An evening at the Ashmolean with Dorottya Lang, André Morsch, Julius Drake & Re:Sound

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A special evening of music and theatre in three parts:

Dorottya Lang mezzo-soprano André Morsch baritone Julius Drake piano   Part One - The classical poems of Johann Baptist Mayrhofer, heard in the remarkable setting of the Randolph Sculpture Gallery, surrounded by Graeco-Roman statues.

Part Two - Enjoy a glass of wine in the Atrium, interspersed with partsongs performed by the Festival's resident professional chorus, Ensemble 45.

Part Three - 'After Party', a new play created by music/theatre company Re:Sound for the The Schubert Project, exploring the night Schubert and three friends were arrested by Metternich's secret police, with tragic consequences. 'After Party' will also be popping up at pubs around Oxford during the Festival. Read more about the play here.

Tickets for Parts One and Two only (incl. wine & part songs): £25
Tickets for the whole evening: £35

 

Programme (part one):

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Settings of Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787-1836)

Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren, D360 Fahrt zum Hades, D526
Fragment aus dem Aeschylus, D450b
Philoktet, D540
Atys, D585   Uraniens Flucht, D554   Memnon, D541 Orest auf Tauris, D548 Der entsühnte Orest, D699
Iphigenia, D573 Der zürnenden Diana, D707 Antigone und Oedip, D542