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Bizet, Brahms, Fauré and more
Sarah Fox soprano; Kitty Whately mezzo-soprano; Alessandro Fisher tenor; Stephan Loges bass-baritone; Joseph Middleton piano
Date
Mon 09 Nov 2020, 7.30pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour 30 minutes in duration, without an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Wigmore Hall Autumn Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Artists

  • Sarah Foxsoprano
  • Kitty Whatelymezzo-soprano
  • Alessandro Fishertenor
  • Stephan Logesbass-baritone
  • Joseph Middletonpiano

Programme

  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Come, ye sons of art, away Z323
        :
      • Sound the trumpet (realised by Benjamin Britten)
  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Incidental music for Oedipus, King of Thebes Z583
        :
      • Music for a while
  • Franz Schubert
    1797-1828
      • Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt (Gesänge des Harfners I) D478
      • Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass (Gesänge des Harfners II)
      • An die Türen will ich schleichen (Gesänge des Harfners III)
  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • The Fairy Queen Z629
        :
      • Hark! the echoing air
  • Johannes Brahms
    1833-1897
      • Fünf Lieder Op. 105
        :
      • No. 1 Wie Melodien zieht es mir
      • Fünf Lieder Op. 106
        :
      • No. 1 Ständchen
      • Vier Gesänge Op. 70
        :
      • Lerchengesang No. 2
      • 9 Lieder und Gesänge Op. 63
        :
      • Heimweh II No. 8
  • Gabriel Fauré
    1845-1924
      • 5 mélodies 'de Venise' Op. 58
        :
      • Mandoline
      • La fée aux chansons Op. 27 No. 2
  • Roger Quilter
    1877-1953
      • Music, when soft voices die Op. 25 No. 5
      • 5 Shakespeare Songs (set 2) Op. 23
        :
      • It was a lover and his lass

Encore

  • Edward Elgar
    1857-1934
      • Four Choral Songs Op. 53
        :
      • No. 1 There is sweet music

Overview

Four wonderful singers and sought-after pianist Joseph Middleton present a programme which begins by alternating Britten’s realisations of Purcell songs with Schubert, before moving off into further mélodie and song.

In memory of Linda Burgess
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