'English Music for String Orchestra'

The second concert of the 2016-2017 season of the Fundació Studium Aureum is dedicated to four British composers and their work for string orchestra. Heard will be pieces of Gerald Raphael Finzi, Gustav Holst, Edward Elgar and Charles Hubert Parry.

Featuring:

Concertino: Ramon Andreu
Violins I: Alfredo Ardanaz, Kepa Arteche, Llucía Barrero, Soriana Ivaniv, Enrique Pastor
Violins II: Ricardo Duato, Laura Alvarez, Xavier Pericàs, Marta Saura, Hanna Shakun
Violas: M José Gómez de la Vega, Lourdes Pons, Beatriz Torres, Violoncels: Dmitry Struchkov, Joana Gual, Esther Jiménez, Gabriel Fiol
Contrabass: Anna Endzelm
Piano: Andreu

Program:

Edward Elgar 1857-1934
Serenade op. 20
1. Allegro piacevole
2. Larghetto
3. Allegretto
C. Hubert H. Parry 1848-1918
An English Suite
1. Praelude
2. In minuet style
3. Saraband
4. Pastoral
5. Air
6. Frolic

Gerald Finzi 1901-1956
Romance
Andante espressivo
Eclogue
Andante semplice

Gustav Holst 1874-1934
St Paul’s suite
1. Jig
2. Ostinato
3. Intermezzo
4. Finale (The Dargason)

Half an hour before the concert, the composer Mercè Pons offers a talk about the composers and the works to be interpreted.