FULLY BOOKED: THE SYMPHONY FROM SCHUBERT TO DVORAK

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

A strong lyrical thread runs through the works of those composers who stayed true to the symphony in the 19th century. Starting with Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ Symphony we will enjoy the pictorial aspects of Mendelssohn’s Italian and Schumann’s Rhenish symphonies, before concluding with two sometimes underrated masterpieces, Brahms’ 3rd and Dvorak’s 7th.  Ian France Residential: £350 

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CHORAL MASTERPIECES

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Following the inspiring example of Mozart’s Requiem we will immerse ourselves in three requiems from the Romantic era. Brahms’ German Requiem used a Lutheran text and includes the chorus “How lovely are thy dwellings fair”. Verdi’s Requiem is well-known for its dramatic “Dies Irae”; by contrast the opening is quietly pleading. Faure’s Requiem has an 

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