The Wallace Collection welcomes our new Director and Spanish painting specialist Dr Xavier Bray with a special evening concert, ‘Through Gilded Trellises': a Celebration of Spain, featuring acclaimed tenor Luis Gomes.

 

Inspired by the Collection’s impressive assemblage of Spanish Old Master paintings, the concert will highlight music by Turina, Mompou and Granados in addition to Spanish-inspired music by celebrated European composers such as Debussy and Scarlatti.

The intimate concert will be held in the Collection’s Great Gallery, surrounded by some of art history’s most recognizable Old Master paintings, including Velázquez’ The Lady with a Fan and Rubens’ The Rainbow Landscape.

 

The evening will also feature an ‘in conversation’ discussion between Dr Bray and pianist Iain Burnside, where they will consider the wider impact of Spanish painters and composers on European culture.

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Fernando Obradors Canciones clásicas españolas
Domenico Scarlatti Sonata
Federico Mompou Cantar del alma
Enrique Granados Tonadillas en estilo antiguo
Joaquín Turina Poema en forma de canciones
Hugo Wolf Nun Wandre, Maria | Die ihr schwebet
Claude Debussy La puerta del vino
Léo Delibes Les filles de Cadix
Franz Liszt Comment, disaient-ils
Sergei Rachmaninoff The Answer
William Walton Through Gilded Trellises
Manuel Penella El gato montés

 

Luis Gomes tenor

Iain Burnside piano

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Organised by the Wallace Collection in collaboration with ILAMS