Lunchtime Recital - Dr. Barbara Gentili (An Italian at the Court of Queen Victoria)

Programme 

The music is accompanied by an insightful narrative that music critic Ivan Hewett created to illustrate Tosti’s musical beginnings in his native Abruzzo region and his rise to fame from the late nineteenth century in London and Italy. 

Tosti, Sogno

Tosti, Vorrei 

Tosti, My love and I 

Tosti, Beautiful Eyes (for piano solo, arranged by Felix Arndt)

Tosti, Quattro canzoni d’Amaranta

Tosti, Goodbye (for piano solo, arranged by Felix Arndt)

Tosti, Avec toi 

Puccini, Sole e amore 

Puccini, Ninna nanna