The English Connection

Cultuurcentrum Hasselt – 20.00

Gilles Van der Linden, tenor

Emma Van den Ecker, french horn

In The English connection, symphoniaASSAI explores the English musical identity and the historical connections between the work of the composers Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Benjamin Britten (1913-1976).

Three composers in search of their own English idiom, a national music language that is inextricably linked to folk culture and the rolling landscapes that surrounded them.

Three musical heirs of Henry Purcell (1659-1695), considered by many to be the best English composer of all time, and would mean an indelible influence on their later works and for which they all had a huge admiration.

programma

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Benjamin BRITTEN | Serenade for tenor, horn, and strings

Edward ELGAR | Sospiri

Edward ELGAR | Serenade for Strings

Benjamin BRITTEN | Simple Symphony

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