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Angela Gheorghiu in recital

with Alexandra Dariescu

,Barbican Hall
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Twin stars, and enduring melodies: Angela Gheorghiu joins forces with the Romanian piano virtuoso Alexandra Dariescu for a recital that spans three centuries of melody and romance.

Angela Gheorghiu is an opera singer of the kind they just don’t make any more. A star of this brilliance requires a quite exceptional partner, so when Gheorghiu is joined by pianist Alexandra Dariescu, it’ll double the charm of this enchantingly tuneful programme.

Gheorghiu and Dariescu have chosen a mixture of melodies that lodge in the memory – some dating back to the mid-18th century – and glimpses of Romantic masters at their most intimate. With Gheorghiu’s ravishing voice and Dariescu’s famously sensitive touch, it should be a revelation: after all, to make this deceptively tuneful music yield its deepest secrets takes performers of unparalleled sensitivity and skill.

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Programme

Rameau Le Grillon
Martini Plaisir d'amour
Debussy Nuit d'étoiles
Chopin Étude Op 10, No 3 'Tristesse'
L Boulanger Trois Morceaux
Paisiello Nel cor pùi non mi sento
Bellini 'Malinconia, Ninfa gentile' from Composizioni da Camera
Donizetti 'Me voglio fà na casa' from Soirées d’automne à l’Infrascata
Tchaikovsky (arr Grainger) 'Waltz of the Flowers' from The Nutcracker Suite
Hahn L'Heure exquise
Rachmaninov 'Son', No 5 from 6 Romances, Op 8
'Vesenniye vody', No 11 from 12 Romances, Op 14
Tosti La Serenata
Ideale
Sogno
Respighi Nebbie
Ciortea Romanian Dance
Stephănescu Cântecul fluierașului
Mandruilita de la munte
Brediceanu Cine m-aude cântând
C Schumann No 2 from Soirées Musicales, Op 6 'Notturno'
Schubert Ständchen
Flotow Qui sola vergin rosa
Balfe I dreamt that I dwelt in Marble Halls

Performers

Angela Gheorghiu soprano
Alexandra Dariescu piano

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