Leeds Lieder Festival | From the Distant Beloved at Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds on Saturday 18th April 2020

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Leeds Lieder Festival | From the Distant Beloved

Part of the Leeds Lieder Festival 2020

Add to my Calendar 18-04-2020 13:00 18-04-2020 15:00 36 Leeds Lieder Festival | From the Distant Beloved James Newby collected droves of new supporters when he stood in at the last minute to open last year’s Festival. The Ilkley Gazette commented upon Newby’s ‘lustrous dark baritone’ and praised his ‘remarkable insight’ and ‘genius for storytelling’ at what was a highlight of the 2019 Festival. BBC New Generation Artist, Newby, together with Middleton, offer a programme of wandering and romanticism before they tour the programme to Wigmore Hall, Vienna, Brussels, Budapest, Lisbon, Baden-Baden, Stockholm, Cologne, Amsterdam and Hamburg. ‘Newby has a winning platform manner and a glorious voice that will take him far’MusicOMH, Wigmore Hall recital with Joseph Middleton ‘Middleton… again demonstrates that he’s one of the most talented, intuitive collaborative pianists of his generation’Classical Music Magazine Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Leeds DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
The School of Music
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
England

Saturday 18th April 2020
1:00 PM

Programme

Benjamin Britten – I wonder as I wander
Benjamin Britten – Last rose of summer
Benjamin Britten – At the mid hour of night
Franz Schubert – Auf der Bruck, D.853
Franz Schubert – Der Wanderer, D.649
Franz Schubert – Der Wanderer, D.489
Ludwig van Beethoven – An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98
Ludwig van Beethoven – Adelaide, Op.46
Benjamin Britten – There’s none to soothe

Performers

James Newby – baritone
Joseph Middleton – piano

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Programme Note

James Newby collected droves of new supporters when he stood in at the last minute to open last year’s Festival. The Ilkley Gazette commented upon Newby’s ‘lustrous dark baritone’ and praised his ‘remarkable insight’ and ‘genius for storytelling’ at what was a highlight of the 2019 Festival. BBC New Generation Artist, Newby, together with Middleton, offer a programme of wandering and romanticism before they tour the programme to Wigmore Hall, Vienna, Brussels, Budapest, Lisbon, Baden-Baden, Stockholm, Cologne, Amsterdam and Hamburg.

‘Newby has a winning platform manner and a glorious voice that will take him far’
MusicOMH, Wigmore Hall recital with Joseph Middleton

‘Middleton… again demonstrates that he’s one of the most talented, intuitive collaborative pianists of his generation’
Classical Music Magazine

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