Details
Holy Trinity Church
Church Rd
Potten End
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
HP4 2QY
England
Programme
Felix Mendelssohn – Ich Wollt', meine Lieb' ergösse sich, Op.63 no.1
Felix Mendelssohn – Maiglockchen und die Blumlein, Op.63 no.6
Vincenzo Bellini – 6 Ariette da camera: no.1 'Melancholy, gentle nymph'
Robert Schumann – Traumerei, Op.15 no.7
Prince Consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha – 3 Songs for voice, cello and piano
Prince Consort Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha – Der Orangenzweig
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Magic Flute medley
~ Interval ~
Fanny Hensel – Sehnsucht nach Italien
Felix Mendelssohn – Song without Words for piano and cello, Op.109
Pauline Viardot – En mer, VWV 1084
Pauline Viardot – Un jour de printemps, VWV 1082
Clara Schumann – Er ist gekommen, Op.12 no.2
Alfredo Carlo Piatti – La Sera Notturno
Edward Elgar – Chanson de Matin, Op.15 no.2
Sir Arthur Sullivan – The Mikado: The sun whose rays are all ablaze
Performers
Judith Sheridan – voice
Margaret Richards – Cello
Daniel King Smith – piano
William Winfield – Reader
Ridgeway Ensemble
Programme Note
Concluding their festival to celebrate the double bicentenary of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the Ridgeway Ensemble present ‘Victoria and Albert – a musical romance’ at 2.30pm in Potten End Church on Sunday February 9th.
The programme brings to life the musical world of the royal couple, through readings from their letters and diaries, contemporary accounts and music by composers such as Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Bellini, Elgar and Sullivan. At the heart of the programme are three songs by Prince Albert himself for voice, cello and piano, which have remained unpublished and unperformed until now.
The Ensemble (Judith Sheridan, voice, Margaret Richards, cello, Daniel King Smith, piano, and William Winfield, reader,) performs regularly for music clubs, churches and other organisations throughout the country and abroad.