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Secrets and Desire: the life and songs of Mel Bonis
RCM Song Recital
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Date
Sun 15 Jun 2025, 3.00pm
Tickets
£18 (concessions £16)
Duration

This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

Important Information

Priority Booking for this concert will open to Friends of Wigmore Hall from Wednesday 8 January at 10.00am. For a full breakdown of booking dates, please visit our Priority Booking page.

General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 21 January.

Artists

  • Susanna Davissoprano
  • Bella Marslensoprano
  • Cecilia Yufan Zhangmezzo-soprano
  • Will Priorcountertenor
  • Edward Birchinallbass-baritone
  • Firoze Madonpiano
  • Louis-Victor Bakpiano

Programme

  • Mel Bonis
    1858-1937
      • Le chat sur le toit Op. 93
      • Songe Op. 91 No. 3
      • Viens Op. 6
      • Immortelle tendresse Op. 88
      • Berceuse Op. 17
      • Dès l'aube Op. 18
      • Le dernier souvenir Op. 79
      • Reproche tendre Op. 49
      • Un soir Op. 77
      • Ave Maria Op. 68
      • Pourriez-vous pas me dire? Op. 55
      • Sur la plage Op. 3
      • Chanson catalane Op. 137
      • Sauvez-moi Op. 91 No. 2
      • La mer Op. 58a

Overview

Mélanie Hélène 'Mel' Bonis, born in Paris in 1858, broke the shackles of class and gender that prevented so many women from entering the near-exclusive male club of French arts and letters. Encouraged by her teacher César Franck (and discouraged by her parents), she achieved a belated breakthrough with her songs. The RCM’s recital surveys her creative life, her affair with the poet and music critic Amédée Landély Hettich, and the secrets the couple kept.

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