Lord Byron's Grand Tour
12 October 2018, 1:30pm - 3:20pm
Lord Byron’s thrilling Grand Tour did not follow the conventional route, beginning instead in Portugal and ending in Turkey. Today’s event is a musical travel diary, tracing Byron’s fascinating journey in poetry and music, introduced by Byron expert Drummond Bone, with readings and settings of Byron’s own poetry as well as songs from the countries he visited.
Programme
- George Alexander Lee (1802 - 1851)
- There’s not an eye will weep for me
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- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
- V poryve nezhnosti serdechnoy 'In moments to delight devoted' (1882) Op. 26 no.1
- Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944)
- Sérénade Sévillane (1894)
- Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
- Chanson espagnole (Les filles de Cadix) (1887)
- Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
- In ein Stammbuch
- George Alexander Lee (1802 - 1851)
- The Bird of Love
- Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
- Là-bas, vers l'église (1904) from 5 Mélodies populaires grecques
- Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
- Maid of Athens (1872)
- Issac Nathan (1791 - 1864)
- On Parting
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
- Pesnya Zyuleyki 'Zuleika's song' (1882) Op. 26 no.4
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- Régine Poldowski (1879 - 1932)
- Bruxelles
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
- Keine vor der Erde Schönen (1833)
- Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
- Keine gleicht von allen Schönen from Vier Gedichte nach Heine, Shakespeare und Lord Byron
- Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
- There be none of Beauty’s daughters Op. 24 no.1
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Aus den „Hebräischen Gesängen“ (1840) Op. 25 no.15 i–early iv 1840 from Myrthen
- Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
- Sonne der Schlummerlosen from Vier Gedichte nach Heine, Shakespeare und Lord Byron
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
- Nespyashchikh solntse, grustnaya zvezda 'Sun of the sleepless' (1897) Op. 41 no.1
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Zwei Venetianische Lieder II „Wenn durch die Piazzetta“ (1840) Op. 25 no.18 i–early iv 1840 from Myrthen
- Zwei Venetianische Lieder I „Leis’ rudern hier!“ (1840) Op. 25 no.17 i–early iv 1840 from Myrthen
- Henry Rowley Bishop (1786 - 1855)
- My boat is on the shore
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
- Venetianisches Gondellied (1839) Op. 57 no.5 1839-1843
- Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937)
- So we’ll go no more a roving (1888)
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12 October 2018 | 9:00am