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Of Georgian/Russian and Greek/Austrian parentage, British composer Lydia Kakabadse has a number of music theatre, vocal, choral and chamber works to her credit. The Arabian Rhapsody Suite for string quartet is characterized by vibrant rhythms and melodies of the Middle East while Russian Tableaux, also for string quartet, is a bitter-sweet tribute to the landscape, history and culture of Russia. Set to texts by the 19th-century poet Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt tells the story of the pitiful existence of a poor seamstress. The Mermaid is based on the composer’s own fairy tale and the haunting musical drama The Phantom Listeners was inspired by Walter de la Mare’s poetry.
Lydia Kakabadse: The Mermaid
I. Enchanting Times
II. Danger Lurks
III. Cherubs to the Rescue
Lydia Kakabadse: Russian Tableaux
I. Mother Volga
II. 1917
III. Dance of the Matryoshka Dolls
Lydia Kakabadse: The Song of the Shirt
The Song of the Shirt
Lydia Kakabadse: Arabian Rhapsody Suite
I. Marrakesh
II. Reverie
III. Sultan's Feast
Lydia Kakabadse: The Phantom Listeners
Scene 1: The Traveller's Message
Scene 2: Secrets of the House
Scene 3: The Traveller Returns
Scene 4: The House Rages
Scene 5: Reunited
Epilogue
March 2012
“If it was Kakabadse's intention to entertain, I cannot deny that she has succeeded, at least with me...The performance is generally excellent, although some of the phantom voices are not exactly in the first rank.”
I. Enchanting Times
