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10. Clara Schumann - Rethinking the Myth: Natasha Loges, Joe Davies, Laura Hamer, Jessy McCabe, Tara Erraught & James Baillieu

13 October 2019, 11:00 - 15:30

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Symposium

Study Event

Jacqueline du Pré Music Building

St Hilda's College,
Oxford

Presented in association with the Royal College of Music

Clara (Wieck) Schumann, born 200 years ago this year, was an extraordinary figure: overshadowed in the history books by her husband Robert, but in reality a musical powerhouse in her own right. An inspired composer, brilliant and famous pianist, muse to Brahms and others, and mother of eight children, she led a long, complex and fascinating life.

11am - 12.15pm

Clara Schumann: A Life in Music. Natasha Loges introduces this pioneering musician: her life, music and influences. The talk is illustrated with songs performed by baritone James Atkinson and pianist Brian Hughes, outstanding students of the Royal College of Music.

12.15pm - 1.15pm

A light lunch is available for purchase in advance (£7).

1.15pm - 2.15pm

Lunchtime concert - 11. Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Please see Event 11. for more details (concert is included in Study Day tickets).

2.30pm - 3.30pm

Rediscovering Clara Schumann. Natasha Loges is joined by Joe Davies (Oxford University), Laura Hamer (Open University) andJessy McCabe (Oxford University) for a discussion of Clara Wieck-Schumann’s vital position in the history of female musicians.

Please note: Blue Badge parking should be arranged directly with St Hilda's Lodge. Oxford Lieder is unable to allocate onsite spaces.

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Programme

Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
O Lust, o Lust (Op.23 no.6) from Sechs Lieder aus Jucunde
Liebst du um Schönheit (Op.37 no.4 (Op.12 no.2)) from Zwölf Gedichte aus „Liebesfrühling“
Lorelei
Sie liebten sich beide (Op.13 no.2) from Sechs Lieder
Ihr Bildnis
Die stille Lotosblume (Op.13 no.6) from Sechs Lieder
Walzer
An einem lichten Morgen (Op.23 no.2) from Sechs Lieder aus Jucunde
Die gute Nacht, die ich dir sage
Geheimes Flüstern hier und dort (Op.23 no.3) from Sechs Lieder aus Jucunde

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Natasha Loges

Speaker

Natasha Loges is Head of Postgraduate Programmes and Reader in Musicology at the Royal College of Music, London. She gained her BMus in piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, her MMus at King’s College London, and her PhD at theRoyal Academy of Music, University of London, entitled Text and Context in Brahms’s Lieder. Her books include Brahms in the Home and the Concert Hall: Between Private and Public Performance (Cambridge University Press, 2014), Brahms and His Poets (Boydell, 2017), Brahms in Context (Cambridge... Read Full Biography

Joe Davies

Dr Joe Davies is Lecturer in Music at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Music Department at Maynooth University. His research interests are in the aesthetics and cultural history of nineteenth-century music, with particular emphasis on Franz Schubert and women composers. Together with James Sobaskie, he is co-editor of Drama in the Music of Franz Schubert (Boydell & Brewer, 2019) – a volume of essays that provides a timely reassessment of the composer’s neglected stage works, and offers... Read Full Biography

Tara Erraught

Mezzo-soprano

A rich, radiant voice, expansive range and dynamic stage presence are the hallmarks of Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught. With a wide repertoire that includes Bellini, Dvorak, Gounod, Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, Strauss and Verdi, as well as contemporary composers, she enjoys an ever-growing international career on the opera, orchestra and recital stages. In recent seasons Ms. Erraught has sung world premieres, made numerous role debuts, and appeared in recitals and concerts throughout the United States, Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, Japan... Read Full Biography

James Atkinson

Baritone

James Atkinson is a baritone currently studying at the Royal College of Music Opera Studio with Alison Wells, supported by a Pidem Scholarship, the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Tillett Trust, an Alfred Alexander Award, and the Josephine Baker Trust. With the RCM Opera Studio, James has sung the roles of Sam (Trouble in Tahiti), Le Gendarme (Les mamelles de Tirésias), Blazes (The Lighthouse), and Le Fleuve (Les fêtes d'Hébé) - in collaboration with l'Académie de l'Opéra nationa... Read Full Biography

James Baillieu

Pianist

Described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘in a class of his own’ James Baillieu has been the prize-winner of the Wigmore Hall Song Competition, Das Lied International Song Competition, Kathleen Ferrier and Richard Tauber Competitions. He was selected for representation by Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) in 2010 and in 2012 received a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and a Geoffrey Parsons Memorial Trust Award. In 2016 he was shortlisted for the Royal Philharmonic Society Outstanding Young Artist Award. Born in South Africa, J... Read Full Biography