Britten (complete Canticles) & Schubert Part One

Britten – Canticles One and Three
Schubert – “Auf dem Strom” and Schwanengesang (Rellstab settings)

This concert is generously supported by Jesus College & The Kohn Foundation

Tenor Daniel Norman is joined by an all-star team of musicians for a weekend of Britten and Schubert. This first concert features two of Britten’s Canticles, five extraordinary works that form the centrepiece of these concerts. Alongside these, we hear some of Schubert’s great creations from his final year; the settings of Ludwig Rellstab commonly known as the first half of Schwanengesang, and “Auf dem Strom”, also a setting of Rellstab, with its wonderful horn obligato.

The third Canticle ("Still Falls the Rain") is heard in its extended form, with readings of Edith Sitwell poems; our narrator will be the renowned actor Dame Harriet Walter.

Britten Complete Canticles & Schubert songs part 2 - information and tickets.

This is the first concert of 2013 featuring Britten’s songs, in his centenary year. Over the course of the year, we will be programming all his songs as part of the year-long Britten in Oxford project.

PROGRAMME:

Franz Schubert
Auf dem Strom

Benjamin Britten
The Heart of the Matter (incl. Canticle III)

INTERVAL

Benjamin Britten
Canticle I: My Beloved is Mine

Franz Schubert
Schwanengesang (Rellstab settings)