Artists
- Gerald Finleybass-baritone
- Julius Drakepiano
Archived Event
Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and more
Gerald Finley bass-baritone; Julius Drake piano
- Date
- Sat 21 Mar 2015, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791
- Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt K619
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- Selbstgespräch WoO. 114
- Vom Tode Op. 48 No. 3
- Mit einem gemalten Band Op. 83 No. 3
- Wonne der Wehmut Op. 83 No. 1
- Aus Goethes Faust Op. 75 No. 3
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- 4 Serious Songs Op. 121
Interval
- Ralph Vaughan Williams1872-1958
- 3 Poems by Walt Whitman
- Ned Rorem1923-2022
- War Scenes
- Charles Ives1874-1954
- Feldeinsamkeit
- In Flanders Fields
- Tom Sails Away
- Ann Street
- Charlie Rutlage
Encore
- Charles Ives1874-1954
- Memories: a. Very Pleasant, b. Rather Sad
- Franz Liszt1811-1886
- Go not, happy day S335
- Samuel Barber1910-1981
- Sure on this Shining Night Op. 13 No. 3
Overview
Matters of life and death course through this programme, powerfully treated by Brahms in his Four Serious Songs and touched upon with lightness by Mozart in his tuneful ‘little German cantata’ of July 1791.
Gerald Finley and Julius Drake tackle Ned Rorem’s War Scenes in their recital’s second half, a haunting cycle of five songs dedicated to ‘those who died in Vietnam, both sides, during the composition: 20–30 June 1969’.
Supported by The Hargreaves and Ball Trust