Musica d'Italia

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday 28 April,  2012
Lighthouse Poole 

 

 

 

The delights of classical Italy come to Dorset!

 

Guest Conductor : Nigel Perrin

Dorset Guild of Singers

Guest Choirs: Weatherbury Singers and Sturminster Marshall

Dorset County Orchestra - conductor Ian Pillow

 

 

Professional  Dorset singers Jane Oakland (soprano), Colin Howard (tenor) and Andrew Foan (bass-baritone), together with the Dorset County Orchestra, join the combined choirs of the Dorset Guild of Singers to present an evening of popular Italian music. The concert will feature Puccini’s tuneful and romantic Messa di Gloria, together with favourite operatic overtures, arias and choruses by Italian masters. Top choral conductor Nigel Perrin, of King’s Singers fame, will take charge of the baton for all the choral items.

 

Programme

Overture tba, (conducted by Ian Pillow)

Messa di Gloria (Puccini) with Colin Howard and Andrew Foan

 

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Intermezzo tba, (conducted by Ian Pillow)

Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Verdi’s Nabucco)

Brindisi (Verdi’s La Traviata)

Anvil Chorus (Verdi’s Il Trovatore)

Chorus of Wedding Guests (Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor)

Easter Hymn (Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana) – with Jane Oakland

Concert Arias:

Una Furtiva Lagrima (Donizetti, L’elisir d'amore) - with Colin Howard

Voi Lo Sapete (Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana) - with Jane Oakland

La Calunnia e un Venticello (Rossini, Barber of Seville) - with Andrew Foan

Nigel Perrin