Lawrence Power with Thomas Adès: Fairy-Tale Dances
An imaginative programme unites extraordinary viola player Lawrence Power, one of our current Resident Artists, with leading composer Thomas Adès at the piano.
The Southbank Centre Resident Artist for Autumn/Winter 2024/25 is joined by one of Britain’s most celebrated composers for a concert like no other, celebrating song and dance.
Look out, too, for foyer events around the performance with Power, Adès and their colleagues.
The first half is devoted to British music past and present, with works by Adès, Britten and Tippett inspired by early songs of Purcell and Dowland, played alongside the originals.
Next, Adès’ Märchentänze (Fairytale Dances) evoke the world of English folk song, with one movement celebrating the calls of skylarks.
After the interval, Power and his percussionist partner perform Berio’s Naturale, subtitled ‘action for dance’ and inspired by Sicilian folk music. The duo are joined on stage by a dancer.
The concert concludes with Stravinsky’s Divertimento, from the seductive ballet score Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy’s Kiss).
Performers
Lawrence Power viola, violin
Thomas Adès piano
Paul Stoneman percussion
dancer to be announced
Repertoire
Purcell: Full fathom five from The Tempest arr. Thomas Adès
Thomas Adès: Berceuse No.2 from The Exterminating Angel arr. viola & piano
Britten: Waltz from Suite, Op.6 arr. viola & piano
Tippett: Come unto these yellow sands from Songs for Ariel
Dowland: If my complaints could passions move
Britten: Lachrymae (Reflections on a song of Dowland) for viola & piano, Op.48
Thomas Adès: Märchentänze for violin & piano
Berio: Naturale for viola, percussion & recorded voice
Stravinsky: Divertimento from The Fairy's Kiss arr. Stravinsky & Dushkin for violin & piano
Need to know
‘Lawrence Power is a tonic … his programming is so imaginative and his musicianship so independent of his instrument that it’s the message, not the medium, that is paramount’
The Strad
Times & tickets
Dates, times and prices
Dates & times
27 Sep 2024, 9pm
Run time
1 hour and 30 minutes (approx)
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Standard entry
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