Fools and Fairies - CIMF
Tue, 02 May
|Fitters' Workshop
Enter a world of wonder in this evening concert inspired by rustic folk tales and elflike fantasy, part of the Canberra International Music Festival
WHEN + WHERE
02 May 2023, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Fitters' Workshop, Printers Way, Kingston ACT 2604, Australia
ABOUT
Enter a world of wonder in this evening concert inspired by rustic folk tales and elflike fantasy.
Grimm’s Fairy Tales hit the bookshops in 1812, and by the time H.C. Andersen was ready to publish his own fairy tales in the 1830s, a new literary genre was born. Robert Schumann followed suit with several instrumental works, as reflected in this late clarinet trio. Dvořák found different reasons to delve into his country’s folklore. It inspired major operas, as well as the very charming yet rarely performed Moravian Duets.
Janáček drew on the Czech folk traditions with even greater zeal. From the nuptials of the beetroot to the comic picture of a cow in the knacker’s yard, the musical miniatures of Říkadla (Nursery Rhymes) arguably are some of his most playful and catchy creations. Equally upbeat and almost clown-like is Elena Kats-Chernin’s Village Idiot, conjuring the wry image of a fool who in a world of madness dares to speak a clearer truth.
Program
Robert Schumann, Märchenerzählungen op 132 (1853)
Antonín Dvořák, Moravian Duets (1876)
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Leoš Janáček, Říkadla (Nursery Rhymes) (1924)
Elena Kats-Chernin, Village Idiot (2006)
Artists
James Wannan, viola
Oliver Shermacher, clarinet
Susannah Lawergren, soprano
Anna Fraser, soprano
Roland Peelman, piano
Ronan Apcar, piano/keyboard
Theo Carbo, electric guitar
Luminescence Chamber Singers
Alma Moodie Quartet