Kitty Whately & William Vann
19 April 2024, 7:45pm - 9:00pm
Mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately is a regular favourite with Oxford Song audiences. For this recital, joined by the outstanding pianist William Vann, she brings her 'captivating range of expression' (The Scotsman) to an inspired programme of English songs that includes works by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Rebecca Clarke.
This event is part of Spring Song 2024. Click here for more information and to purchase a Spring Song Pass.
Programme
- John Ireland (1879 - 1962)
- Earth's Call (1918)
- Ivor Gurney (1890 - 1937)
- The fields are full (1952)
- The Salley Gardens (1938)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
- When Icicles Hang by the Wall from Three Songs from Shakespeare
- The Willow Song
- Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979)
- The Seal Man (1922)
- Tiger Tiger
- Down by the Salley Gardens
- Grace Williams (1906 - 1977)
- The Lament of the Border Widow
- The Silent Pool (solo piano)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
- Love Sight (1903) from The House of Life
- Silent Noon (1903) from The House of Life
- Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994)
- Come Away, Death (1949) Op. 6 from Four Shakespeare Songs
- King Stephen from Four Shakespeare Songs
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
- 4. Slow Air (Lento) from Suite of 6 Short Pieces (solo piano)
- The sky above the roof
- Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983)
- King David (1919)
- Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994)
- Ophelia's Song (1926)
- Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977)
- Take, O take those lips away from Seven Shakespeare Songs
- It was a lover and his lass from Seven Shakespeare Songs
