Spend the day in Italy! To start the day, Roger Parker introduces his discovery of more than 90 previously unknown Donizetti songs. At lunchtime, the Argentinian baritone Germán Enrique Alcántara and pianist Anna Tilbrook perform some of these Donizetti songs, alongside songs from Argentina. At rush-hour, modern-day troubadour Bryan Benner and guitarist Václav Fuksa perform enchanting Neapolitan songs. Superstar pianist Imogen Cooper performs Hugo Wolf’s ‘Italian Songbook’ with two eminent German singers, Katharina Ruckgaber and Johannes Kammler.
16 October 2026 | 11:00am
Donizetti The Song Composer
Roger Parker
16 October 2026 | 1:00pm
Italy to Argentina
Germán Enrique Alcántara & Anna Tilbrook
16 October 2026 | 5:00pm
Neapolitan Songs
Bryan Benner & Vaclav Fuksa
16 October 2026 | 7:30pm
The Italian Songbook
Katharina Ruckgaber, Johannes Kammler & Imogen Cooper