La Bonne Chanson: Mark Padmore & Imogen Cooper
19 October 2017, 19:30
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A detour from our Viennese theme sees this phenomenal pairing of artists perform songs by Schumann (including the Eichendorff Liederkreis) and Hahn, concluding with Fauré's uplifting cycle La bonne Chanson.
Programme
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Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Märzveilchen (Op.40 no.1) from Fünf Lieder - Muttertraum (Op.40 no.2) from Fünf Lieder
- Der Soldat (Op.40 no.3) from Fünf Lieder
- Der Spielmann (Op.40 no.4) from Fünf Lieder
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Liederkreis (Op.39)
- 1. In der Fremde
- 2. Intermezzo
- 3. Waldesgespräch
- 4. Die Stille
- 5. Mondnacht
- 6. Schöne Fremde
- 7. Auf einer Burg
- 8. In der Fremde
- 9. Wehmut
- 10. Zwielicht
- 11. Im Walde
- 12. Frühlingsnacht
- ~~~ Interval ~~~
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Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Mandoline (Op.58 no.1) from Cinq Mélodies «de Venise» - En sourdine (Op.58 no.2) from Cinq Mélodies «de Venise»
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Reynaldo Hahn (1873 - 1947)
Chanson d’ Automne from 7 Chansons Grises - Tous deux from 7 Chansons Grises
- L’Allée est sans fin
- En Sourdine from 7 Chansons Grises
- L’Heure exquise from 7 Chansons Grises
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
La bonne chanson (Op.61)
Mark Padmore
Mark Padmore
Tenor
Mark Padmore has established an international career in opera, concert and recital. In the opera house recent work has included the leading roles in Harrison Birtwistle The Corridor and The Cure at the Aldeburgh Festival and Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden; Captain Vere in Britten Billy Budd and Evangelist in a staging of St Matthew Passion for Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Third Angel/John in George Benjamin Written on Skin with the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Future projects include new works written for him by Tansy Davies and Thomas Lar... Read Full Biography
Imogen Cooper
Imogen Cooper
Pianist
IMOGEN COOPER Piano Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of Classical and Romantic repertoire, Imogen Cooper is internationally renowned for her virtuosity and lyricism. Recent and future concerto performances include the Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle, Sydney Symphony with Simone Young and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with Thomas Dausgaard. This season she will perform lieder recitals with Mark Padmore, including at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and a series of solo recitals at the Wigmore Hall in L... Read Full BiographyThis event is part of a series:
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