It was there in the 2nd of Michael Berkeley's Three Rilke Sonnets, where voice and cello (the piano now silent) mirrored the tender feeling of loss in the poem. Rapture was a mood struck often during the evening. Alongside Bach's sacred arias with cello obbligato is John Cage’s wittily percussive song for voice and closed piano. This consummate and curious trio have come together to curate an intriguing exploration of these sonorities, from the second of Michael Berkeley's Rilke Sonnets and Tavener's starkly expressive Akhmatova Songs, to Schubert's exhilarating Auf dem Strom, Turnage's sensuous lullaby and Janacek's enchanting Pohádka. (Unfortunately Ruby has had to withdraw from the concert at the last minute, but is replaced by Fleur Barron with no alterations to the programme). To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoĬello Unwrapped, Kings Place Tre Voci - Cello Unwrapped King's Place, 30 September 2017Īs a former cellist, soprano Ruby Hughes loves to sing with the 'warm, expressive, very human voice' of the cello, played here by Natalie Clein alongside distinguished pianist Julius Drake. Its initial piano writing suggested tolling bells and some dark, Bach-like organ prelude, with the oboe adding an anguished, twisting line in a much higher register. tragedy was apparent in Michael Berkeley's A Dark Waltz, finished just after the composer lost a friend to coronavirus.
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The concert took place without an audience present, and is part of a series of twenty recitals - the first live concerts since the start of lockdown. A Dark Waltz performed at BBC Radio 3 lunchtime recital Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake live at Wigmore Hall Wigmore Hall, 04 June 2020īBC Radio 3 broadcast a live Lunchtime Concert from London's Wigmore Hall, including an extended version of Michael Berkeley's 'A Dark Waltz', arranged especially for Nicholas Daniel and Julius Drake.
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