Samling Artist Showcase: Come into the Garden: Part of the Wigmore Hall Song Series at Wigmore Hall, London on Friday 8th November 2019

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Samling Artist Showcase: Come into the Garden

Part of the Wigmore Hall Song Series

Add to my Calendar 08-11-2019 19:30 08-11-2019 21:30 36 Samling Artist Showcase: Come into the Garden Every year, Samling Institute presents a Samling Artists Showcase concert at Wigmore Hall, bringing together Samling Artists at different stages of their careers for an evening of ‘excellence and pleasure’ (Opera Today). The concert offers a snapshot of Samling Institute’s presence in the world of song and opera, with emerging talents, who may be making their debut in this renowned chamber music venue, performing alongside established stars. This year, we invite you to ‘Come into the Garden’ for an evening of song and poetry inspired by the language of flowers and the natural world, along with poetry read by the distinguished actor Sir Simon Russell Beale. Claire Lees is a young soprano who is already making a big impact with highly praised opera appearances at Ilford Arts and Opera Holland Park. Anna Stéphany is emerging as one of the world’s most exciting mezzo sopranos, who ‘radiates warmth and substance’, (The Guardian). Tenor Filipe Manu and baritone Dominic Sedgwick are recent Samling Artists, both of whom have been selected for the Royal Opera House’s prestigious Jette Parker Young Artists Programme. They are joined by two Samling Artist pianists who are both regulars at Wigmore Hall: Joseph Middleton, described by BBC Music Magazine as ‘one of the brightest stars in the world of song’, and the up-and-coming young accompanist and chamber musician Somi Kim. Wigmore Hall, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Wigmore Hall
36 Wigmore St
Marylebone
London
W1U 2BP
England

Friday 8th November 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Robert Schumann – Mein Garten, Op.77 no.2
Robert Schumann – Volksliedchen, Op.51 no.2
Robert Schumann – Ich bin dein Baum, Op.101 no.3
Hugo Wolf – Der Gartner (Mörike-Lieder)
Georges Bizet – Chanson d'avril, Op.21 no.1
Richard Strauss – Das Rosenband, Op.36, no.1
Cesar Franck – Le mariage des roses, CFF 153
Ludwig van Beethoven – Mit einem Gemalten Band, Op.83 no.3
Ludwig van Beethoven – Adelaide, Op.46
Robert Schumann – Liebesgarten, Op.34 no.1
Benjamin Britten – Fish in the Unruffled Lakes: no.1, To lie flat on the back with the knees flexed
Charles Villiers Stanford – A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, Op.140: A soft day
Arthur Somervell – Maud: 5, Birds in the high hall garden
Robert Schumann – Schön Blümelein, Op.43 no.3
Gabriel Fauré – Le jardin de Dolly, Op.56 no.3
Roger Quilter – Autumn Evening, Op.14 no.1
Richard Strauss – Die Georgine, Op.10 no.4
Robert Schumann – Familien-Gemälde, Op.34 no.4
John Ireland – When daffodils begin to peer
Benjamin Britten – The Holly and the Ivy (arr. solo voice)
Robert Schumann – Schneeglöckchen, Op.79 no.27
Jean Sibelius – Demanten på Marssnön, Op.36 no.6
Benjamin Britten – Proud Songsters, Op.52 no.6

Performers

Claire Lees – soprano
Anna Stéphany – mezzo-soprano
Filipe Manu – Tenor
Dominic Sedgwick – baritone
Joseph Middleton – piano
Somi Kim – piano
Sir Simon Russell Beale – Actor

Programme Note

Every year, Samling Institute presents a Samling Artists Showcase concert at Wigmore Hall, bringing together Samling Artists at different stages of their careers for an evening of ‘excellence and pleasure’ (Opera Today). The concert offers a snapshot of Samling Institute’s presence in the world of song and opera, with emerging talents, who may be making their debut in this renowned chamber music venue, performing alongside established stars.

This year, we invite you to ‘Come into the Garden’ for an evening of song and poetry inspired by the language of flowers and the natural world, along with poetry read by the distinguished actor Sir Simon Russell Beale.

Claire Lees is a young soprano who is already making a big impact with highly praised opera appearances at Ilford Arts and Opera Holland Park. Anna Stéphany is emerging as one of the world’s most exciting mezzo sopranos, who ‘radiates warmth and substance’, (The Guardian). Tenor Filipe Manu and baritone Dominic Sedgwick are recent Samling Artists, both of whom have been selected for the Royal Opera House’s prestigious Jette Parker Young Artists Programme. They are joined by two Samling Artist pianists who are both regulars at Wigmore Hall: Joseph Middleton, described by BBC Music Magazine as ‘one of the brightest stars in the world of song’, and the up-and-coming young accompanist and chamber musician Somi Kim.

Detail from 'Sunflowers' by Julian Vilarrubi

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