Date: 03 June 2008 @ 7:30pm
Venue: St Stephen's, Gloucester Road
Artist(s): Samuel Evans (Bass-baritone)
In their first performance together since the Final of the 2007 Kathleen Ferrier Competition at Wigmore Hall, Samuel and Will have put together an enthralling programme for their contribution to this year’s St Stephen’s Festival of Arts and Faith. Includes works by Fauré, Finzi, Ireland, Schubert and Turnage. See More details for the full programme.Â
Programme:
Der Musensohn D764
Wehmut D772
Der Zwerg D771
Nacht und Träume D827
Standchen D957
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)Â
Three songs for baritone and piano        Â
1. The singing cat        Â
2. Last words        Â
3. Song of myself                                                        Â
Mark-Anthony Turnage (b.1960)Â
Five Songs to Poems by Thomas Hardy        Â
1. Beckon to me to come        Â
2. In my sage moments        Â
3. It was what you bore with you, woman        Â
4. The tragedy of that moment        Â
5. Dear, think not that they will forget you                                                        Â
John Ireland (1879-1962)Â
To a poet a thousand years hence
Rollicum-rorum
The clock of the years                                                        Â
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)Â
Automne
Les Berceaux
En prière
Prison
Notre amour                                                        Â
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Part of the Thursdays at St Stephen’s Series and the St Stephen’s Festival of Arts and Faith