Event Details
Tue, 10 May 2022
7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Vocalising the poetic yearnings of lovers, soldiers and travelers, acclaimed British baritone Roderick Williams presents this fascinating programme comprising selections from the lovelorn songbooks of Schubert and Schumann, as well as songs from the English tradition. Haunting tales from lives lost in the First World War weave alongside Vaughan Williams’s take on wayfarer’s nostalgia.
Featuring
- ● Roderick Williams,baritone
- ● Paul Cibis, piano
Programme
SCHUBERT
• Selections from Die Schöne Müllerin
BUTTERWORTH
• Selections from A Shropshire Lad
REBECCA CLARKE
• 8 o'clock, Aufblick and Stimme im Dunkein
SCHUMANN
• Selections from Liederkreis, Op.24
WILLIAM DENIS BROWNE
• To Gratiana dancing and singing
CHARLES WILFRED ORR
• Selections from A Shropshire Lad
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
• Selections from Songs of Travel
SCHUMANN
• Selections from Album für die Jugend, Op. 68 (piano solo)
CHOPIN
• Preludes No. 10 & 23 (piano solo)
Duration
Approximately 1hr 30mins
(with 20 mins Intermission)
