Hands across the Atlantic
Settings of American poetry by British composers
Part of the Ludlow English Song Weekend 2017 Festival
Add to my Calendar 21-05-2017 11:30 21-05-2017 13:30 36 Hands across the Atlantic This concert includes settings of American poetry by British composers including Coleridge-Taylor, Bliss, Rebecca Clarke, and George Newson, and features a new work by Tarik O'Regan with a text by Alice Goodman, librettist of two operas by John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer and Nixon in China. She also wrote the text for Tarik O'Regan's Bill of Rights, premiered in Salisbury in 2015 to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta. Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ludlow DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Ludlow Assembly Rooms
Mill Street
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 1AZ
England
Programme
Tarik O'Reagan – new work
Performers
Soraya Mafi – soprano
Kitty Whately – mezzo-soprano
Robin Tritschler – Tenor
Ashley Riches – baritone
Iain Burnside – piano
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Programme Note
This concert includes settings of American poetry by British composers including Coleridge-Taylor, Bliss, Rebecca Clarke, and George Newson, and features a new work by Tarik O'Regan with a text by Alice Goodman, librettist of two operas by John Adams: The Death of Klinghoffer and Nixon in China. She also wrote the text for Tarik O'Regan's Bill of Rights, premiered in Salisbury in 2015 to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.