Song at Wolfson / Felix Kemp: Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov
28 November 2019, 18:00 - 19:00
Concert
The exceptional baritone Felix Kemp performs a glorious programme of high romanticism. Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov may be better known for their symphonic and piano music, but they were also at the heart of the great Russian song tradition, and it is a treat to hear a selection of their most beautiful and moving songs. Brahms's Four Serious Songs were the last songs of this masterful composer and are poignant, tender and ultimately uplifting. Felix and Sholto also include a selection of songs by Hugo Wolf, whose imaginative and inspired setting of poetry to music reached its apex in his settings of the poet Eduard Mörike. Felix Kemp is a young baritone on an exciting trajectory, who will soon be making his debut at the Royal Opera House, as well as Longborough Opera, Welsh National Opera and elsewhere. This is a fantastic way to begin our new season of Oxford Lieder recitals at Wolfson College.
Programme
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Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Fußreise (No.10) from Mörike-Lieder - Nimmersatte Liebe (no.9) from Mörike-Lieder
- Gebet (no.28) from Mörike-Lieder
- Neue Liebe (no.30) from Mörike-Lieder
- Abschied (no.53) from Mörike-Lieder
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Sleza drozhit ('A tear trembles') (Op. 6 no.4) - Ni otzyva, ni slova, ni priveta, ('No Response, no Word, no Greeting') (Op. 28 no.5)
- Don Zhuan serenade, 'Don Juan's Serenade' / Don Giovanni's Serenade (Op. 38 no.1) from 6 Romances
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Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
O, dolgo budu ja, v molchan'i nochi tajnoj ('In the silence of the secret night') (Op. 4 no.3) from Six Romances - Ne poi krasavitsa, 'Do not sing for me fair maiden' / 'O never sing to me again' (Op. 4 no.4)
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Vier ernste Gesänge, (Four Serious Songs) (Op. 121)
Felix Kemp
Felix Kemp
Baritone
Praised by The Guardian for his “appealing baritone,” and awarded an Audition Oracle Singers’ Preparation Scholarship, Felix Kemp makes his debut with the Royal Opera, London, this season as a Flemish Deputy Don Carlo. At the Royal Opera House, he will also give a Crush Room Recital, and highlights of his current season further include Don Fernando Fidelio for Lyric Opera, Dublin, J. S. Bach Lutheran Massand Mozart Requiem on tour with the Israel Camerata, the St John Passionin Sunderland Minster, Richard Blackford&rsquo... Read Full Biography
Sholto Kynoch
Sholto Kynoch
Pianist
Sholto Kynoch is a sought-after pianist who specialises in song and chamber music. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Oxford Lieder Festival, which won a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2015, cited for its ‘breadth, depth and audacity’ of programming. Recent recitals have taken him to Wigmore Hall, Heidelberger Frühling in Germany, the Zeist International Lied Festival in Holland, the LIFE Victoria festival and Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Opéra de Lille, Kings Place in Lo... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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Festival Passes
This event is part of a series:
Song at Wolfson 2019/20
We are delighted our 'Song at Wolfson' series is returning for another year of early-evening song recitals in collaboration with Wolfson College. The auditorium at Wolfson is an ideal space for song performance: intimate, with excellent acoustics and a fine Steinway piano. The series showcases outstanding singers who are in the early stages of highly suc...