Concert "Mad songs" Automatic translate

Start: 19:00.

Tickets can be purchased on the website (pushkinmuseum.art) and at the box office of the museum (Volkhonka St., 12). The concert ticket also includes a passage to the Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, and London School exhibition. Please note that on March 27 the museum exposition and temporary exhibitions are open until 20:00. Please take into account the museum’s working hours and recommend planning a visit to the exhibition before the concert.

The concert "Mad songs" is dedicated to the popular in the second half of the XVII century the musical genre of mad songs ("crazy songs"). Interest in these works arose in connection with the emergence of a new brutal London entertainment — monitoring patients at the Mary Bethlehem Hospital, the London Hospital for the Mentally Ill (Bedlam). The Mad Songs program included songs from the heyday of the genre - songs by the brothers Henry Purcell and Daniel Purcell, Henry Laws, John Eccles - as well as the extremely expressive experience of addressing mad songs in the 20th century - “Eight Songs of the Mad King” (1969) by Sir Peter Maxwell Davis.

Program:

John Eccles (1668-1735)
"Restless in Thought"
“I Burn, My Brain Consumes To Ashes” (Don Quixote music of Thomas d’Urfi)
Henry Purcell (HenryPurcell; 1669–1696)
“From rosy bowers” ​​(from the music for Thomas Quixote by Thomas d’Urphy)
Daniel Purcell (Daniel Purcell; 1664-1717)
O ravishing delight
Henry Lawes (Henry Lawes; 1596–1662)
Amarilllis
Daniel Purcell (Daniel Purcell; 1664-1717)
"Morpheus, thou gentle god"
Henry Purcell (HenryPurcell; 1669–1696)
"From silent shades" ("Mad Bess")
Peter Maxwell Davies (Peter Maxwell Davies; 1934—2016)
Eight Songs for a Mad King (1969). Text by Randolph Stow and King George III

Performers:
Marcus Farnsworth (Baritone)
Julia Mikkonen (mezzo-soprano)
Olga Filippova (harpsichord)
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (IASM) composed of -
Ivan Bushuev (flute)
Oleg Tantsov (clarinet)
Mikhail Dubov (piano, harpsichord)
Alexander Suvorov (drums)
Evgeny Subbotin (violin)
Julia Migunova (cello)

REFERENCE.

Year of the music of Great Britain and Russia 2019

The Year of Music of Great Britain and Russia 2019 continues a series of successful Russian-British programs - the Year of Culture of Great Britain and Russia 2014, the Year of Language and Literature of Great Britain and Russia 2016 and the Year of Science and Education of Great Britain and Russia 2017.

The program of the Year of Music 2019 is based on the recognition of the rich cultural heritage and musical traditions of the UK and Russia and helps to strengthen ties between the peoples of the two countries.

Goals of the Year of Music of Great Britain and Russia 2019

• present a broad, inclusive and innovative program that changes the usual perception of classical and modern music;
• provide opportunities for professional cooperation between creative industries, as well as between individual specialists and organizations, including between agencies and promoters, conservatories and music schools, etc.
• help strengthen the interaction between the peoples of the two countries through cultural exchange;
• to attract as many young people as possible to educational and cultural events.

At the heart of the Year of Music 2019 program is the principle of cultural diversity. The British music scene will be represented by both academic and contemporary trends. The wide audience is waiting for a diverse program of live performances and educational events, as well as special online projects.