Franz Schubert: Alessandro Fisher & Sholto Kynoch
23 October 2017, 13:10
Lunchtime Recital
This event will be broadcast from Headington School: The Hall
Alessandro Fisher, one of today’s most exciting young tenors, was joint first-prize winner at the Kathleen Ferrier Awards in 2016. Also a former Oxford Lieder Young Artist, he presents an all-Schubert programme with Sholto Kynoch, including settings of poems by Schubert’s great friend Johann Mayrhofer, and songs on one of Schubert's favourite themes: water.
Programme
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Der Schiffer (D536) - Erlafsee (D586)
- Gondelfahrer (D808)
- Am Strome (D539)
- Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren (D360)
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Auf dem See (D543) - Der Fischer (D225)
- Die Forelle (D550)
- Des Fischers Liebesglück (D933)
- Widerschein (D639)
- Fischerweise (D881)
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Alinde (D904) - Die Mondnacht (D238)
- Der liebliche Stern (D861)
Alessandro Fisher
Alessandro Fisher
Tenor
A member of the BBC’s New Generation Artists Scheme and an Associate Artist of Classical Opera, Alessandro Fisher won First Prize at the 2016 Kathleen Ferrier Awards. He read Modern and Medieval Languages at Cambridge, where he was a Choral Scholar at Clare College, furthering his studies at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He made his Salzburg Festival debut in 2018 as Lucano L’Incoronazione di Poppea and his operatic engagements have further included Delmiro / Alindo Hipermestra for Glyndebourne Festival O... Read Full Biography
Sholto Kynoch
Sholto Kynoch
Pianist
Sholto Kynoch is a sought-after pianist who specialises in song and chamber music. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Oxford Lieder Festival, which won a prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2015, cited for its ‘breadth, depth and audacity’ of programming. Recent recitals have taken him to Wigmore Hall, Heidelberger Frühling in Germany, the Zeist International Lied Festival in Holland, the LIFE Victoria festival and Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Opéra de Lille, Kings Place in Lo... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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