Songs after supper
14 October 2026, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lotte Betts-Dean, James Way and Natalie Burch imagine an evening at the Red House, home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, in this delightful programme that was originally created for the Aldeburgh Festival. As well as songs by Britten himself (including his arresting Canticle II ‘Abraham and Isaac’), the programme includes music by their friends Joyce Grenfell, Gustav and Imogen Holst, Ernest Moeran and others.
Programme
- Joyce Grenfell & Norman Wisdom (after Ethelbert Nevin)
- Narcissus (The Laughing Song)
- Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
- Ushas (Dawn) (1907) Set 1, Op. 24 from Vedic Hymns
- Varuna I (Sky) (1907) Set 1, Op. 24 from Vedic Hymns
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Calypso from Cabaret Songs
- Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950)
- The Merry Month of May
- Bernard van Dieren (1887 - 1936)
- Dream Pedlary
- Imogen Holst (1907 - 1984)
- As Lawrell Leaves from Four Songs
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Canticle II 'Abraham and Isaac' (1952) Op. 51
- Priaulx Rainier (1903 - 1986)
- Wee Cannot Bid the Fruits from Cycle for Declamation
- In the Wombe of the Earth from Cycle for Declamation
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Funeral Blues from Cabaret Songs
- Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
- Boat Song Op. 373 from Nonsense Rhymes
- The aquiline snub from Nonsense Rhymes
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Mother Comfort from Two Ballads for two voices and piano
- Purcell (1659 - 1695) / Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Sound the Trumpet
