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A Mahler, Beach, C Schumann, L Boulanger and Libby Larsen
Louise Alder soprano; Joseph Middleton piano
Programme & Song Text
Date
Mon 21 Mar 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

  • Louise Aldersoprano
  • Joseph Middletonpiano

Programme

  • Clara Schumann
    1819-1896
      • Er ist gekommen Op. 12 No. 1
      • Warum willst du and're fragen Op. 12 No. 3
      • Liebst du um Schönheit Op. 12 No. 2
  • Lili Boulanger
    1893-1918
      • Clairières dans le ciel
        :
      • Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie
      • Vous m'avez regardé avec toute votre âme
      • Au pied de mon lit
      • Nous nous aimerons
      • Si tout ceci n'est qu'un pauvre rêve
  • Alma Mahler
    1879-1964
      • Laue Sommernacht
      • Ich wandle unter Blumen
      • Licht in der Nacht
  • Libby Larsen
    b. 1950
      • Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII

Encore

Overview

A programme of songs by women delivered by an exceptional soprano and her regular pianist partner, including a selection from the 1914 collection of Francis Jammes settings by Lili Boulanger, and Libby Larsen’s 2000 cycle setting final letters or gallows speeches by five of Henry VIII’s six wives.

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