Artists
- Brett Polegatobaritone
- Iain Burnsidepiano
Archived Event
A Transatlantic Voyage: English Songs from Here to There
Brett Polegato baritone; Iain Burnside piano
- Date
- Wed 03 Jul 2019, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Benjamin Britten1913-1976
- Eight Folk Song Arrangements:
- Lemady
- Ralph Vaughan Williams1872-1958
- In the Spring
- Benjamin Britten1913-1976
- Vol. 3 British Isles:
- O Waly, Waly
- Richard Rodney Bennett1936-2012
- Dream-Songs:
- The Song of the Wanderer
- Cecil Armstrong Gibbs1889-1960
- 2 songs Op. 30:
- No. 2 Silver
- Ivor Gurney1890-1937
- The scribe
- Herbert Howells1892-1983
- King David
- John Ireland1879-1962
- Sea Fever
- Rebecca Clarke1886-1979
- The Seal Man
- Ralph Vaughan Williams1872-1958
- Songs of Travel:
- The infinite shining heavens
- Healey Willan1880-1968
- Drake's Drum
Interval
- Ralph Vaughan Williams1872-1958
- Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
- Harry Somers1925-1999
- 3 Songs to words by Walt Whitman:
- Look down, fair moon
- Ned Rorem1923-2022
- War Scenes:
- Inauguration Ball
- Specimen Case
- Craig Urquhartb. 1953
- Among The Multitude
- Marc Blitzstein1905-1964
- Emily (Ballad of the Bombardier)
- Samuel Barber1910-1981
- Sure on this Shining Night Op. 13 No. 3
- John Woods Duke1899-1984
- I ride the great black horses
- Charles Edward Ives1874-1954
- Charlie Rutlage
- Aaron Copland1900-1990
- Old American Songs II:
- At the river
- Zion's walls
- Ching-a-ring chaw
Encore
- Roger Quilter1877-1953
- Go, lovely Rose Op. 24 No. 3
Overview
A leading Canadian baritone and an equally distinguished British pianist join in a transatlantic enterprise comprising a true cornucopia of English, Canadian and American song and covering a multitude of moods.
Classic FM
Related tags
- Ivor Gurney
- Rebecca Clarke1
- Richard Rodney Bennett
- Benjamin Britten14
- Ralph Vaughan Williams5
- Herbert Howells3
- Roger Quilter3
- Ned Rorem2
- Samuel Barber1
- Aaron Copland1
- Charles Edward Ives1
- Iain Burnside
- John Ireland1
- Healey Willan
- Marc Blitzstein
- Brett Polegato
- Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
- Harry Somers
- Craig Urquhart
- John Woods Duke
- Song43
- Under 35s Scheme102