Serious Songs: Ashley Riches & Sholto Kynoch

17 October 2017, 1:10pm 20 May 2024 - 12:04am

BBC New Generation Artist Ashley Riches is one of the bright stars of the song world. His programme includes Brahms' extraordinary Four Serious Songs, settings of biblical texts that he wrote in 1896, his last songs. Also included are songs by Schubert and Dvorák.

Programme

Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Totengräbers Heimweh (1825) D842
Nachtstück (1819) D672
Seligkeit (1816) D433
Dithyrambe (1823) D801

Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)
Oblak a mrákota jest vůkol Něho (1894) Op. 99 no.1 March 5-26 from Biblical Songs
Skrýše má a paveza má Ty jsí (1894) Op. 99 no.2 March 5-26 from Biblical Songs
Slyš, ó Bože, slyš modlitbu mou (1894) Op. 99 no.3 March 5-26 from Biblical Songs
Bože! Bože! Píseň novou (1894) Op. 99 no.5 March 5-26 from Biblical Songs
Při řekách babylonských (1894) Op. 99 no.7 March 5-26 from Biblical Songs
Zpívejte Hospodinu píseň novou (1894) Op. 99 no.10 March 5-26 from Biblical Songs