“Very enjoyable evening photographing #soprano @BeardLouisa & #pianist Kentaro Nagai, hosted by @MarksonPianos. You all make beautiful music!”
“It was an enjoyable night for Keith and me with music we do not usually hear. Some of the pieces were totally novel to me. What Markson Pianos are doing is very interesting.”
“Well done for last night. You sang beautifully and it was a very special evening.” April 2015
"…your lovely singing and choice of music - very accessible for non opera lovers - and the superb pianist and the exceptional tonal quality of the piano." – December 2016 Audience Testimonial, Copyright Marina Rinaldi London
Voice and piano
Programme
Mompou, Toldra, Nin
Damunt de tu, nomes les flors - F. Mompou
Aquesta nit un mateix vent - F. Mompou
Jo et pressentia com la mar - F. Mompou
Incertitud - F. Mompou
Rosa del cami -F. Mompou
Interval
Canc,o del Grumet - E. Toldra
Menta i farigola – E. Toldra
Visca l’amor – E. Toldra
Rossinyol que vas a Franc,a – J. Nin-Culmell
El Cant dels Ocells - Anon
Sonata - A. Soler or Movement of Partita - Bach
Vieni, vieni o mio diletto – A. Vivaldi
Deh Vieni non tardar – Le nozze di Figaro – W. A. Mozart
Voi che sapete – Le nozze di Figaro – W. A. Mozart
La Pastorella delle Alpi – G. Rossini
Interval 15 minutes – Introduction and credits
Barcarolle Op. 60 - F. Chopin
Vaga luna, che inargenti – V. Bellini
Malinconia, Ninfa gentile – V. Bellini
Batti, batti, o bel Masetto – Don Giovanni – W.A. Mozart
Una donna a quindici anni – Così fan tutte – W.A. Mozart
Voi che Sapete (Cherubino) - Marriage of Figaro by W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Cherubino a young page thinks that he is in love and sings a song (which he has composed) to the Countess. "You ladies who know what love is, is it love what I am feeling? Cherubino is experiencing all these emotions, one moment he feels excited and alive, the next he is cold and numb.
Vaga Luna (Beautiful moon), arietta composed by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
"Beautiful moon, only you are witness to my ardent desire; Go tell her, tell my beloved how much I long for her and sigh."
Sonatina (1st Movement) - F. M. Torroba (1891-1982)
Torroba was a Spanish composer who wrote many great works for the classical guitar, this piece was written in 1965 and dedicated to the famous guitarist, Andrés Segovia.
Las Morillas de Jaén (Cancion popular del siglo XV) arr. Federico Garcia Lorca
Tres Morillas tells the story of three Moorish girls who go to pick olives in the mountain town of Jaén. While there, they meet the men who will become their husbands.
Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Memories of the Alhambra) - F. Tárrega (1852-1909)
This is perhaps the most famous piece written for the classical guitar, it was composed in 1896 after Tárrega visited the Alhambra Palace in Granada.