2017 Spring Weekend of Song
3rd - 5th March 2017
Renowned recitalists, emerging talent, auditions for the next generation of star artists, masterclasses and more; the Oxford Lieder Spring Weekend of Song is a mid-year fix for song lovers.
This year features James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook across the weekend as they celebrate 20 years of performing together. We also welcome back star baritone Benjamin Appl, whose recital last year was a highlight of The Schumann Project, and mezzo Ciara Hendrick. The Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform attracts an ever-higher standard of applicant and now offers a chance to hear some of the very brightest of the UK's emerging talent, vying to be our next 'amabassadors for song'. The weekend begins with a joint composition workshop with the Faculty of Music, followed by a fascinating study event presented by TORCH, the Oxford Resarch Centre in the Humanities. The celebratory atmosphere of the Festival is also captured in the Spring Weekend, with pre-concert dinners at the Vaults & Garden on Radcliffe Square and opportunities to meet the artists. You can enjoy every event across the Weekend with an excellent value Spring Weekend Pass: we look forward to seeing you there.
Friday 3rd March
10:30 AM
Composition Workshop with the Faculty of Music
03 Mar 2017 10:30 | Holywell Music Room
In a joint workshop with Oxford University's Faculty of Music, mezzo-soprano Ciara Hendrick and pianist Sholto Kynoch perform six new works by composers from the Faculty. Each work is followed by a discussion led by professors / composers Martyn Harry and Robert Saxton, with further feedback for the composers from the artists and the audience. The workshop is a fascinating opportunity for m...
2:30 PM
'Hands, Gestures, Voices'
03 Mar 2017 14:30 | Okinaga Room
This afternoon study event looks the relationship between songs and the experience of the people who perform them, whether singers who choose to act and dramatise their performances, or the pianists whose role extends far beyond merely 'accompanying'. With contributions by Natasha Loges, Ceri Owen, Susan Rutherford and Laura Tunbridge. Presented in collaboration with TORCH.
6:30 PM
Supper at The Vaults and Garden Café
03 Mar 2017 18:30 | The Vaults Cafe
From 6.30pm enjoy a hot main meal with side dish in a relaxed setting near to the Holywell Music Room, with fast service and plenty of time to return for the 7.30pm concert.
7:30 PM
James Gilchrist & Anna Tilbrook
03 Mar 2017 19:30 | Holywell Music Room
James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook are celebrating a remarkable 20 years of performances as a duo, and we are delighted that they will be in residence across our Spring Weekend. Their programme tonight includes Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte, Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel, and songs by Britten and Ravel. After the concert, Friends of Oxford Lieder and members of the Schube...Saturday 4th March
11:00 AM
The Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform
04 Mar 2017 11:00 | Holywell Music Room
Six exceptional duos give 40-minutes audition recitals, aspiring to be Oxford Lieder's future 'ambassadors for song'. These inspirational concerts, with richly varied programmes performed by some of the bright stars of tomorrow will be adjudicated by James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook. SESSION A: 11.00am-11.45am: Audition One - Claire Barnett Jones (mezzo-soprano) & Som...
6:30 PM
Supper at The Vaults and Garden Café
04 Mar 2017 18:30 | The Vaults Cafe
From 6.30pm enjoy a hot main meal with side dish in a relaxed setting near to the Holywell Music Room, with fast service and plenty of time to return for the 7.30pm concert.
8:00 PM
Benjamin Appl & Sholto Kynoch
04 Mar 2017 20:00 | Holywell Music Room
Benjamin Appl is well-established as one of the most exciting young artists of today. A former BBC New Generation Artist and a Rising Star of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO), he has also recently signed an exclusive recording contract with Sony Classical. He and Sholto Kynoch perform a first half of songs by Schubert, followed by a selection of Wolf's Mörike Lieder and Gr...Sunday 5th March
1:30 PM
Masterclass given by James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook
05 Mar 2017 13:30 | The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium
The six duos who auditioned for the Young Artist Platform now have a chance to work with James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook in a public masterclass. Between the end of the Masterclass and the 5.45pm concert, meet the young artists, James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook over coffee after the masterclasses in the Wolfson College café. N.B. There is ample on-site parking, free of charge,...
5:45 PM
Ciara Hendrick & Sholto Kynoch
05 Mar 2017 17:45 | The Leonard Wolfson Auditorium
Ciara Hendrick makes a welcome return to Oxford Lieder in a programme that includes Schumann's ever-popular Frauenliebe und -leben and Britten's A Charm of Lullabies. The programme will also include a short group of new songs by outstanding young composers and poets: one chosen from the composers' workshop that opens the Spring Weekend, and two songs written in poet-composer collabo...