Artists
- Alek Shradertenor
- Roger Vignolespiano
- Date
- Mon 26 Sep 2016, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Igor Stravinsky1882-1971
- The Rake's Progress:
- Here I Stand
- Iain Bellb. 1980
- The Undying Splendour:
- A lark above the trenches
- Comrades
- Gallipoli
- Virgil Thomson1896-1989
- Mostly About Love:
- Love Song
- Down at the Docks
- Let's take a walk
- Otto Nicolai1810-1849
- Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor:
- Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1756-1791
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail K384:
- Ich baue ganz auf deine stärke
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Semele HWV58:
- Where'er you walk
- Samuel Barber1910-1981
- Now have I fed and eaten up the rose Op. 45 No. 1
- A Green Lowland of Pianos Op. 45 No. 2
- O Boundless, Boundless Evening Op. 45 No. 3
- Stephen Collins Foster1826-1864
- Beautiful Dreamer
- I cannot sing tonight
- If you've only got a moustache
- George Frideric Handel1685-1759
- Partenope HWV27:
- Barbaro fato, sì
- Gioachino Rossini1792-1868
- Soirées musicales:
- La danza
Encore
- Samuel Barber1910-1981
- Sure on this Shining Night Op. 13 No. 3
Overview
Alek Shrader is an American lyric tenor with ‘boyish punch’ (The Opera Critic) and a ‘warm lyric voice’ (Bachtrack).
A recipient of San Francisco Opera’s prestigious Adler Fellowship, Shrader has given high profile performances at the Metropolitan Opera and Salzburg Festival; he makes his Rosenblatt Recitals debut with a fascinating programme of song and opera from both sides of the Atlantic.
‘Shrader was simply thrilling, his voice precisely vibrant and incisive.’ Bachtrack
‘Shrader, with his matinee-idol good looks, had the most challenging music to sing and he negotiated the long, florid vocal lines with disarming ease, agility and a sweet, open sound.’ Chicago Tribune
Watch an introductory video to the Rosenblatt Recitals series at Wigmore Hall.