31 May, 2025
THE IMMIGRANT’S DREAM
Echegaray Theatre, 8 p.m.
- Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
- Elegiac Trio No.1 in G minor, for piano trio
- Grigory Kalinovsky violin
- Christophe Morin cello
- Natalia Kuchaeva piano
- Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
- Rhapsody No.1 for violin and piano, BB.94a
- Jesús Reina violin
- Josu de Solaun piano
- Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951)
- 'I’ll Walk with God' from the operetta The Student Prince (El príncipe estudiante), for voice and piano
- Lucio Dalla (1943-2012)
- Caruso, for voice and piano
- Nils Georg Nilsen tenor
- Natalia Kuchaeva piano
- Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
- 'Nigun', No.2 from Baal Shem, for violin and piano
- Grigory Kalinovsky violin
- Natalia Kuchaeva piano
- Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
- L’Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), for violin, clarinet and piano
- Clemence de Forceville violin
- Rafael García clarinet
- Josu de Solaun piano
- Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
- 'I’m a Stranger Here Myself' from the musical One Touch of Venus (Venus Was a Woman), for voice and piano
'It Never Was You' from the musical Knickerbocker Holiday (Silver Leg), for voice and piano - Susanne Hvinden Hals soprano
- José Gallardo piano
- Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951)
- 'Deep in My Heart, Dear' from the operetta The Student Prince (El príncipe estudiante), for voice and piano duo
- Susanne Hvinden Hals soprano
- Nils Georg Nilsen tenor
- José Gallardo piano
The list of people that emigrated to the New World is endless. Dreaming of new career opportunities, many composers and performers, like Rachmaninoff, Romberg and Bloch, set sails for America in the late 1800s and early 1900s, each bringing with them their background and style, resulting in an exciting mix of cultures.
Later on when the World Wars roared in Europe, composers like Bartók, Stravinsky and Weill were forced to flee and continue their life across the Atlantic.
Several of the musicians took up important posts as conductors of emerging American orchestras, as influential teachers and heads of conservatories, and thus ended up shaping the future of music, performance and education in America.
In this program we can hear the memories of the “old” world in the works of Rachmaninoff, Bartók and Bloch, while the New World brings a different light to the works of Romberg, Dalla, Stravinsky and Weill.