63. French Fables: Jess Dandy & Sholto Kynoch
23 October 2019, 13:05 - 13:55
Lunchtime Recital

Holywell St
Oxford
OX1 3BN

Presented in association with the University of Birmingham
Contralto Jess Dandy, an Oxford Lieder Young Artist, is fast emerging as one of the most exciting young singers today. Her programme features settings of Baudelaire, including the world premiere of a new song by our Associate Composer, Cheryl Frances-Hoad. She and Sholto Kynoch also perform settings of the seventeenth-century poet and fabulist Jean de la Fontaine, with songs by Saint-Saëns, Offenbach and Gounod.
Watch Jess Dandy and Dylan Perez at last year's Young Artist Platform, performing Ravel:
Programme
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Henri Duparc (1848 - 1933)
L'invitation au voyage -
Tawnie Olson
Le Revenant -
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Hymne (Op. 7 no.2) - Chant d'automne (Op. 5 no.1)
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Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937)
Les Hiboux -
Cheryl Frances-Hoad (b. 1980)
Une Charogne - ~~~ Interval ~~~
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Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
La Cigale et la fourmi -
André Caplet (1878 - 1925)
Le corbeau et le renard from Trois Fables de Jean de la Fontaine - Le loup et l'agneau from Trois Fables de Jean de la Fontaine
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Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880)
Le corbeau et le renard from Six Fables de La Fontaine - La laitière et le pot au lait from Six Fables de La Fontaine
- La Cigale et la fourmi from Six Fables de La Fontaine

Jess Dandy
Jess Dandy
Contralto
Noted for her “velvety richness” (The Independent) & “commanding” tone (Seen and Heard International), Cumbrian contralto Jess Dandy is rapidly making a name for herself as one of the UK’s most promising young singers. Last season saw her debuts as alto soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at Carnegie Hall, New York; Palau de la música catalana, Barcelona, & Harris Theater, Chicago. All formed part of an international tour with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the Orchestra révolutionnaire e... 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. In July 2018, Sholto was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in the RAM Honours. Recent recitals have taken him to Wigmore Hall, Heidelberger Frühling in Germany, the Zeist International Lied Festival in Holland, the LIFE Victoria festi... Read Full BiographyFestival Passes
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