Mark Padmore & Graham Johnson

Britten: Winter Words & Sechs Hölderlin Fragmente
Songs by Schubert

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

Mark Padmore is one of the great tenors of today. He and world-renowned pianist Graham Johnson continue our survey of Britten’s songs with one of his best-known song cycles, Winter Words, and his only significant foray into the German language, the haunting settings of Friedrich Hölderlin. A selection of Schubert songs, so close to Britten’s heart, completes the programme.

Graham Johnson played for many years for Peter Pears’ masterclasses and Mark Padmore has long been admired for his performance of Britten’s music, so we could not ask for two better exponents of these songs.

PROGRAMME:

Franz Schubert

Atys

Ganymed
Die Götter Griechenlands
Am Strome
Des Fischersliebesglück
Der Jüngling an der Quelle

Benjamin Britten

Sechs Hölderlin Fragmente

I N T E R V A L

Franz Schubert

Im Frühling
Die Sommernacht
Herbst

Benjamin Britten

Winter Words