Oxford Lieder on Radio 3 In Concert

01 October 2020, 7:30pm 31 October 2020 - 12:00pm

TUNE IN at 7.30pm on Thursday 1 October, and for 30 days afterwards. As a curtain-raiser to the main Festival, Artistic Director Sholto Kynoch and several Festival artists perform live at BBC Maida Vale studios. The programme includes Ashley Riches in Schumann's great song-cycle, Dichterliebe, songs featuring (and about) the violin by Hugo Wolf, Rebecca Clarke and Saint-Saëns performed by Caitlin Hulcup and Jonathan Stone, and freshly-minted songs from leading contemporary ensemble, The Hermes Experiment.

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The Hermes Experiment will give a concert in Christ Church Cathedral on Tuesday 13 October at 10pm. BOOK TICKETS

Caitlin Hulcup, Jonathan Stone and Sholto Kynoch will perform their programme of works for voice, violin and piano on Monday 12 October at 5.30pm. BOOK TICKETS

Ashley Riches will appear at the Festival, performing Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin on Friday 16 October at 1pm. BOOK TICKETS

All concerts will be streamed fully live, but will also be available to watch again until 1 November. Festival Passes (available to buy via the sidebar of this page) offer great value, allowing access to all Festival events until 1 November for just £90 (£2.25 per event).

Programme

Barbara Strozzi, arr. Werner
Tradimento

Soosan Lolavar
Mâh Didam (2016)

Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979)
The Tailor and His Mouse (from Old English Songs)

Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
At the railway station, Upway - 'The convict and the boy with the violin' (1853) Op. 53 no.7 from Winter Words

Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Das Ständchen no.4 from Gedichte von Joseph von Eichendorff
Der Musikant no.2 from Gedichte von Joseph von Eichendorff
Wie lange schon war immer mein Verlangen (1892) no.11 from Italienisches Liederbuch