Sunday 18 December 2022 3:00PM

Ruby Hughes soprano; Huw Watkins piano

Echo

Duration

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

£16concs£14

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Ruby Hughes soprano
Huw Watkins piano

A programme of music ancient and modern from the internationally acclaimed soprano and her composer/pianist colleague, including a setting by Watkins himself.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
- - Partita No. 4 in D BWV828
    - Sarabande
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- - 5 Spiritual Songs
    - Gedenke doch, mein Geist, zurücke (based on Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach
- - French Suite No. 3 in B minor BWV814
    - Sarabande
Benjamin Britten
- - 5 Spiritual Songs
    - Komm, süsser Tod (based on Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach
- - Partita No. 6 in E minor BWV830
    - Corrente
Benjamin Britten
- - 5 Spiritual Songs
    - Liebster Herr Jesu (based on Johann Sebastian Bach)
Huw Watkins (b.1976)
- - Echo
Interval
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
- - Now Does the Glorious Day Appear (Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday) Z332
    - By beauteous softness mixed with majesty (arranged by Thomas Adès)
  - Of old, when heroes thought it base Z333
    - So when the glittering Queen of Night (realised by Benjamin Britten)
  - Now that the sun hath veiled his light (An Evening Hymn on a Ground) Z193
    - (arranged by Thomas Adès)
Benjamin Britten
- - Ca' the yowes
Cheryl Frances-Hoad (b.1980)
- - Lament
Benjamin Britten
- - I wonder as I wander
Deborah Pritchard (b.1977)
- - The World
Benjamin Britten
- - How sweet the answer
Errollyn Wallen (b.1958)
- - About Here
Benjamin Britten
- - Dafydd y Garreg Wen