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Bampton Classical Opera’s Annual St Beornwald’s-tide concert – A Musical Celebration
07 December 2024 @ 7.00pm to 9.30pm
About Bampton Classical Opera’s Annual St Beornwald’s-tide concert – A Musical Celebration
Chamber music and songs by Mozart, Poulenc and others.
Kieron-Connor Valentine (countertenor)
André Bertoncini, Jeremy Gray (piano)
Bampton Winds
Mozart – Quintet in E flat major for piano and wind
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
Songs and arias for countertenor and piano
Bampton Classical Opera presents its annual concert for the festive season in commemoration of the village’s patron, Saint Beornwald.
The eclectic programme of music is based around two majestic works by Mozart and Poulenc for piano and wind, played by artistic director Jeremy Gray and the wind instruments of the Orchestra of Bampton Classical Opera.
Mozart’s beautiful quintet, for an unusual scoring, was considered by the composer at the time to be ‘the best thing I have written in my life’. Poulenc’s trio, his first major chamber work, is noted for its depth of feeling, with touches of Mozartian flavour and echoes of other composers’ styles yet retaining its youthful verve.
Kieron-Connor Valentine and André Bertoncini, prize-winners in the 2023 Bampton Young Singers’ Competition, join with songs and arias by the same composers as well as a foray into some contrasting light music, including some Welsh songs.
Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano
Mozart: Arias from Mitridate, re di Ponto:‘Son Reo L’error Confesso’‘Gia dagli occhi il velo e tolto’
Rhys Jones: Cilfan y coed
T Osborne Roberts: Y Gwanwyn Du
Alain Boublil/Claude-Michel Schoenberg: I Dreamed a Dream (from ‘Les Misérables’)
Jake Heggie/Frederica von Stade: Paper Wings: A Route to the Sky
INTERVAL
Poulenc: Hotel
Amanda McBroom: Calon Lan / The Rose
Charlie Chaplin: Smile (from ‘Modern Times’)
Irving Berlin: White Christmas
W A Mozart: Quintet in E flat major for piano and wind
(programme order may change)
Tickets
Booking information
Prices:
Standard ticktets – £20.00
Under 18s tickets – £10.00
Tickets are available from the Box Office at 01993 851142 or online