Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano; Sholto Kynoch piano

Andrew Brixey-Williams, Brahms, Britten and more

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Slight Change of Programme
The programme for the above concert has changed slightly and will now be as below.

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Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Sholto Kynoch piano

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.

Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
- - 6 Lieder Op. 13
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
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- - How sweet the answer
Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
- - Down by the Salley Gardens
Andrew Brixey-Williams (b.1956)
- - Abat-jour (from the Isolation Songbook, commissioned by Helen Charlston)
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)
Juliana Hall (b.1958)
- - Letters from Edna
    - To Mother
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