Artists
- Mark Padmoretenor
- Roderick Williamsbaritone
- Julius Drakepiano
- Rory Kinnearactor
Archived Event
Songs of the Sea
Mark Padmore tenor; Roderick Williams baritone; Julius Drake piano; Rory Kinnear actor
- Date
- Thu 01 Feb 2018, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Robert Frost1874-1963
- Neither Out Far Nor In Deep
- John Ireland1879-1962
- Sea Fever
- Lawrence Durrell1912-1990
- Water Music
- Joseph Haydn1732-1809
- Sailor's song HXXVIa 31
- Charles Villiers Stanford1852-1924
- Songs of the Sea Op. 91:
- Drake's Drum
- Thomas Hardy1840-1928
- The Convergence of the Twain
- Gerald Finzi1901-1956
- Before and After Summer Op. 16:
- Channel Firing
- Gabriel Fauré1845-1924
- Au cimetière Op. 51 No. 2
- Wallace Stevens1879-1955
- The Idea of Order at Key West
- Henri Duparc1848-1933
- La vie antérieure
- Matthew Arnold1822-1888
- To Marguerite
- Gabriel Fauré1845-1924
- Les berceaux Op. 23 No. 1
- Emily Dickinson1830-1886
- Wild nights - wild nights!
- Rebecca Clarke1886-1979
- The Seal Man
- Stevie Smith1902-1971
- Not waving but drowning
- Michael Tippett1905-1998
- Songs for Ariel:
- Full fathom five
- Christina Rossetti1830-1894
- By the Sea
- Edward Elgar1857-1934
- Sea Pictures Op. 37:
- Sea Slumber Song
Interval
- Felix Mendelssohn1809-1847
- Wasserfahrt
- Rudyard Kipling1865-1936
- The Sea and the Hills
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- Der Schiffer D536
- Auf dem Wasser zu singen D774
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772-1834
- Excerpt from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Franz Schubert1797-1828
- Meeres Stille D216
- Alfred Lord Tennyson1809-1892
- The Kraken
- Johannes Brahms1833-1897
- Vier Lieder Op. 96:
- No. 4 Meerfahrt
- Three Duets Op. 20:
- Die Meere No. 3
- Hugo Wolf1860-1903
- Eichendorff-Lieder:
- Seemanns Abschied
- Elizabeth Bishop1911-1979
- I caught a tremendous fish
- Edward Elgar1857-1934
- Sea Pictures Op. 37:
- Where corals lie
- Charles Causley1917-2003
- Able Seaman Hodge Remembers Ceylon
- Benjamin Britten1913-1976
- Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements:
- Tom Bowling
- Vol. 4 Moore's Irish Melodies:
- Sail on, sail on
- Edward Lear1812-1888
- The Jumblies
- Victor Hely-Hutchinson1901-1947
- The Owl and the Pussycat
Encore
- Shenandoah(arranged by Roderick Williams)
Overview
Songs about sea battles, journeys by ship and the lure of the ocean, setto music of mighty emotional power, form this celebration of maritimeadventure and life before the mast.
Mark Padmore, Roderick Williams andJulius Drake share the stage for a programme interspersed with readingsof poetry exploring the theme of the seas.
Related tags
- Felix Mendelssohn7
- Joseph Haydn8
- Henri Duparc2
- Gabriel Fauré10
- Franz Schubert26
- Hugo Wolf4
- Johannes Brahms23
- Roderick Williams
- Edward Elgar2
- Gerald Finzi
- Rebecca Clarke
- Benjamin Britten9
- Roderick Williams
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Julius Drake2
- Mark Padmore
- Rory Kinnear
- Elizabeth Bishop
- Charles Causley
- John Ireland
- Michael Tippett1
- Victor Hely-Hutchinson
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Robert Frost
- Lawrence Durrell
- Thomas Hardy
- Wallace Stevens
- Matthew Arnold
- Emily Dickinson
- Stevie Smith
- Christina Rossetti
- Rudyard Kipling
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Edward Lear
- Trad/American
- Song34