Moore's Melodies
23 October 2025, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Irish tenor Hugo Brady, joined by pianist Mark Rogers, curates a programme of songs from and about his homeland. The poetry of Thomas Moore is at the heart of this, including settings in French and German translation, alongside settings of James Joyce and W.B. Yeats, and popular songs in the tradition of John McCormack.
Programme
- Trad. arr. Mark Rogers
- The Harp that through Tara’s Halls
- Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
- A Soft Day (1913) Op. 140 no.3 from A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Zwei Venetianische Lieder I „Leis’ rudern hier!“ (1840) Op. 25 no.17 i–early iv 1840 from Myrthen
- Zwei Venetianische Lieder II „Wenn durch die Piazzetta“ (1840) Op. 25 no.18 i–early iv 1840 from Myrthen
- Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933)
- Élégie (1872)
- Ina Boyle (1889 - 1967)
- The Joy of Earth (1914)
- The Stolen Child
- The Last Invocation
- Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
- Hermit Songs (1953) Op. 29
- Helen Blackwood (arr. Mark Rogers) (1807 - 1867)
- Terence’s Farewell to Kathleen
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- At the mid hour of night (1960) from Irish Folk Song Arrangements
- Johnny Patterson (1840 - 1889)
- The Garden Where the Praties Grow
