Songs of Youth & Experience: Anna Stéphany & Sholto Kynoch
14 October 2017, 19:30 - 21:20
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Following a sensational 2015 recital and recent acclaim in the Royal Opera's Der Rosenkavalier and Glyndebourne's La Clemenza di Tito, Anna Stéphany makes a welcome return to the Festival, joined by Oxford Lieder's artistic director Sholto Kynoch. The first half of their programme includes songs by the young Mahler, written in the 1880s and inspired by nature and folk music, and Grieg's wonderful six settings of German poetry, Opus 48, written in exactly the same period. After the interval, they perform a selection of songs by the senior statesman of song in Vienna, Johannes Brahms, including some of his arrangements of folk songs, by turns amusing and profoundly moving.
Some of the reviews from Anna Stéphany's recent performance as Sesto in Glyndebourne's production of Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito:
'Simply stunning' Opera Today
'A revelation' The Arts Desk
'the evening’s undoubted star was Anna Stéphany... terrific élan and immaculate technical control.' The Telegraph
'Stéphany’s ravishingly-sung and vividly-characterised Sesto deservedly stole the show.' The Independent
'Simply breathtaking' The Guardian
Programme
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Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
Starke Einbildungskraft (no.9) from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit - Hans und Grethe (no.3) from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit
- Frühlingsmorgen (no.1) from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit
- Im Lenz
- Winterlied
- Ablösung im Sommer (no.11) from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit
- Ich ging mit Lust durch einen grünen Wald (no.7) from Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit
Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Six Songs (Op. 48)
- 1. Gruss
- 2. Dereinst, Gedanke mein
- 3. Lauf der Welt
- 4. Die verschwiegene Nachtigall
- 5. Zur Rosenzeit
- 6. Ein Traum
- ~~~ Interval ~~~
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Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Nachtigallen schwingen (Op. 6) - An die Nachtigall (Op.46 no.4)
- Lerchengesang (Op. 70 no. 2)
- Alte Liebe (Op.72 no.1)
- Volkslied (Op. 7 no. 4)
- Ach, englische schäferin (WoO 33 no.8) from 49 Deutsche Volkslieder
- Dort in den Weiden (WoO 33 no.31) from 49 Deutsche Volkslieder
- Schwesterlein, schwesterlein, wann gehn wir (WoO 33 no.15) from 49 Deutsche Volkslieder
- Es reit ein Herr und auch sein Knecht (woO 33 no.28) from 49 Deutsche Volkslieder
- Die Sonne scheint nicht mehr (WoO 33 no.5) from 49 Deutsche Volkslieder
- Och Moder, ich well en Ding han! (WoO 33 no.33) from 49 Deutsche Volkslieder
- Es steht ein' Lind' (WoO 33 no.41) from 49 Deutsche Volkslieder
- Da unten im Tale (WoO 33 no.6) from 49 Deutsche Volkslieder
- Wie die Wolke nach der Sonne (Op.6 no.6)
- Juchhe! (Op.6 no.4)
Anna Stéphany
Anna Stéphany
Mezzo-soprano
Anglo-French mezzo-soprano Anna Stéphany studied at King’s College London and the National Opera Studio. She has won the Kathleen Ferrier Award and the Guildhall Gold Medal, and represented England at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Anna was a member of the ensemble at Zürich Opera House from 2012-15, where her roles included Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro; Dorabella Cosi fan tutte; Siebel Faust; Nicklausse Les contes d’Hoffmann; Minerva Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria; Sesto La Clemenza di Tito ... Read Full Biography
Sholto Kynoch
Sholto Kynoch
Pianist
Sholto Kynoch is a sought-after pianist who specialises in chamber music and song accompaniment. In addition to a busy performance schedule and a fast-growing discography, he is the founder and director of the Oxford Lieder Festival, the UK’s most renowned song festival, which recently won a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award. In recent years he has appeared at London’s Wigmore Hall, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Berliner Konzerthaus, the Victoria Concert Hall in Singapore, the Opéra de Lille... Read Full BiographyThis event is part of a series:
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