Kathleen Ferrier Award Winners
18 October 2016, 13:10
Lunchtime Recital
This event will be broadcast from Holywell Music Room

This concert is generously supported by the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund
The three prize winners of the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2015 perform songs and duets by Schumann, Schubert and Mendelssohn, including Schumann's enchanting Mädchenlieder Op. 103 and Mendelssohn's six duets, Op.63. A great chance to hear these superb emerging stars in one of our increasingly popular lunchtime concerts.
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Programme
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Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Ich wollt' meine Lieb' ergösse sich (Op. 63 no.1) from Six Duets - Abschiedslied der Zugvögel (Op. 63 no.2) from Six Duets
- Gruß (Op. 63 no.3) from Six Duets
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Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Neue Liebe (Op. 19a no.4) from Six Songs - Die Liebende schreibt (Op. 86 no.3) from Six Songs
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Nähe des Geliebten (D162) - Suleika I (D720)
- Heimliches Lieben (D922)
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Mädchenlieder (Op. 103)
- 1. Mailied
- 2. Frühlingslied
- 3. An die Nachtigall
- 4. An den Abendstern
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Drei Gesänge (Op. 95)
- 1. Die Tochter Jephthas
- 2. An den Mond
- 3. Dem Helden
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Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Herbstlied (Op. 63 no.4) from Six Duets - Volkslied (Op. 63 no.5) from Six Duets
- Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein (Op. 63 no.6) from Six Duets

Soraya Mafi
Soraya Mafi
Soprano
Lancashire-born soprano Soraya Mafi studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and Royal College of Music, supported by the Help Musicians UK Sybil Tutton Award. Soraya continues her studies with renowned soprano Janis Kelly and repertoire coach John Fraser. Soraya’s many awards and prizes include the Maggie Teyte Prize in 2014 and the Susan Chilcott Award in 2016. She was also the 2nd Prize winner of the 2015 Kathleen Ferrier Awards. Soraya is a Harewood Young Artist of the English National Opera and Associate Artist of the Classi... Read Full Biography
Gemma Lois Summerfield
Gemma Lois Summerfield
Soprano
At the 2015 Kathleen Ferrier Awards Gemma 'swept the board' winning both First Prize and the Song Prize for her performance of Sibelius's 'Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte'. Additional accolades include The Cuthbert Smith Prize in the Lies Askonas Competition 2014, The Governors' Recital Prize for Voice 2013, and The Norma Grieg Prize for French Song 2013, as well as being a finalist in the 2014 Thelma King Award. Gemma Summerfield has completed her studies at the Royal College of Mus... Read Full Biography
Ian Tindale
Ian Tindale
Pianist
British pianist Ian Tindale has performed across London, the UK and Europe. Recent engagements have included song recitals at the Oxford Lieder Festival, Buxton Festival, and Petworth Festival, and he has performed with artists such as Ailish Tynan, Gemma Summerfield, Anna Harvey, Robert Murray and Jess Dandy. Following studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music, London, Ian was awarded the Pianist’s Prize in the Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation Song Competition in 2017, and he has been the recipient of acc... Read Full BiographyFestival Passes
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The Schumann Project
The Schumann Project: 14-29 October 2016 The fifteenth Oxford Lieder Festival will be the Schumann Project, a unique survey of Schumann's complete songs. The Schumann Project will explore Schumann's life and times, his friends and contemporaries, his influences and his legacies, and his literary and artistic interests. This two-week feast of song will feature Oxford Lieder's trad...