WORDS, MUSIC and EURYTHMY
TO CELEBRATE THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH
* “Des Abends” from PHANTASIEST�CKE, Op. 12
Robert SCHUMANN (1810—56)
Introduction by Michael Jones
TOCCATA in C minor Sir William STERNDALE BENNETT (1816—75)
+ Excerpts from Stanford’s “A Musical Friend” and William Sterndale Bennett’s Student Diaries (1830′s), with a short song sung by members of Stream of Sound
—TUDES SYMPHONIQUE, Op. 13/Op. Posth. SCHUMANN
—INTERVAL—
* “Warum?” from PHANTASIEST�CKE, Op. 12 SCHUMANN
+ Bennett’s promotion of Robert and Clara Schumann in England
* “Romanze” from FASCHINGSSCHWANK AUS WIEN, Op. 26
* “Aufschwung” from PHANTASIEST�CKE, Op. 12 SCHUMANN
+ Schumann’s “Paradise and the Peri” — an extract from a spoken lecture by Sir John Betjeman (1906—84)
* “Theme” in Eb major (Schumann’s “Last Musical Thought”), for violin & piano
* Adagio, from ADAGIO AND ALLEGRO, Op. 70 for cello and piano
SCHUMANN
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+ Barry Sterndale Bennett (speaker)
Michael Jones (piano)
* Eurythmy West Midlands
Emily Grassinger (eurythmy),
Shaina Stoehr (eurythmy),
Maren Stott (eurythmy),
Lee Whitaker (eurythmy),
Angela Zienko (violin), Robert Davey (cello),
Alan Stott (piano)
Members of Stream of Sound
Amy Knock, Jessica Knock, Jenny Whittaker, directed by Caroline Price