The Fetch: Songs of the Uncanny: Premiere performance of Eric McElroy's song-cycle, with April Fredrick at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on Thursday 28th November 2019

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The Fetch: Songs of the Uncanny

Premiere performance of Eric McElroy's song-cycle, with April Fredrick

Add to my Calendar 28-11-2019 20:00 28-11-2019 22:00 36 The Fetch: Songs of the Uncanny This provocative song-recital probes themes of the uncanny in a programme merging the traditional with the contemporary. At its core is the premiere of a song-cycle by American pianist-composer Eric McElroy (Merton College, Oxford) based on poems by Gregory Leadbetter (Birmingham City University) that examines music’s ability to reawaken the mystical in the ordinary – to unleash what Leadbetter calls ‘a sense between the skin and something understood’. This cycle is paired with songs by John Ireland and Ian Venables, as well as McElroy’s cycle of poems by Robert Graves, A Dead Man’s Embers, which was hailed by Musical Opinion as “a masterpiece by a young composer of whom much can be expected.” A pre-concert talk at 7.15pm considers the collaboration between poet and composer and the effect of song-setting on our understanding of poetry. Supported by Merton College and Oxford University's TORCH Network Holywell Music Room, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Holywell Music Room
Holywell Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3SD
England

Thursday 28th November 2019
8:00 PM

Programme

John Ireland – Two Songs: 'Tryst' and 'During Music'
Eric McElroy – The Fetch, song cycle
Ian Venables – Two Songs, Op.28: 'Flying Crooked' and 'At Midnight'
Eric McElroy – A Dead Man's Embers, song cycle

Performers

Eric McElroy – piano
April Fredrick – soprano

Programme Note

This provocative song-recital probes themes of the uncanny in a programme merging the traditional with the contemporary. At its core is the premiere of a song-cycle by American pianist-composer Eric McElroy (Merton College, Oxford) based on poems by Gregory Leadbetter (Birmingham City University) that examines music’s ability to reawaken the mystical in the ordinary – to unleash what Leadbetter calls ‘a sense between the skin and something understood’. This cycle is paired with songs by John Ireland and Ian Venables, as well as McElroy’s cycle of poems by Robert Graves, A Dead Man’s Embers, which was hailed by Musical Opinion as “a masterpiece by a young composer of whom much can be expected.”

A pre-concert talk at 7.15pm considers the collaboration between poet and composer and the effect of song-setting on our understanding of poetry.

Supported by Merton College and Oxford University's TORCH Network

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