Happy Birthday Gioachino!
Another chance to hear a concert given eartierthis year in Symphony Hall,
Birmingham to mark the official 50th anniversary of Rossini's birth (29 February 1792). Soprano Susan Roberts , mezzo Imelda Drumm and pianist lain Burnside perform a selection of songs and piano music from the collections which Rossini called his sins of old age (Peches de Vieillesse), including Le Depart des Promis, Le Dodo des Enfants,
Une Caresse a Ma Femme, Mon Prélude
Hygiénique du Matin and La Pesca as well as a performance of his cantata Egle ed Irene. (R)