For its winter concert, Ensemble Enarmonia returns to the stage with Maestro Stephen Kramer and soprano soloist Arabella Kramer, in a programme that weaves together lightness, vocal virtuosity and grand symphonic writing.
The evening opens with Otto Nicolai’s Overture to “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, a sparkling piece that introduces the evening with wit and irony, recalling the brilliant atmosphere of the Shakespearean comedy on which it is based.
Next comes Mozart’s concert aria “Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio”, K. 418, a work of rare expressive intensity written for solo voice, in which the composer blends melodic elegance with emotional depth.
The evening closes with Brahms’s Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73, often called his “pastoral” symphony for the brightness and warmth that run through it: a serene and passionate orchestral fresco, among the most beloved works of the Romantic symphonic repertoire.
The concert dates are: 5 December at Teatro Palladium in Rome and 12 December at the Aula della Cultura in Città della Pieve.