
Due to exceptionally high temperatures, MM Tickets will exceptionally be closed on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 July. If you’d like to collect your copy of 18. The Harmony of Human Passions on these days, you can do so at the reception of the La Monnaie Workshops (Rue Léopold 23). We remain reachable by phone (02 229 12 11) between 12:00 and 18:00 and by email at tickets@lamonnaie.be.
Close-- The Children (Benjamin Britten / W. Soutar)
Composer Benjamin Britten’s Who are these Children? is a heart-rending indictment of the violence and horrors every war inflicts on children. At a time when children's blood is once again staring out at us from the debris of war on the European continent, Nicky Spence and Dylan Perez open their recital with this haunting cycle. Sadly, some of the songs could pass as live news coverage today.
Yet the Scottish tenor and the American pianist also want to provide perspective. Inspired by their own collaboration, they acknowledge what happens when cultures do come together. The programme celebrates Scottish and American poets and composers, as well as the two musicians’ own roots, through themes such as childhood, loss of innocence and ecstatic love.
Cat. A - € 46 / Cat. B - € 38
Cat. C - € 24 / Cat. D - € 10
1h15 (including one intermission)
Broadcast on Musiq3
5.5.2022
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Broadcast on Klara
28.5.2022
Programme
Benjamin Britten
Who are these children? (W. Soutar), op.84
Thomas Adès
- Come unto these yellow sands
- Full Fathom Five
Charles Griffes
Three poems of Fiona Macleod (William Sharp), op.11
Samuel Barber
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
(James Agee), op. 24
Margaret Bonds
Songs of the Seasons (L. Hughes)
Stephen Sondheim
- Broadway Baby
- Losing my Mind
- Anyone Can Whistle
- The Girls of Summer
- Love is in the air
20:00
TenoreNICKY SPENCE
PianoDYLAN PEREZ
ProductionLA MONNAIE / DE MUNT