Details
St Mary Redcliffe Church
12 Colston Parade
Bristol
BS1 6RA
England
Programme
Richard Wagner – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture
Richard Wagner – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: 'Wahn! Wahn! Überall Wahn!' (Hans Sachs's Monologue)
Richard Wagner – Wesendonck Lieder: 'Der Engel'
Richard Wagner – Wesendonck Lieder: 'Schmerzen'
Richard Wagner – Lohengrin: 'Mein Herr und Gott' (King Henry's prayer)
Richard Wagner – Lohengrin: 'In fernem Land' (Lohengrin’s narration)
Richard Wagner – The Flying Dutchman: 'Die Frist ist um' (The Dutchman's monologue)
~ Interval ~
Richard Wagner – The Valkyrie: Ride of the Valkyries
Richard Wagner – Tristan and Isolde, Act 3: Isolde's Liebestod
Richard Wagner – Tannhäuser: aria 'O du, mein holder Abendstern'
Richard Wagner – Götterdämmerung: 'Hier sitz’ ich zur Wacht' (Hagen’s Watch)
Richard Wagner – The Valkyrie: 'Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond' (Siegmund’s Spring Song)
Richard Wagner – Das Rheingold: Wotan's Farewell
Performers
Judy Davis – soprano
Anando Mukerjee – tenor
Niall Hoskin – baritone
Robert Marson – bass-baritone
Roderick Hunt – Bass
Claire Alsop – organ
Peter Blackwood – Piano
Programme Note
A concert of highlights from Wagner’s operas and songs performed by soloists from Tarnhelm Opera and featuring the Harrison & Harrison pipe organ at St Mary Redcliffe Church.
Tarnhelm Opera specialises in bringing the music of Richard Wagner to the widest possible audience. The company launched in the autumn of 2019 with performances of Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner at venues in the West of England and South Wales. The production was semi-staged, in costume and with an innovative set to support the drama. The work was performed in German with English surtitles.
Our performances generally take place in cathedral and large church venues and make full use of their substantial pipe organs, giving a remarkably faithful and impressive account of Wagner’s scores in magnificent and lofty surroundings.
