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18 July — 6 September 2025

Cycle «Change III» 2023 — 2025

Menuhin School London

Wednesday, 24 July 2019, Saanen Church

Orchestral Concert

Wednesday, 24 July 2019
7.30 pm, Saanen Church

Do you know the «erhu»? A traditional Chinese two-stringed instrument, it is made up of a long neck and a sounding board open on the back and covered with snake skin on the front, played with a bow, resting on the left thigh, rather like a viola da gamba.

A magnificent encounter coupled with a long voyage offered by the London Menuhin School, who are also bringing with them the Concerto Grosso No. 1 by Ernest Bloch, Swiss composer whose 60th anniversary of his death is being celebrated in 2019.

Jia Peng Fang, Erhu
Menuhin School London
Oscar Colomina, Conductor

Satoshi Tanaka (1956)
2 Songs for Erhu from the Symphonic Suites «Shion Kanata»

10'
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 104315'
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) 
Concerto grosso No. 1 for Strings and Piano obligato25'
– Interval – 
Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) 
«Verklärte Nacht» for String Orchestra35'
 110'
CHF 125/105/65/40