Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton at Howard Assembly Room, Leeds on Monday 2nd October 2023

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Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton

Add to my Calendar 02-10-2023 19:30 02-10-2023 21:30 36 Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton The unrivalled Dame Sarah Connolly receives the highest plaudits wherever she sings. A prolific recording artist, she has a matchless international reputation as an interpreter of the iconic mezzo roles of Handel, Strauss and Wagner. Alongside her regular pianist, Joseph Middleton, she brings her fierce intellect and thrilling theatrical intensity to Mahler’s Rückert–Lieder. On performing them in New York’s Lincoln Centre, ‘The New York Times’ commented that Connolly and Middleton’s recital was “superlative… This was everything a recital should be.” Tonight’s programme also includes a nod to Sarah’s student days when she performed jazz in various bars and clubs. Taking inspiration from that side of Connolly’s artistry, Errollyn Wallen has written a cycle to display the soulful depth of the outstanding mezzo’s voice. A pre-concert talk with Errollyn Wallen will begin at 6.45pm. Errollyn Wallen - Night Thoughts commissioned by Leeds Lieder for Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton with the generous support of Peter Hirschmann, Martin Staniforth and the Vaughan Williams Foundation. Howard Assembly Room, Leeds DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Howard Assembly Room
46 New Briggate
Leeds
LS1 6NU
England

Monday 2nd October 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Johannes Brahms – Ständchen, Op.106 no.1
Johannes Brahms – Da unten im Tale, WoO 35 no.5
Johannes Brahms – Feldeinsamkeit, Op.86 no.2
Johannes Brahms – Die Mainacht, Op.43 no.2
Johannes Brahms – Von Ewiger Liebe, Op.43 no.1
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder: Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder: Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder: Liebst du um Schönheit
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder: Um Mitternacht (At Midnight)
Gustav Mahler – Rückert-Lieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
~ Interval ~
Claude Debussy – 3 Chansons de Bilitis, L.97
Errollyn Wallen – Night Thoughts (world première)
Kurt Weill – Lady in the Dark: 'My Ship'
Kurt Weill – One Touch of Venus: Speak Low
Kurt Weill – Lost in the Stars: Trouble Man
Kurt Weill – Je ne t’aime pas

Performers

Dame Sarah Connolly – mezzo-soprano
Joseph Middleton – Piano

Programme Note

The unrivalled Dame Sarah Connolly receives the highest plaudits wherever she sings. A prolific recording artist, she has a matchless international reputation as an interpreter of the iconic mezzo roles of Handel, Strauss and Wagner. Alongside her regular pianist, Joseph Middleton, she brings her fierce intellect and thrilling theatrical intensity to Mahler’s Rückert–Lieder. On performing them in New York’s Lincoln Centre, ‘The New York Times’ commented that Connolly and Middleton’s recital was “superlative… This was everything a recital should be.” Tonight’s programme also includes a nod to Sarah’s student days when she performed jazz in various bars and clubs. Taking inspiration from that side of Connolly’s artistry, Errollyn Wallen has written a cycle to display the soulful depth of the outstanding mezzo’s voice.

A pre-concert talk with Errollyn Wallen will begin at 6.45pm.

Errollyn Wallen - Night Thoughts commissioned by Leeds Lieder for Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton with the generous support of Peter Hirschmann, Martin Staniforth and the Vaughan Williams Foundation.

Dame Sarah Connolly © Christopher Pledger

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