Ravel, Berio & Saxton |The Purcell School Chamber Soloists at Wigmore Hall, 2 May 2025

The Purcell School Chamber Soloists returned to Wigmore Hall on 2nd May 2025 with a programme celebrating the anniversaries of Maurice Ravel and Luciano Berio. The concert featured Le Tombeau de Ravel, a new work written for the ensemble by Robert Saxton, who studied under Berio. Saxton, a composer deeply immersed in Ravel’s music and actively involved in mentoring young composers, drew inspiration from Ravel’s opera L'enfant et les sortilèges for this piece. Also featured on the programme were Berio’s Folk Songs and three works by Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera, Tzigane, and La Valse (arranged for piano four hands by Iain Farrington). The Purcell School Chamber Soloists Paul Hoskins, conductor Performed on 2 May 2025 0:53 Robert Saxton - Le tombeau de Ravel (world premiere) for 12 players 10:08 Berio - Black Is the Colour (John Jacob Niles, USA) 12:53 Berio - I Wonder as I Wander (John Jacob Niles, USA) 15:00 Berio - Loosin Yelav (Armenia) 17:30 Berio - Rossignolet du Bois (France) 19:08 Berio - A la Femminisca (Sicily, Italy) 20:33 Berio - La Donna Ideale (Luciano Berio, Italy) 21:53 Berio - Ballo (Luciano Berio, Italy) 23:49 Berio - Motettu de Tristura (Sardinia) 25:53 Berio - Malurous qu'o uno Fenno (Auvergne) 26:47 Berio - Lo Fiolairé (Auvergne) 29:29 Berio - Azerbaijan Love Song (Azerbaijan) 33:46 Ravel - Pièce en Forme de Habanera 36:38 Ravel - Tzigane 48:20 Ravel - La Valse arr Iain Farrington for Piano Four hands The Purcell School is one of the worlds’ finest schools for young musicians aged 11 to 18 and the oldest music school in the UK. Based in Hertfordshire, just outside of London, the School provides a rounded education with music at its heart to around 195 talented students, most of whom go on to the top conservatoires and colleges for music, often with scholarships. Whilst at Purcell, students share a common bond in their passion for music with a community boasting creativity and mutual support. The School puts on nearly 100 events a year including concerts featuring our students and masterclasses with some of the most renowned musicians from across the globe. For more information on everything happening at The Purcell School and to keep up to date with the latest news, be sure to sign up to our mailing list: https://www.purcell-school.org/join-o... Follow us on; Facebook -   / purcellschool   Twitter -   / purcellschool   Instagram -   / the_purcell_school   YouTube -    / thepurcellschool