Singapore – Tue, 23 Sep 2014 7.30pm

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 7.30pm

Antipodes: Having the feet opposite. Anti- against, opposite +opus, pod-foot”If you dig a hole straight down through the Earth, you’ll end up in New Zealand”. That was one of Spanish flautist Roberto Álvarez’s favourite childhood thoughts. Of course, that would bring many questions to the toddler’s mind:Do people at the Antipodes walk with their feet in the air and speak backwards?
Do their trees grow with their branches downwards?This recital is the perfect chance to compare how different or how similar is the antipodal music for the flute. Roberto Álvarez and pianist Shane Thio explore the repertoire by Spanish composers Elisenda Fábregas and Salvador Brotons, and Kiwis Gareth Farr and Anthony Ritchie.

Sonata for Flute and Piano Op. 21
Lento cantabile
Presto – Lento sensibile – Presto

Nga Whetu e Whitu
I
II

Sonata for Flute and Piano Op. 135
Allegro barbaro
Adagio con rubato
Allegro molto

Sonata for Flute and Piano

Allegro con spirit

Largo

Scherzo

Allegro molto con brio