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Forgotten Voices: Women Composers in Song / Oxford Lieder Spring Song 2022

Hedwige Chrétien & Johanna Müller-Hermann

Part of the Oxford Lieder Spring Song 2022 Festival

Add to my Calendar 20-03-2022 14:00 20-03-2022 16:00 36 Forgotten Voices: Women Composers in Song / Oxford Lieder Spring Song 2022 Presented in association with SWAP'ra This year’s Spring Song focuses on women composers, the countless gifted figures who vanished from our recital stages. Over the course of four lecture- recitals, with an array of exceptional artists curated and led by the ever-brilliant Natasha Loges, we will celebrate and explore songs by four composers: Hedwige Chrétien, Margarete Schweikert, Elizabeth Maconchy and Johanna Müller-Hermann, showing how their music both fitted into and challenged expectations of song composition in their day. We will also be launching the Forgotten Voices resources about women composers on the Oxford Lieder website.Part 1: Hedwige Chrétien, 2pm-3pmNatasha Loges speakerLeah Broad speakerSophie Bevan sopranoAnna Tilbrook piano Hedwige Chrétien (1859-1944) was a highly regarded French composer, and Professor at the Paris Conservatoire, who wrote an impressive body of songs. This lecture recital includes songs by Chrétien and by Hector Berlioz. Part 2: Johanna Müller-Hermann, 4pm-5pmNatasha Loges speakerLeah Broad speakerJames Atkinson baritoneAnna Tilbrook piano Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878-1941) was an Austrian composer, who studied with Zemlinsky and was later theory and composition tutor at the New Vienna Conservatory. She was hugely well known in the first decades of the 20th century, and her songs in particular are now enjoying an overdue revival. This lecture recital features songs by Müller-Hermann and by Richard Strauss. Interested in this event? You might also like Forgotten Voices: Women Composers in Song. Hedwige Chrétien & Margarete Schweikert on March 19th, 11:30am-5pm. Practical InformationIt’s wonderful to be fully back in person, but we still want to ensure that audience, artists and our team feel safe. Please click here to view our latest COVID-19 policies. We will continuously review our safety measures as the situation progresses and government guidance changes. Do please check this page before your visit for the most up-to-date information. To book tickets online visit Forgotten Voices: Women Composers in Song / Hedwige Chrétien & Johanna Müller-Hermann | Events | Oxford Lieder Levine Building - Trinity College, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

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Levine Building - Trinity College
Oxford University
Broad Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3BH
England

Programme

Hedwige Chrétien – Arabesque

Performers

Sophie Bevan – soprano
 James Atkinson – baritone
 Anna Tilbrook – piano
 Natasha Loges – Speaker
 Leah Broad – Speaker

Oxford Lieder

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Programme Note

Presented in association with SWAP'ra

This year’s Spring Song focuses on women composers, the countless gifted figures who vanished from our recital stages. Over the course of four lecture- recitals, with an array of exceptional artists curated and led by the ever-brilliant Natasha Loges, we will celebrate and explore songs by four composers: Hedwige Chrétien, Margarete Schweikert, Elizabeth Maconchy and Johanna Müller-Hermann, showing how their music both fitted into and challenged expectations of song composition in their day. We will also be launching the Forgotten Voices resources about women composers on the Oxford Lieder website.

Part 1: Hedwige Chrétien, 2pm-3pm
Natasha Loges speaker
Leah Broad speaker
Sophie Bevan soprano
Anna Tilbrook piano

Hedwige Chrétien (1859-1944) was a highly regarded French composer, and Professor at the Paris Conservatoire, who wrote an impressive body of songs. This lecture recital includes songs by Chrétien and by Hector Berlioz.

Part 2: Johanna Müller-Hermann, 4pm-5pm
Natasha Loges speaker
Leah Broad speaker
James Atkinson baritone
Anna Tilbrook piano

Johanna Müller-Hermann (1878-1941) was an Austrian composer, who studied with Zemlinsky and was later theory and composition tutor at the New Vienna Conservatory. She was hugely well known in the first decades of the 20th century, and her songs in particular are now enjoying an overdue revival. This lecture recital features songs by Müller-Hermann and by Richard Strauss.

Interested in this event? You might also like Forgotten Voices: Women Composers in Song. Hedwige Chrétien & Margarete Schweikert on March 19th, 11:30am-5pm.

Practical Information
It’s wonderful to be fully back in person, but we still want to ensure that audience, artists and our team feel safe. Please click here to view our latest COVID-19 policies. We will continuously review our safety measures as the situation progresses and government guidance changes. Do please check this page before your visit for the most up-to-date information.

To book tickets online visit Forgotten Voices: Women Composers in Song / Hedwige Chrétien & Johanna Müller-Hermann | Events | Oxford Lieder

Sophie Bevan (soprano)

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