Proms Chamber Music 8: Songs by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter
Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series
Add to my Calendar 05-09-2016 13:00 05-09-2016 15:00 36 Proms Chamber Music 8: Songs by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter Two cherished British singers round off 2016’s Proms Chamber Music series with a joint recital at Cadogan Hall, celebrating English song with an extended stopover in Germany for songs and duets by Felix Mendelssohn. Either side, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton present Benjamin Britten’s touching ‘realisations’ of songs by the composer’s theatrical predecessor Henry Purcell, and works by the doyen of English song, Roger Quilter. Songs by Purcell (arr. Britten), Mendelssohn and Quilter, including settings of Shakespeare There will be no interval Cadogan Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
Sloane Square, Belgravia
London
SW1X 9DQ
England
Performers
Carolyn Sampson – soprano
Iestyn Davies – counter-tenor
Joseph Middleton – piano
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Programme Note
Two cherished British singers round off 2016’s Proms Chamber Music series with a joint recital at Cadogan Hall, celebrating English song with an extended stopover in Germany for songs and duets by Felix Mendelssohn.
Either side, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton present Benjamin Britten’s touching ‘realisations’ of songs by the composer’s theatrical predecessor Henry Purcell, and works by the doyen of English song, Roger Quilter.
Songs by Purcell (arr. Britten), Mendelssohn and Quilter, including settings of Shakespeare
There will be no interval