The Firm Concert Archive: Season 2018
Posthumous Composer in Residence: Maurice Ravel
Between 1996 and 2018, the Firm presented a total of 121 concerts with more than 700 works, including 305 first performances, by 111 different composers and featuring 105 performers.
*First performance
Concert 1: Jul 2nd 2018
Maurice Ravel | Pavanne pour une infante défunte | Mark Sandon | piano |
Maurice Ravel | Five Greek Songs | Bethany Hill | soprano |
Quentin Grant | Four Celan Songs | ||
Henri Duparc | In your heart moonlight lies dormant | ||
Raymond Chapman Smith | Silver-wing* | ||
Henri Duparc | To the country where war is waged | ||
Anne Cawrse | A Woman's Song* | ||
George Bizet | La Tarrantelle |
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Concert 2: Aug 13th 2018
Raymond Chapman Smith | Serenata* | The Benaud Trio | with |
Maurice Ravel | Ma Mere l'Oye | Benjamin Martin | piano |
Luke Altmann | Holy Fools* | ||
Jakub Jankowski | Piano Trio no. 2* |
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Concert 3: Sep 17th 2018
Alexander Borodin | In a Monastery, from Petit Suite | Konstantin Shamray | piano |
Maurice Ravel | La vallée des cloches ('Miroirs') | ||
Franz Liszt | Glockenspiel | ||
'Angelus' from 'Annees de pelegrinage' | |||
George Enescu | Choral and Carillon Nocturne from Suite no. 3, op. 18 | ||
Alexander Scriabin | Ninth Sonata, op. 68 ('Black Mass') | ||
Claude Debussy | Cloches à travers les feuilles ('Images', book 2) | ||
Olivier Messiaen | Prelude 'Cloches d'angoisses et larmes d'adieu' | ||
Alexander Scriabin | Seventh Sonata, op. 64 ('White Mass') |
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Concert 4: Dec 3rd 2018
Anne Cawrse | The Red Buoy* | Michael Ierace | piano |
Raymond Chapman Smith | La chute des étoiles* | ||
David John Lang | from 'The Wedding Album'* | ||
Quentin Grant | Zircusvolk (2016) | ||
Maurice Ravel | Gaspard de la Nuit |
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