Strings Across the World
Menuhin School London
Orchestral Concert
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church
Do you know the «erhu»? A traditional Chinese two-stringed instrument, it is made up of a long neck and a sounding board open on the back and covered with snake skin on the front, played with a bow, resting on the left thigh, rather like a viola da gamba.
A magnificent encounter coupled with a long voyage offered by the London Menuhin School, who are also bringing with them the Concerto Grosso No. 1 by Ernest Bloch, Swiss composer whose 60th anniversary of his death is being celebrated in 2019.
Jia Peng Fang, Erhu
Menuhin School London
Oscar Colomina, Conductor
| Satoshi Tanaka (1956) 2 Songs for Erhu from the Symphonic Suites «Shion Kanata» | 10' |
| Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043 | 15' |
| Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) | |
| Concerto grosso No. 1 for Strings and Piano obligato | 25' |
| – Interval – | |
| Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) | |
| «Verklärte Nacht» for String Orchestra | 35' |
| 110' | |
| CHF 125/105/65/40 |