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Since she whom I loved: friendship and PRIDE
Nicky Spence tenor; Madeleine Shaw soprano; Andrew Matthews-Owen piano; Robert Rinder presenter
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Date
Fri 20 Jun 2025, 10.00pm
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

  • Nicky Spencetenor
  • Madeleine Shawsoprano
  • Andrew Matthews-Owenpiano
  • Robert Rinderpresenter

Programme

The Cafe
'I’ve seen someone…'
  • Robert Schumann
    1810-1856
      • Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42
        :
      • Seit ich ihn gesehen
      • Er, der Herrlichste von allen
The Text
  • Robert Schumann
    1810-1856
      • Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42
        :
      • Ich kann's nicht fassen, nicht glauben
The Ring
  • Robert Schumann
    1810-1856
      • Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42
        :
      • Du Ring an meinem Finger
The wedding day
  • Robert Schumann
    1810-1856
      • Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42
        :
      • Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
  • Benjamin Britten
    1913-1976
      • The Holy Sonnets of John Donne Op. 35
        :
      • Since she whom I loved
New life
  • Robert Schumann
    1810-1856
      • Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42
        :
      • Süsser Freund, du blickest
  • Robert Schumann
    1810-1856
      • Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42
        :
      • An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
Something isn’t right…
Parting
You, my world!
  • Robert Schumann
    1810-1856
      • Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42
        :
      • Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
  • Aaron Copland
    1900-1990
      • 12 poems of Emily Dickinson
        :
      • The world feels dusty
Meeting again

Overview

Celebrating a woman and her beloved gay best friend, Andrew Matthews-Owen has curated a programme that interleaves Robert Schumann’s song cycle on a woman’s life and love, Frauenliebe und -leben, with songs and words by LGBTQ+ composers and poets, including Bernstein, Britten, Copland, Jonathan Dove, Nikita Gill, Jennifer Higdon, Poulenc and Rorem, and new works by Nathan James Dearden.

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