Leeds Lieder Festival: Opening Concert, ‘Poetry into Song’
Sampson, Prégardien, Middleton
Part of the Leeds Lieder Festival 2018
Add to my Calendar 19-04-2018 19:30 19-04-2018 21:30 36 Leeds Lieder Festival: Opening Concert, ‘Poetry into Song’ Multi Gramophone Award Winner Carolyn Sampson returns to Leeds Lieder to open the 2018 Festival, following her thoughtful and colourful recital in 2015. Her critically acclaimed partnership with Joseph Middleton has been described as ‘inspired’ (Guardian) and their music making ‘an indivisible unit with sound and sense beautifully fused’ (Gramophone Magazine). Tonight they are joined by one of the finest young Lieder interpreters, Julian Prégardien, well known to audiences at Wigmore Hall, Munich’s Bavarian Opera, Salzburg Mozart Festival and the Schubertiade in Hohenems/Schwarzenberg. They will perform Robert Schumann’s wedding gift to Clara, his Myrthen, as well as a selection of his other songs and duets. Part of Leeds Lieder Festival 2018 (19 - 22 April) @LeedsLieder #LLF18 The Venue - Leeds College of Music, Leeds DD/MM/YYYYDetails
The Venue - Leeds College of Music
Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7PD
England
Programme
Robert Schumann – Myrthen, Op.25
Performers
Carolyn Sampson – soprano
Julian Prégardien – Tenor
Joseph Middleton – piano
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Programme Note
Multi Gramophone Award Winner Carolyn Sampson returns to Leeds Lieder to open the 2018 Festival, following her thoughtful and colourful recital in 2015. Her critically acclaimed partnership with Joseph Middleton has been described as ‘inspired’ (Guardian) and their music making ‘an indivisible unit with sound and sense beautifully fused’ (Gramophone Magazine). Tonight they are joined by one of the finest young Lieder interpreters, Julian Prégardien, well known to audiences at Wigmore Hall, Munich’s Bavarian Opera, Salzburg Mozart Festival and the Schubertiade in Hohenems/Schwarzenberg.
They will perform Robert Schumann’s wedding gift to Clara, his Myrthen, as well as a selection of his other songs and duets.
Part of Leeds Lieder Festival 2018 (19 - 22 April)
@LeedsLieder #LLF18