Oxford Lieder at Fairlight Hall: Helen Charlston & Sholto Kynoch
06 June 2021, 11:00am 05 November 2024 - 1:49pm
Helen Charlston is a thrilling young mezzo-soprano, recently described by Gramophone Magazine as ‘mesmerising’ and by the Daily Telegraph as ‘warmly distinctive’. She recently made an astonishing reimagining of the video of Coldplay’s ‘The Scientist’ using ‘Dido’s Lament’ by Purcell (see it here) with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and her new CD Isolation Songbook has been widely acclaimed.
She and Sholto Kynoch begin with a group of songs by Clara Schumann, a set of exquisitely crafted masterpieces. Following this, they include songs by Johannes Brahms (who was infatuated with Clara Schumann) that perfectly demonstrate his great gift for melody aligned with his sensitive word-setting. At the centre of their programme is a cycle by that great master of English song, Gerald Finzi’s O Fair to See, that includes settings of Hardy, Rossetti, Gurney and others. They also include songs by Britten and Clarke. As always, Helen and Sholto will introduce this wonderful programme.
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Programme
- Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
- Sechs Lieder (1844) Op. 13
- Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
- Wie Melodien (1886) Op. 105 no.1 from Fünf Lieder (Op. 105)
- Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (1886) Op. 105 no.2 from Fünf Lieder (Op. 105)
- Feldeinsamkeit (1879) Op. 86 no.2 from Sechs Lieder
- Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
- Arabesque (1839) Op. 18
- Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
- Oh Fair to See (song cycle) Op. 13b
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- How sweet the answer
- Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
- Nature, the gentlest mother (1849) from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson
- Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979)
- Down by the Salley Gardens
- Anon. arr. Britten
- The Last Rose of Summer (1960) from Irish Folk Song Arrangements