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Despite and still
24 October 2024, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
The American soprano Heidi Stober enjoys a glittering career in concert and opera on both sides of the Atlantic. She sang the title role in Garsington Opera’s 2017 production of Handel’s Semele, when The Guardian enjoyed her ‘creamy tone and gleaming high notes’. With the acclaimed American pianist Tanya Blaich, she performs a programme inspired by Samuel Barber’s song ‘Despite and Still’, exploring tenacity and resilience in navigating life’s challenges. Alongside music by Barber, the artists have chosen a range of captivating songs by Elisabeth Lutyens, Maude Valérie White, Ethel Smyth, Germaine Tailleferre, Margaret Bonds and Florence Price.
Programme
- Elisabeth Lutyens (1906 - 1983)
- As I walked out one evening
- Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937)
- So we’ll go no more a roving (1888)
- Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944)
- Possession from Three Songs
- Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937)
- Liebe
- Hör ich das Liedchen klingen
- Anfangs wollt ich fast verzagen
- Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen
- Stille Tränen
- Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983)
- Six Chansons françaises
- Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
- Despite and Still (1968) Op. 41
- B. E. Boykin (1989)
- Secret
- Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972)
- Hyacinth
- Florence Price (1887 - 1953)
- The Heart of a Woman
- Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972)
- I know my mind
Artists
Series
11 October 2024 | 12:00am
Cities of Song [Festival 2024]
Festival Passes
Festival Passes Available:
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