37. Nature's Beauty: James Newby & Simon Lepper
18 October 2019, 13:05 - 13:55
Lunchtime Recital

Holywell St
Oxford
OX1 3BN

Presented in association with BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists
The exceptional young baritone James Newby, a current BBC New Generation Artist, joins Simon Lepper for a programme full of flora and fauna, including Poulenc’s witty Le bestiaire and songs by Brahms, Schubert, Mahler and Finzi.
Watch James Newby sing Poulenc's La Grenouillère:
Programme
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Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Ablösung im Sommer (no.11) from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit -
Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899)
Le Colibri (Op. 2 no.7) -
John Ireland (1879 - 1962)
Three Ravens -
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Lerchengesang (Op. 70 no.2) -
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Le papillon et la fleur (Op. 1 no.1) -
Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
The Wild Flower's Song (Op. 20) from Three Songs of William Blake -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Das Veilchen (K476) -
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Ditja, kak cvetok ty prekrasna, 'My child you are as beautiful as a flower' (Op. 8 no.2) -
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Les roses d'Ispahan (Op. 39 no.4) Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
Le Bestiaire (FP 15a)
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Flanders and Swann
The Whale -
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Die Forelle (D550) -
Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979)
The Seal Man -
Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt from Des Knaben Wunderhorn -
Cole Porter (1891 - 1964)
The Tale of the Oyster

James Newby
James Newby
Baritone
At just 26, British baritone James Newby is the recipient of multiple awards including the 2016 Kathleen Ferrier Award, the Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera Voice Fellowship (2016), the Richard Tauber Prize (for best interpretation of a Schubert Lied), overall Third Prize at the Wigmore Hall/Kohn International Song Competition (2015), the Trinity Gold Medal (2017) and Glyndebourne’s prestigious John Christie Award (2017). He was selected to be one of Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s Rising Stars for 2017-2019 and is a BBC ... Read Full Biography
Simon Lepper
Simon Lepper
Pianist
Simon read music at King’s College, Cambridge before studying piano accompaniment with Michael Dussek at the Royal Academy of Music and later with Ruben Lifschitz at the Fondation Royaumont. He is a currently professor of collaborative piano and a vocal repertoire coach at the Royal College of Music, London where he also in charge of the collaboarative piano course. Since 2003 he has been an official accompanist for the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition Performance highlights have included an invitation from the Wigmor... Read Full BiographyFestival Passes
This event is part of a series:
Tales of Beyond - Magic, Myths and Mortals
The 18th Oxford Lieder Festival will explore life, death, and the mysterious areas between and beyond. Sprites and nymphs cause mayhem and mischief, while legends abound from Greco-Roman sagas to the Lorelei and the Erlking. Storytelling with the Crick Crack Club, a ghost tour, a magic show and more all complement the myriad concerts, masterclasses and study events over a packed fortnight....