Programme Details
Julia Kumlin soprano
Yuhua Sun mezzo-soprano
Miao Liu and Yixuan Qin piano
Lisa Archontidi-Tsaldaraki violin
Gonçalo Pires cello
PETTERSSON Blomma säj! (Flower, Tell Me)
RANGSTRÖM Som ett blommande mandelträd (Like an Almond Tree in Bloom)
STENHAMMAR I skogen (In the Forest)
ALFVÉN Pioner (Peonies)
YAN LI 幽兰操 and 青玉案·元夕 (The Orchid Ode and Night of the Lantern Festival)
ZI HUANG 踏雪寻梅 (Searching for Plum Blossoms in Snow)
RUI ZHANG 诔词 (Elegy)
KIM SUNG-TAE수선화 (Daffodils’ Whispers)
JEONG HWAN-HO 꽃피는 날 (When the Flowers Bloom)
YOON HAK-JOON잔 향 (Echoes of the Past)
FAURÉ La rose, Op 51 No 4
DELIBES Flower Duet from Lakmé
BERLIOZ Le spectre de la rose from Les nuits d’été
An exploration of the symbolism of flowers and the aesthetics of blooming and withering through song. The programme journeys through Sweden, France, China and South Korea, and includes Allan Pettersson’s ‘Blomma säg’, Gabriel Fauré’s ‘La rose’ and ‘Searching for Plum Blossoms in Snow’ by Zi Huang.