Schumann: Dichterliebe & Saxton: Time and the Seasons

Roderick Williams (baritone)
Andrew West (piano)

Robert Saxton – Time and the Seasons (WORLD PREMIERE – commissioned by Oxford Lieder)
Schumann – Dichterliebe

Pre-concert artist conversation with Robert Saxton and Andrew West at 7.00pm, free to all ticket-holders.

Robert Saxton is one of our leading composers and his new song cycle is Oxford Lieder’s most substantial commission to date. He sets his own poetry. Coupled with this is Schumann’s cycle of Heine poetry, the “Poet’s love”, one of the pinnacles and most popular works of the entire song repertoire. Roderick Williams and Andrew West are certain to give a memorable, illuminating and inspiring rendition of both works.

Felix Mendelssohn

Im Frühling (anon.)

Johannes Brahms

Sommerabend (Heinrich Heine)

Robert Schumann

Meine Rose (Nikolaus Lenau)

Johannes Brahms

Auf dem Kirchhofe (Detlev von Liliencron)

Felix Mendelssohn

Im Herbst (Karl Klingemann)

Franz Schubert

Der Winterabend (Karl Gottfried von Leitner)

Johannes Brahms

Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze (Heinrich Heine)

Robert Saxton

Time and the Seasons (Robert Saxton)

1. Winter, still, winter
2. Spring
3. Time’s Ellipse
4. Summer Seascape (Interlude for piano solo)
5. Summer Psalm
6. Autumn
7. The beach in winter: Scratby (for Tess)

INTERVAL

Robert Schumann

Dichterliebe (Heinrich Heine)