Free-flowing music for flute, piano and cello, inspired by water, breath, spirit and song at Albert Hall on 13 April. Photo: CSO.
Debussy’s Syrinx takes its name from ancient Greek lore. Pursued by Pan, god of the wild, the nymph Syrinx is transformed into river reeds – from which we fashion ‘pan’ pipes. Water mythology also permeates Amy Beach’s ‘Water-Sprites’ Pastorale, which ripples with opalescent textures.
Pan was associated with shepherds, lonely figures in the wilds of nature. A Classical work with a Romantic streak, the ‘Shepherd’s Lament’ in Carl Maria von Weber’s piano trio calls to us as from the hills, full of yearning and virtuosic flourishes.
Water flows through the Variations and Rondo on ‘Schone Minka’ by composer and pianist Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a contemporary of Weber. Adapted from a Ukrainian folk song, it tells the story of a Cossack who bids his beloved farewell as he rides away to war along the river Danube.
The details
What: Water and Spirit
When: Sunday 13 April, 2 pm
Where: Albert Hall, Yarralumla
Cost: $16-55. Tickets available via CSO.
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