15. Elizabeth Llewellyn & Simon Lepper: Coleridge-Taylor & Friends

17 October 2022, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

The thrilling soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn appears at the Festival for the first time with this wonderful programme exploring the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his circle of friends and contemporaries, including Puccini, Brahms and Stanford. Her recording of Coleridge-Taylor, also with exceptional pianist Simon Lepper, was widely acclaimed and The Guardian described the songs as ‘soaring melodic treasures’.

Watch Elizabeth and Simon perform Coleridge-Taylor's 'Big Lady Moon' at Wigmore Hall:

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The event duration is approximately 1 hour and there will be no interval.

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Programme

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912)
Elëanore Op. 37 no.6 from Six Songs
You'll love me yet! Op. 37 no.1 from Six Songs
Canoe song Op. 37 no.2 from Six Songs
Minguillo (1896) Op. 12 no.3 from Southern Love Songs
If thou art sleeping, maiden (1896) Op. 12 no.4 from Southern Love Songs
Tears (1896) Op. 12 no.2 from Southern Love Songs

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
Morire? (1917)
Sole e amore (1888)
Terra e mare (1902) SC 73
E l'uccellino (1899)
Ad una morta (1882) SC 41

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
Grandeur (1913) Op. 140 no.1 from A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster
A Soft Day (1913) Op. 140 no.3 from A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster
The bold unbiddable child (1913) Op. 140 no.5 from A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Wie Melodien (1886) Op. 105 no.1 from Fünf Lieder (Op. 105)
Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (1886) Op. 105 no.2 from Fünf Lieder (Op. 105)
Auf dem Kirchhofe (1886) Op. 105 no.4 from Fünf Lieder (Op. 105)