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Purcell, Weldon, Head, Ireland and Walton
Lucy Crowe soprano; Joseph Middleton piano
Date
Mon 24 Sep 2018, 1.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
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Artists

  • Lucy Crowesoprano
  • Joseph Middletonpiano

Programme

  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Lord, what is man? (A Divine Hymn) Z192
        (realised by Benjamin Britten)
      • O solitude, my sweetest choice Z406
        (realised by Benjamin Britten)
  • John Weldon
    1676-1736
      • Alleluia
        (realised by Benjamin Britten)
  • John Ireland
    1879-1962
      • 2 Songs
        :
      • The trellis
      • My true love hath my heart
      • When I am dead, my dearest
      • If there were dreams to sell
      • Earth's call

Encore

Overview

Lucy Crowe and Joseph Middletonpresent a programme of Englishsong, ranging from Purcell’s 17th centuryexamples – as refractedthrough Britten’s imaginativerealisations – to settings byBritten’s teacher John Ireland andhis older contemporaries WilliamWalton and Michael Head.

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