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Britten & Schumann

Song Recital

Add to my Calendar 24-07-2019 13:00 24-07-2019 15:00 36 Britten & Schumann The programme includes two contrasting works by Schumann and Britten. Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe (Poet's Love) is the best known song cycle by Schumann. The poems are by Heinrich Heine, the most famous German poet after Goethe, from his Lyric Intermezzo of 1822. They tell of a young man's failed love affair. Benjamin Britten’s Winter Wordswas composed over a century later in 1953. Dedicated to John and Myfanwy Piper, designer and librettist of several of his operas, it sets poems by Thomas Hardy.  Some of the poem choices Britten made reflect his attraction to wintery bleakness. Patrick Monk studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, and with Andrew Field. He made his first operatic appearance aged seventeen in several roles in Purcell's King Arthur, and appeared in the joint Welsh National Opera/RNCM production of Dvorak's The Jacobin. He has teamed up regularly with Karen Smith for recitals, including at the King of Hearts and the Octagon Chapel in Norwich. Karen Smith moved to Norfolk at the age of nine and set about learning the clarinet and saxophone; by the age of twelve Karen had two grade 8 distinctions - including the highest mark in the country for piano. Karen won a piano competition in Spain then toured for a couple of years as a concert pianist. Karen has finally returned to Norfolk for a more relaxed way of life and teaches piano, guitar, clarinet, saxophone and singing. Karen also freelances as an accompanist for concerts, rehearsals and exams. The doors will be open from 12.30pm when you will be able to enjoy a pre-concert coffee or tea.  Aylsham Parish Church, Aylsham DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Aylsham Parish Church
Market Place
Aylsham
Norfolk
NR11 6EL
England


Programme

Benjamin BrittenWinter Words, Op.52
Robert SchumannDichterliebe, Op.48

Performers

Patrick Monk – Tenor
Karen Smith – piano

Programme Note

The programme includes two contrasting works by Schumann and Britten.

Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe (Poet's Love) is the best known song cycle by Schumann. The poems are by Heinrich Heine, the most famous German poet after Goethe, from his Lyric Intermezzo of 1822. They tell of a young man's failed love affair.

Benjamin Britten’s Winter Wordswas composed over a century later in 1953Dedicated to John and Myfanwy Piper, designer and librettist of several of his operas, it sets poems by Thomas Hardy.  Some of the poem choices Britten made reflect his attraction to wintery bleakness.

Patrick Monk studied at the Royal Northern College of Music, and with Andrew Field. He made his first operatic appearance aged seventeen in several roles in Purcell's King Arthur, and appeared in the joint Welsh National Opera/RNCM production of Dvorak's The Jacobin. He has teamed up regularly with Karen Smith for recitals, including at the King of Hearts and the Octagon Chapel in Norwich.

Karen Smith moved to Norfolk at the age of nine and set about learning the clarinet and saxophone; by the age of twelve Karen had two grade 8 distinctions - including the highest mark in the country for piano. Karen won a piano competition in Spain then toured for a couple of years as a concert pianist. Karen has finally returned to Norfolk for a more relaxed way of life and teaches piano, guitar, clarinet, saxophone and singing. Karen also freelances as an accompanist for concerts, rehearsals and exams.

The doors will be open from 12.30pm when you will be able to enjoy a pre-concert coffee or tea. 

Britten & Schumann

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