Late-night Britten - Who are these Children?

Joshua Ellicott (tenor) & Simon Lepper (piano)

Britten – Who are these Children?
Finzi - Till Earth Outwears
Schumann - selection from Kinderszenen

Britten’s settings of Soutar reflect by turns the innocence and the dangers of childhood, and form the centrepiece of tonight’s programme, given by two increasingly renowned and deeply communicative artists.

PROGRAMME:   Robert Schumann Traumerei   Gerald Finzi Till earth outwears   Schumann Vom fremden landern und menschen Ritter vom steckenpferd   Benjamin Britten Who are these children?   Schumann Der Dichter spricht   All Schumann works are for solo piano from Kinderszenen, Op.15.