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Finzi, Puccini, Verdi and Walton
Elizabeth Llewellyn soprano; Simon Lepper piano
Programme & Song Text
Date
Fri 03 Sep 2021, 7.30pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration
This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Autumn 2021 Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Artists

  • Elizabeth Llewellynsoprano
  • Simon Lepperpiano

Programme

  • Giacomo Puccini
    1858-1924
      • Morire?
      • Terra e mare
      • Sole e amore
      • Ad una morta
      • Sogno d'Or
      • E l'uccellino
      • Canto d'anime

Interval

  • Giuseppe Verdi
    1813-1901
      • Stornello
      • Perduta ho la pace
      • Ad una stella
      • La zingara

Encore

Overview

Together with tonight’s pianist, the admired soprano recently released a much-praised CD of songs by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Here they bring Italy and England together in one programme. The operas of Verdi and Puccini have been calling cards for Elizabeth Llewellyn around Europe; to their songs she adds one of Finzi’s Thomas Hardy collections and Walton’s celebratory cycle, first performed at Goldsmith’s Hall in 1962.

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