Bottesini Double Bass Day 2021

FRI 17 DEC 13.05 and 18.00

Trinity Laban marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giovanni Bottesini with a day of concerts and events curated by Double Bass Professor Leon Bosch. Featuring music for chamber ensembles, singers and string orchestra as part of a day-long celebration of rarely-heard music by Bottesini, the 'Paganini of the Double Bass.'


13:05 Lunchtime Chamber Concert

String Quartet in B-flat major op.2
i. Allegro maestoso
ii. Minuetto
iii. Adagio
iv. Finale. Allegro non troppo
(22')
Juan Romero Monteagudo: Violin I
Columba Dromgoole-Cavazzi: Violin II
Peter Fenech: Viola
Irina Korolevskaia: Cello
Andante Sostenuto (String Sextet)
(5')
Juan Romero Monteagudo: Violin I
Columba Dromgoole-Cavazzi: Violin II
Peter Fenech: Viola
Irina Korolevskaia: Cello I
Sam Booth: Cello II
Jerelle Jacob: Double Bass
Gran Quintetto in C minor op 99
(24')
Enya Barber: Violin I
Grace Byrne: Violin II
Ivan Illingworth: Viola
Floora Valila: Cello
Nicholas Watt: Double Bass

18:00 Evening Voice and Piano Concert

Tutto per me sei tu (Romanza) from 7 songs
Dominic Westwood: tenor
Nefeli Erma Maliali: piano
Il passato (Duettino) from 7 songs
Thea Callaghan: mezzo-soprano
Sholto Biscoe-Taylor: tenor
Francesca Lauri Menta: piano
Torna mio bello (Romanzetta) from 7 songs
Antonia Thwaites: mezzo-soprano
Giacomo Tora: piano
Lucifero (Canto infernale) from 7 songs
Giuseppe Pellingra: bass-baritone
Giacomo Tora: piano
La fidanzata del demonio (Leggenda tedesca) from 7 songs
Giuseppe Pellingra: bass-baritone
Rachel Dangerfield: mezzo-soprano
Giacomo Tora: piano
‘Whomsoever I shall kiss’...‘Deliver me oh my God’ from Gardens of Olivet
Rhian Davies: mezzo-soprano
Johannes Gerges: bass-baritone
Giacomo Tora: piano
Une bouche aimée
Imogen Burgess: soprano
Jerelle Jacob: double bass
Nefeli Erma Maliali: piano
Tutto il mondo
Lucas Artusio: tenor
Jerelle Jacob: double bass
Nefeli Erma Maliali: piano
Act II Quartet from Ali Baba
Delia - Victoria Mulley: soprano
Nadir - Alexander White: tenor
Morgiana - Kate Robson: mezzo-soprano
Ali Baba - Johannes Gerges: bass-baritone
Francesca Lauri Menta: piano
O Nadir' Act II Aria from Ali Baba
Delia - Victoria Mulley: soprano
Francesca Lauri Menta: piano

Peacock Room, King Charles Court
Admission free, booking required

All audience members must comply with our Covid precautions

We continue to request that all customers wear face coverings whilst moving around the building and whilst sitting in your seats except for individuals who are exempt.

We would also ask that you do not attend events if you are experiencing symptoms, have tested positive or have been asked to isolate.

We encourage audiences to take a lateral flow test before leaving home.

FRI 17 DEC 18.30 & 19.30 / Book here