Proms at Belfast: Augusta Holmès / Debussy / Fauré, Atkinson/Pandya/Van Kuijk Quartet

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  • bluestateprommer
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    • Nov 2010
    • 3009

    Proms at Belfast: Augusta Holmès / Debussy / Fauré, Atkinson/Pandya/Van Kuijk Quartet

    Sunday 11 August 2024
    15:00
    Ulster Hall
    34 Bedford Street
    Belfast BT2 7FF

    Augusta Holmès: Les Heures (first performance at The Proms)
    Debussy: String Quartet in G minor

    Interval

    Fauré: La bonne chanson (version with piano & string quintet)

    James Atkinson, baritone (Proms debut artist)
    Michael Pandya, piano (Proms debut artist)
    Van Kuijk Quartet

    The Quatuor Van Kuijk join baritone James Atkinson and pianist Michael Pandya for a chamber concert that nods to fin de siècle Paris, featuring Debussy’s String Quartet, Fauré’s exquisite song-cycle La bonne chanson and Holmès’s Les heures


    The Waterfront Hall is one of Belfast's most iconic entertainment venues. Sitting at the heart of the city the venue welcomes leading music, comedy, sport and family acts from across the globe.



    Starts
    11-08-24 15:00
    Ends
    11-08-24 16:45
    Location
    Ulster Hall, Belfast
    Last edited by bluestateprommer; 11-08-24, 23:00.
  • bluestateprommer
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 3009

    #2
    Very fine Chamber Music Prom from Belfast, with the Augusta Holmès work as the obvious 'novelty' for the occasion. Her own text is somewhat over-baked 19th-century romantic, which is admittedly par for the course. Her music is OK; didn't necessarily knock me out of my chair, but good to hear. It sounded as though the Van Kuijk Quartet trimmed the vibrato a bit for the Debussy. The balance was rather lopsided towards the first half, but the ~22 minutes of La bonne chanson turned out to be just right for the second half on its own. (If there was an encore, R3 didn't carry it.) Well worth hearing / catching up on for anyone who missed it at the moment.

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