Artists
- Carolyn Sampsonsoprano
- Joseph Middletonpiano
- Date
- Wed 26 Jul 2017, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- Gretchen am Spinnrade D118
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- Fünf Lieder Op. 107:
- No. 5 Mädchenlied
- Robert Schumann1810-1856
- Sechs Gesänge Op. 107:
- Die Spinnerin No. 4
- Herzeleid No. 1
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- Ophelia-Lieder WoO. 22
- Richard Strauss1864-1949
- 3 Lieder der Ophelia Op. 67
- Hugo Wolf1860-1903
- Goethe Lieder:
- Mignon Lieder
Interval
- Henri Duparc1848-1933
- Romance de Mignon
- Charles Koechlin1867-1950
- 5 chansons de Bilitis Op. 39:
- No. 1 Hymne à Astarté
- Claude Debussy1862-1918
- Chansons de Bilitis
- Charles Koechlin1867-1950
- 5 chansons de Bilitis Op. 39:
- No. 5 Epitaphe de Bilitis
- Camille Saint-Saëns1835-1921
- La mort d'Ophélie
- Ernest Chausson1855-1899
- Chansons de Shakespeare Op. 28:
- Chanson d'Ophélie
- Henri Duparc1848-1933
- Au pays où se fait la guerre
- Francis Poulenc1899-1963
- La dame de Monte Carlo
Overview
Strikingly individual musical responses to theandrogynous Mignon and tormented Ophelia,respective creations of Goethe and Shakespeare,occupy the heart of Carolyn Sampson’s programmeof German and French songs.
She and JosephMiddleton include Strauss’s breath-taking mad songsand close with Poulenc’s monologue on the themeof suicidal despair played out at the gaming tablesof Monte Carlo.