SUMMER PERFUME

On the day of the equinox, perfumes and sounds of summer abound, tracing a touch of nostalgia for the warm days and nights that lie behind us. In the company of the siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, we can hear the singing of nightingales and the gentle rustle of leaves blown by the breeze. The Swedish composer Nils Lindberg portrays the sounds of the edge of the forest and the scent of grass and flowers during the last hours of twilight, while Wilhelm Peterson-Berger takes us to the green valleys of the mountains where young lovers sing. In turn, Frederik Delius brings us music that echoes on the water on a warm night, while Benjamin Britten describes a party with fishermen, farmers, and florists displaying their harvest in homage to the English queen of the 17th century, Elizabeth I, in the opera Gloriana. The programme ends with a bouquet of English summer folk songs.

PROGRAM

Coro Casa da Música

Martina Batič conductor

Felix Mendelssohn Im freien zu sengen, op. 59

Fanny Mendelssohn Gartenlieder, op. 3

Nils Lindberg Sommarpsalm

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger 8 Canções

Joseph Canteloube Bailero

Frederick Delius Two songs to be sung of a summer night on the water

Benjamin Britten Danças corais da ópera Gloriana

Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst e John Rutter Canções de verão inglesas

FESTIVAL

AGE RATING

> 6