Over the piano
23 October 2024, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Songs about music and musicians, and about the allure (or otherwise) of both, form the backbone of this beguiling programme. The acclaimed tenor Guy Elliott is joined by pianist Roger Vignoles, whose playing has been described by Gramophone as having reached ‘the very highest level of sophistication and accomplishment’. Ranging from Purcell’s ‘Music for a while’ to Poulenc’s ‘Paganini’ and Bolcolm’s ‘Over the Piano’, via Schubert, Wolf and Brahms, this is a delightful, unmissable melting-pot of songs.
Programme
- Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
- An mein Klavier (1816) D342
- Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
- Music for a While (1679)
- If music be the food of love (1690) Z. 379
- Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
- Der Musikant no.2 from Gedichte von Joseph von Eichendorff
- Das Ständchen no.4 from Gedichte von Joseph von Eichendorff
- Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
- An die Leier (1822) D737 1822-1823
- Nachtstück (1819) D672
- Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
- Ständchen (1885) Op. 106 no.1
*****
- Arthur Sullivan (1842 - 1900)
- The Lost Chord
- William Bolcom (1938)
- Over the Piano (1985) from Cabaret Songs
- Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
- Clair de lune Op. 46 no.2
- Reynaldo Hahn (1873 - 1947)
- Fêtes galantes
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- The choirmaster's burial - 'The tenor man's story' (1853) Op. 52 no.5 from Winter Words
*****
- Trad. arr. Vignoles
- Afton Water
- Early One Morning
- The Mermaid
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Series
11 October 2024 | 12:00am
Cities of Song [Festival 2024]
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