Alexander Goehr

Wigmore Hall, Sunday 4th October 2007, 7.30pm

Alexander Goehr, distinguished composer and teacher, was born in Berlin in 1932. This 75th birthday programme includes the world première of a major song cycle, Dark Days, and is given by artists with whom he collaborates regularly.

The Artists

• Roderick Williams (baritone)
• Andrew West (piano)
• Daniel Becker (piano)
• Huw Watkins (piano)
• Elias Quartet

Programme

• Stravinsky Concertino for String Quartet
• Goehr Ulysses' Admonition to Achilles (World première)
• Goehr Dark Days (World première)
• Schumann/Debussy Six studies in canon form
• Goehr Almost a Fugue (World première)
• Goehr Piano Quintet

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