Tell Me The Truth About Love
23 October 2023, 7:45pm - 9:15pm
The Music A kaleidoscopic recital exploring the joys and tribulations of love. Drawing on Britten’s much-loved setting of Auden’s Tell me the Truth about Love, this programme is a musical feast which includes everything from Purcell to Caroline Shaw, via Quilter, Fauré and Debussy.
The Artists Recitals given by Roderick Williams, who has been described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘our greatest living baritone’, never fail to astonish. He is joined by the pianist, broadcaster and writer Iain Burnside.
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Programme
Emerging Artists
- Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977)
- 2. Song Of A Nightclub Proprietress from Five Betjeman Songs
- Otilio Galindez (1935 - 2009)
- Caramba (Venezuelan folksong, arr. Carlos Urbaneja)
- Charles Aznavour (1924 - 2018)
- Comme ils disent
- Gian Carlo Menotti (1911 - 2007)
- 7. Rassegnazione from Canti della lontananza
Principal Artists
- Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
- If music be the food of love (1690) Z. 379
- Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
- Mandoline (1891) Op. 58 no.1 from Cinq Mélodies «de Venise»
- Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
- Ona, kak polden', khorosha, ‘She is as fair as midday’ Op. 14 no.9 from Twelve Romances
- Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
- Colloque sentimental (1904) L104 from Fêtes galantes II
- Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
- Vchera my vstretilis', 'Yesterday we met' Op. 26 no.13
- O, net, molju, ne ukhodi!, 'Oh, no, I beg you, do not leave!' Op. 4 no.1
- Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
- Ah! How sweet it is to love
- Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
- Zdes' khorosho, 'How fair this spot' (1902) Op. 21 no.7
- Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
- Green (1885) L60 from Ariettes oubliées
- Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
- Ya byl u nei, 'I came to her' (1896) Op. 14 no.4 from Twelve Romances
~~~ Interval ~~~
- Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
- My life's delight (1908) Op. 12 no.2 from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
- Damask Roses (1908) Op. 12 no.3 from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
- The faithless shepherdess from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
- Weep you no more (1908) Op. 12 no.1 from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
- Fair house of joy (1908) Op. 12 no.7 from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
- Caroline Shaw (1982)
- How do I find you
- Sally Beamish (1956)
- Nightingale from Four Songs from Hafez
- Cheryl Frances-Hoad (1980)
- The pros and cons (2011) from One Life Stand
- Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
- I said to Love
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Tell me the Truth About Love from Cabaret Songs
Artists
Series
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