104. Christopher Maltman: Songs of Travel
23 October 2021, 8:15pm - 9:30pm
The 20th Oxford Lieder Festival draws to a close with music by Schubert and Vaughan Williams performed by renowned baritone Christopher Maltman and the fast-rising pianist-conductor Audrey Saint-Gil. In his Songs of Travel, Vaughan Williams sets the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson in a cycle that has echoes of Schubert and the archetypal romantic wanderer, yet is quintessentially English and a profoundly influential work of the early 20th century. Following this, we conclude with Schubert’s settings of Heine – six extraordinary songs from the last year of his life – and the very last song he wrote, ‘Die Taubenpost’.
TRY BEFORE YOU BUY
Christopher performs Wagner in his own recital during the first lockdown
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PRACTICAL INFORMATION
This event is an in-person and livestreamed event. Livestreamed performances will be available to watch live in our Digital Concert Hall at the advertised performance time and will be available to watch again and on demand until the end of November.
Want to watch this concert in person and at home? 'Hybrid' tickets, valid both in person and for the Digital Concert Hall, are also available for an additional £3 to the in-person price.
All our seating is unreserved. This means you are guaranteed a seat in your chosen area, but not a specific seat. In order to allow for social distancing, you will be seated as an individual or as a group, based on the number of tickets you booked for this concert.
For groups of more than 10, please phone or email the box office to book your tickets.
The performance duration is approximately 1 hour 15 minutes and there will be no interval.
TICKETS AND PASSES
(Online bookings only)
Book five or more concerts at the same time: 5% discount
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Tickets for both in-person and the Digital Concert Hall will be issued as eTickets by default. Printed tickets are available on request, for an additional fee.
COVID-19
Due to COVID-19 we have to do things a little differently this year. In order to keep everyone safe, our seating and concert conditions are subject to change in line with changing government guidance.
For more information about our COVID-19 safety measures, please click here.
If you are displaying symptoms of COVID-19 on the day of the concert, please do not attend, but get in touch with our box office to arrange a refund.
SEATING AREAS EXPLAINED
Due to uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and to keep audiences safe, our venues this year will be socially distanced, and our main seating areas have a reduced capacity. We have added two additional seating areas with a limited view of the stage, to allow you to experience our live concerts at a reduced price.
Seating area A (£35): Centre aisle seats, with a clear view of the stage.
Seating area B (£22): Side aisle and back section seats. Some seats may have a reduced view of the stage.
Seating area C (£13): At the back of the church with a reduced view of the stage.
Seating area D (£5): Side chapel or back corner. Please note these seats have no view of the stage.
Programme
- Libby Larsen (1950)
- Try Me, Good King: Last Words of the Wives of Henry VIII (2001)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
- Songs of Travel (1904) (1904)
- The vagabond
- Let Beauty awake
- The roadside fire
- Youth and love
- In dreams
- The infinite shining heavens
- Whither must I wander?
- Bright is the ring of words
- I have trod the upward and the downward slope
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- Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
- Der Atlas D957h from Schwanengesang
- Ihr Bild D957i from Schwanengesang
- Das Fischermädchen D957j from Schwanengesang
- Die Stadt D957k from Schwanengesang
- Am Meer D957l from Schwanengesang
- Der Doppelgänger D957m from Schwanengesang
- Die Taubenpost (1828) D965a from Schwanengesang
Artists
Series
08 October 2021 | 10:00am