, Cadogan Hall

13:00 Mon 21 Aug 2017 Next Event

Proms 2017 Proms at ... Cadogan Hall, PCM 6

13:00 Mon 21 Aug 2017 Cadogan Hall

Rising German soprano Christiane Karg makes her Proms debut, joining pianist Malcolm Martineau for a musical voyage with a French accent. They visit Greece, Spain, France and the East in a recital of 20th-century songs by Ravel, Hahn and Poulenc.

Performances & Interviews

02:00

Henri Duparc: L'invitation au voyage - excerpt (PCM 6) (2017)

A symphony of surging power, started by Elgar and completed by Anthony Payne.

Aug '17麻豆约拍 Radio 3

Programme

- - Henri Duparc
  - L'invitation au voyage(5 mins)
- - Jes煤s Guridi
  - Seis canciones castellanas(17 mins)
- - Maurice Ravel
  - Cinq melodies populaires grecques(5 mins)
- - Reynaldo Hahn
  - 脡tudes latines 鈥� Lyd茅
  - 脡tudes latines 鈥� Vile potabis
  - 脡tudes latines 鈥� Tyndaris(6 mins)
- - Charles Koechlin
  - 厂丑茅丑茅谤补锄补诲别鈥� 'Chanson d'Engaddi'
  - 'La chanson d'Ishak de Moussoul'
  - 'Le voyage'(7 mins)
- - Francis Poulenc
  - Banalit茅s 鈥� Voyage 脿 Paris
  - Deux m茅lodies de Guillaume Apollinaire
  - Banalit茅s 鈥� H么tel

Performers

Christiane Karg
soprano
soprano
Malcolm Martineau
piano
piano

Composers

About This Event

With triumphant performances for the Royal Opera and Glyndebourne behind her, rising German soprano Christiane Karg now makes her Proms debut. She is joined by pianist Malcolm Martineau for a musical voyage in song.

They visit Greece in the heady love songs of Ravel鈥檚鈥楪reek popular songs鈥�, the exotic East in Koechlin鈥檚 厂丑茅丑茅谤补锄补诲别 settings and Spain in Guridi鈥檚 darkly beautiful Castilian songs, before heading closer to home with a jaunty stroll in Hyde Park courtesy of Poulenc.

There will be no interval

Image: Christiane Karg 漏 Gisela Schenker