This final concert brings together two major works, unifying two strands in Berio's output: a sense of theatre and the human voice.
LUISA CASTELLANI (sop) STUDENTS OF THE
GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF
MUSIC AND DRAMA (speaking chorus) BBC SINGERS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by BELA DEKANY conducted by LUCIANO BERIO
Passaggio (1962) for solo soprano, choir, speaking chorus and orchestra
7.35 Live from the Barbican Hall, Peter Paul Nash chairs a discussion of Passaggio and the other music in the festival with Stephen Harrap and David Osmond-Smith , and LINDA HIRST sings some of Berio's song arrangements including Kurt Weill 's Surabaya
Johnny, to the audience in the foyer. Plus two
Strauss waltzes arranged by Schoenberg and Berg, played by the MATRIX ENSEMBLE (conductor
ROBERT ZIEGLER. )
8.35 Coro (1976) for 40 voices and orchestra.