Oxford Lieder at Fairlight Hall / Helen Charlston
10 May 2020, 11:00
Concert
This event will be broadcast from Fairlight Hall
The outstanding young mezzo Helen Charlston will perform Haydn's 'cantata' Arianna a Naxos, which explores the dramatic abandonment of the Cretan Princess Ariadne by Theseus, and was an immediate hit when it was written in 1789. Helen, a City Music Foundation Artist and Rising Star of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, also sings a selection of Brahms songs, including favourites 'Von ewiger Liebe' and 'Die Mainacht'. Her programme concludes with the six songs Op.13 of Clara Schumann: following the centenary celebrations of Clara Schumann in 2019, her place as a leading song composer is now firmly established and these are amongst her finest and most poignant songs.
Programme
Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Arianna a Naxos
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Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Von ewiger Liebe (Op. 43 no.1) - Die Mainacht (Op. 43 no.2)
- Sonntag (Op. 47 no.3) from Fünf Lieder (Op. 47)
- Wie Melodien (Op. 105 no.1) from Fünf Lieder (Op. 105)
- Ständchen (Op. 106 no.1)
- Salamander (Op. 107 no.2)
Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
Sechs Lieder (Op. 13)
Helen Charlston
Helen Charlston
Mezzo-soprano
Hailed “a rather special mezzo” (Music Web International), Helen is a young artist increasingly in demand in the UK and abroad. Recent concert highlights include debuts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (Handel Messiah/Stephen Layton), Royal Northern Sinfonia (Mendelssohn Lobgesang/Paul McCreesh) and at the Palau de la Musica in Barcelona (Bach Matthew Passion/Gabrieli Consort and Players); a worldwide tour of Handel Messiah with the Seattle Symphony, the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra and Adelaide Symphon... Read Full Biography
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