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Andrew Brixey-Williams, Brahms, Britten and more
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano; Sholto Kynoch piano
Programme & Song Text
Date
Sun 20 Mar 2022, 3.00pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Important Information

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

Artists

  • Helen Charlstonmezzo-soprano
  • Sholto Kynochpiano

Programme

  • Johannes Brahms
    1833-1897
      • Ständchen Op. 106 No. 1
      • Wie Melodien zieht es mir Op. 105 No. 1
      • Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer Op. 105 No. 2
      • Feldeinsamkeit Op. 86 No. 2
      • Es steht ein Lind WoO. 33 No. 41
  • Gerald Finzi
    1901-1956
      • Oh fair to see Op. 13b
        :
      • As I lay in the early sun
  • Joshua Borin
    b. 1989
      • Nature is Returning
        (from the Isolation Songbook, commissioned by Helen Charlston)
  • Nathan James Dearden
    b. 1992
      • the way we go
        (from the Isolation Songbook, commissioned by Helen Charlston)
  • Stephen Bick
    b. 1993
      • On His Blindness
        (from the Isolation Songbook, commissioned by Helen Charlston)

Encore

  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Now that the sun hath veiled his light (An Evening Hymn on a Ground) Z193

Overview

The founder and director of Oxford Lieder joins with a rising star mezzo for a programme blending the familiar with the unfamiliar – the latter mostly in the shape of items from The Isolation Songbook conceived and collated during lockdown by Helen Charlston and her then fiancé Michael Craddock.

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