I GRANDI CONCERTI SERIES
NOVEMBER27, 2017
PRÉGARDIEN : DE BACH À BRITTEN
Published on: April 3rd, 2017
J.S. BACH: FLORILÈGE D’ŒUVRES VOCALES ET INSTRUMENTALES
H. PURCELL: CHACONNE EN SOL MINEUR
B. BRITTEN: SÉRÉNADE POUR TÉNOR, COR ET CORDES, OP. 31
B. BRITTEN: PRÉLUDE ET FUGUE POUR 18 CORDES, OP. 29
Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor
Julian Prégardien, tenor
Nadia Côté, horn
Jean-Marie Zeitouni has a fascinating proposal for this year’s Montreal Bach Festival: bring Bach and Britten — two musical universes perhaps not as diametrically opposed as one might think — into tune with one another. Together with I Musici, tenor Julian Prégardien performs some of the most beautiful arias for tenor, drawn from the German composer’s cantatas and oratorios, echoing Britten’s enchanting Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings.
Photo credits: David Curleigh, Marco Borggreve, Magenta
Presented as part of the Montreal Bach Festival.