Artists
- Felicity Palmermezzo-soprano
- Simon Lepperpiano
Archived Event
Purcell, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and more
Felicity Palmer mezzo-soprano; Simon Lepper piano
- Date
- Mon 09 Jul 2018, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- From silent shades, and the Elysian groves (Bess of Bedlam) Z370:
- Mad Bess (real. Britten) (realised by Benjamin Britten)
- Robert Schumann1810-1856
- Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart Op. 135
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1840-1893
- None but the lonely heart Op. 6 No. 6:
- None but the lonely heart Op. 6 No. 6
- Night Op. 73 No. 2
- Why? Op. 6 No. 5:
- Why? Op. 6 No. 5
Interval
- Joseph Horovitz1926-2022
- Lady Macbeth - a Scena
- I will give my love an apple
- Das zerbrochene Ringelein(arranged by Marshall Palmer)
- Benjamin Britten1913-1976
- Vol. 2 France:
- Quand j'étais chez mon père
- Madeleine Dring1923-1977
- Song of a nightclub proprietress
- Stephen Sondheim1930-2021
- Follies:
- Losing my Mind
- Janis Ianb. 1951
- At Seventeen
- Stephen Sondheim1930-2021
- Follies:
- Could I leave you?
Encore
- John Pritchett1909-1973
- Siren Song
- May Brahe1884-1956
- Two little words
Overview
Dame Felicity Palmer made herprofessional debut in 1971 andhas since achieved stellar statusas soprano and mezzo-soprano.
She and Simon Lepper buildtheir programme around LadyMacbeth – a scena by JosephHorovitz, a psychological portraitof Shakespeare’s terrifying,tragic character.