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The Venue - Leeds Conservatoire
3 Quarry Hill
Leeds
LS2 7PD
England
Programme
Robert Schumann – Fünf Lieder, Op.40
Hugo Wolf – Auch kleine Dinge (Italian leider book)
Hugo Wolf – Gesang Wellas (Mörike leider)
Hugo Wolf – Nachtzauber (Eichendorff Lieder)
Hugo Wolf – Kennst du das Land (Goethe-Lieder)
Ernest John Moeran – Twilight
Hugo Wolf – Die Zigeunerin (Eichendorff Lieder)
~ Interval ~
Rebecca Clarke – The Lost Nightingale
Rebecca Clarke – The Cloths of Heaven
John Ireland – Earth's Call
Herbert Howells – King David
Benjamin Britten – A Charm of Lullabies, Op.41
Charles Villiers Stanford – A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op.140: A soft day
Ivor Gurney – Thou didst delight my eyes
Ivor Gurney – The fields are full
Ivor Gurney – 5 Elizabethan Songs: Sleep
Richard Rodney Bennett – History of the Thé Dansant
Performers
Sarah Connolly – mezzo-soprano
Joseph Middleton – piano
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Programme Note
“Connolly proves herself a worthy heir to Janet Baker in the lovely songs of Ireland, Moeran and Ivor Gurney, but this “garland” of 20th-century songs, superbly accompanied by Middleton as her equal partner, embraces “cycles” by the antipoles Britten and Tippett, whose Charm of Lullabies (1947) and Songs for Ariel (1962) are the meatiest items, sung with sumptuous tone, insight and perfect diction.”
Hugh Canning – The Sunday Times – 15 July 2018
“Sarah Connolly is at her characteristically supple, golden-toned and intelligent best throughout, and she enjoys impeccable support from Joseph Middleton” Gramophone Magazine
Dame Sarah Connolly needs no introduction, particularly to Leeds Lieder audiences. Patron to Leeds Lieder, regular star artist in our Festivals, and national treasure, Dame Sarah has delighted audiences the world over. To close our weekend of song recitals, Connolly and her regular duo partner Joseph Middleton perform Schumann songs to Hans Christian Andersen poetry and Wolf songs that span the full gamut of his writing style from the miniature Auch kleine Dinge to the towering Wagnerism of Kennst du das Land? The second half of the recital journeys through the highways and byways of British song, an area of the repertoire Dame Sarah reigns supreme. Witty, jazzy, heartfelt songs by Richard Rodney Bennett, a close friend of Connolly, close the programme.
