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Blackheath Halls
23 Lee Road
Blackheath
London
SE3 9RQ
England
Programme
Johannes Brahms – Sapphische Ode, Op.94 no.4
Johannes Brahms – Von Ewiger Liebe, Op.43 no.1
Ivor Gurney – Sappho Songs: selection
Aimee-Rita La Villette Strohl – Chansons de Bilitis: selection
Claude Debussy – 3 Chansons de Bilitis, L.97
Elizabeth Vercoe – Irreveries from Sappho
Performers
Fleur Barron – mezzo-soprano
Jocelyn Freeman – piano / Artistic Director
Programme Note
Rising star mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron returns to Blackheath Halls to perform a programme of songs inspired by the Greek poet, Sappho with series curator and pianist, Jocelyn Freeman. Their creatively devised recital will include items by Brahms, Gurney and Hahn alongside Elizabeth Vercoe’s Irreveries from Sappho and intertwined musical responses to the iconic Bilitis from Rita Strohl and Claude Debussy.
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