Summer Nights

Nancy Holt and Weng Soon Tee transport us across the seasons with a performance of Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’été (‘Summer Nights’). Berlioz began these six settings of Théophile Gautier in 1840, the same year as Schumann wrote Dichterliebe and many other of his most famous songs: Les Nuits d’été seem almost revolutionary in this context, and inhabit a thoroughly distinct soundworld. They have long been one of Berlioz’s most popular works. Alongside this, Nancy and Weng journey to Scandinavia for songs by Grieg and Sibelius, and they also include music by our Associate Composer, Emily Hazrati.