Karina Gauvin soprano; Andrea Oliva flute; Angela Hewitt piano

Performers

Karina Gauvin

soprano

Andrea Oliva

flute

Angela Hewitt

piano

Programme

Hahn

• Quand je fus pris au pavillon
• Si mes vers avaient des ailes
• A Chloris
• Le printemps

Debussy

Chansons de Bilitis

Jolivet

Chant de Linos

Poulenc

Sonata for flute and piano

Fauré

• Sérénade toscane
• Automne
• Après un rêve
• Nell
• En sourdine
• Notre amour

Ravel

La flûte enchantée from Shéhérazade

Bizet

• Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe
• Guitare
• La coccinelle
• Ouvre ton coeur

About this concert

Angela Hewitt’s French Series turns to the heady harmonies and elevated aesthetics of fin-de-siècle Paris for a programme glorious in its diversity and expressive contrasts, from the nostalgic yearning of Reynaldo Hahn’s matchless ‘A Chloris’ to Debussy’s erotically charged Chansons de Bilitis.

She is joined by Québécoise soprano Karina Gauvin, winner of the Maggie Teyte Memorial Prize, and Andrea Oliva, principal flute of the Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.