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Imogen & Gustav Holst
Elizabeth Watts soprano; Julius Drake piano
Programme & Song Text
Date
Mon 03 Jan 2022, 1.00pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Important Information

This concert was live-streamed as part of the Spring 2022 Series. The video is no longer online but other concerts are available to watch in full here: Wigmore Hall Concert Video Library

Download the PDF programme and song sheet/translations here. Reproduction and distribution is strictly prohibited.

Artists

  • Elizabeth Wattssoprano
  • Julius Drakepiano

Programme

  • Gustav Holst
    1874-1934
      • Calm is the morn Op. 16 No. 1
      • Persephone Op. 48 No. 1
      • Betelgeuse Op. 48 No. 12
      • The heart worships
      • The Floral Bandit Op. 48 No. 6
  • Imogen Holst
    1907-1984
      • Weathers
      • 4 Songs from Tottel's Miscellany
        :
      • Shall I thus ever long
      • As lawrell leaves
      • 10 Appalachian Folk Songs
        :
      • My dearest dear(world première)
      • The brisk young lover(world première)
      • I must and I will get married(world première)

Encore

  • Henry Carey
    1687-1743
      • The beau’s lament for the loss of Farinelli
        (arranged by Imogen Holst)

Overview

The leading soprano and her collaborative pianist partner focus on two composers -- father and daughter -- with the accent on the latter, whose realisations of works by Baroque predecessors complement her own compositions and some folksong arrangements made in 1938 but previously unperformed.

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