Event Durham

Enrique Granados:Danza Española No.2 “Oriental”(1890)                   

Frederic Mompou:Variations on a Theme by Chopin (1938-57)           

Granados:Goyescas (1911) - El Amor y la Muerte (Balada)     

Granados:Danza Española No.5 “Andaluza”(1890)  

Mompou:Cants Màgics (1917-19)       

Granados:Escenas románticas (1904)              

An evening of lyrical intimacy, full of infinite refinement, brought to you by two major composers to come out of Catalonia. Frederic Mompou has long been a well kept secret. His modest, highly personal music, often reminiscent of that of his friend Erik Satie is only now being recognised as one the true originals within the 20^th century piano repertoire. This programme pairs his early set of magical chants with one of his very few larger pieces, an amazing transformation of a Chopin Prélude. In his Goyescas Enrique Granados describes the haunting images of Francisco Goya with a mix of virtuosity and emotional depth, elements that also come to the fore in his rarely heard cycle ‘Romantic Scenes’