Showcase Recital: Joel Williams, James Atkinson & Joao Araujo
21 October 2017, 17:00
Recital
Holywell St
Oxford
OX1 3BN
Three outstanding young musicians give this year’s Royal College of Music platform recital, including works by Brahms and settings of Rückert by Schumann.
Programme
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Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär (Op. 43 no.1) from Drei Duette - Herbstlied (Op. 43 no.2) from Drei Duette
- Schön Blümelein (Op. 43 no.3) from Drei Duette
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Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Widmung (Op. 25 no.1) from Myrthen - Jasminenstrauch (Op. 27 no.4) from Lieder und Gesänge, i
- Schneeglöckchen (Op. 79 no.27) from Lieder-Album für die Jugend
- Aus den „Östlichen Rosen“ (Op. 25 no.25) from Myrthen
- Meine Töne still und heiter (Op. 101 no.1) from Minnespiel
- Der Himmel hat eine Träne geweint (Op. 37 no.1) from Zwölf Gedichte aus „Liebesfrühling“
- Rose, Meer und Sonne (Op. 37 no.9) from Zwölf Gedichte aus „Liebesfrühling“
- Mein schöner Stern! (Op. 101 no.4) from Minnespiel
- Zum Schluss (Op. 25 no.26) from Myrthen
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
An den Mond (D193) - Sei mir gegrüsst (D741)
- Lachen und Weinen (D777)
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Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Mit vierzig Jahren (Op. 94) - Lerchengesang (Op. 70 no.2)
- Die Mainacht (Op. 43 no.2)
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Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Intermezzo (Op. 74 no.2) from Spanisches Liederspiel - Blaue Augen hat das Mädchen (Op. 138 no.9) from Spanische Liebeslieder
Joel Williams
Joel Williams
Tenor
Joel Williams is a tenor on the Masters course at the Royal College of Music. He studies with Ben Johnson and Caroline Dowdle, and is an HR Taylor Trust Scholar supported by a Mason Scholarship. Joel spent much of his youth as a boy treble in Europe’s opera houses, in roles ranging from one of Drei Knaben (Die Zauberflöte) to Cobweb in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Joel went on to study History at King’s College, Cambridge where he was a Choral Scholar. As a concert soloist he has performed a broad rang... Read Full Biography
James Atkinson
James Atkinson
Baritone
British baritone James Atkinson studies at the Royal College of Music Opera Studio with Alison Wells. He is a Fishmongers’ Company Scholar and is kindly supported by a Sybil Tutton Opera Award and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust. With the RCM Opera Studio, James has sung the roles of Buonafede (Il mondo della luna), Sam (Trouble in Tahiti), Le Gendarme (Les mamelles de Tirésias) and Blazes (The Lighthouse) and was to perform Ramiro (L’heure espagnole) in March 2020. Other roles include Lysander (The Enchanted Isla... Read Full Biography
João Araújo
João Araújo
Pianist
João Araújo recently graduated from the Master of Performance course in Piano Accompaniment at the Royal College of Music with Distinction where he studied with Simon Lepper, Nigel Clayton and Roger Vignoles. He was a RCM Award Holder supported by a Barry Shaw Award. During these years, João played in masterclasses of Kiri Te Kanawa, Simon Keenlyside, Zuill Bailey, Edith Wiens, Ann Murray, Graham Johnson and performed in many venues in London including Wigmore Hall (German Song OnStage), Cadogan Hall (Rising Stars Se... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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