Mastercourse Concert
28 October 2017, 12:00 - 15:00
At the end of an immersive week of study and preparation, led by Ann Murray with a team of prestigious guest tutors, nine outstanding duos present the fruits of their labours in a delightfully varied programme that is always a Festival highlight.
The concert will be in two parts with a one-hour lunch interval
Programme
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Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Auf eine Christblume I, "Tochter des Walds" (no.20) from Mörike-Lieder - Auf eine Christblume II, "Im Winterboden schläft" (no.21) from Mörike-Lieder
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Alinde (D904) -
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Befreit (Op. 39 no.4) -
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Der Jüngling und der Tod (D545) - Auflösung (D807)
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Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Auf dem Kirchhofe (Op. 105 no.4) from Fünf Lieder (Op. 105) -
Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Der Genesene an die Hoffnung (no.1) from Mörike-Lieder -
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Traum durch die Dämmerung (Op. 29 no.1) -
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren (D360) -
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
O Tod, wie bitter bist du (Op. 121 no.3) from Vier ernste Gesänge, (Four Serious Songs) -
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Die Forelle (D550) -
Alma Mahler (Schindler-Mahler) (1879 - 1964)
Laue Sommernacht from Fünf Lieder (Mahler, Alma) - Bei dir ist es traut from Fünf Lieder (Mahler, Alma)
- Ich wandle unter Blumen from Fünf Lieder (Mahler, Alma)
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Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
Im Frühling (D882) -
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Ständchen (Op. 17 no.2) from Six Songs Op.17 -
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Pierrot (L15) -
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre bloss from Drei Lieder der Ophelia -
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Andres Maienlied 'Hexenlied' (Op. 8 no.8) -
Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Møte, 'The Tryst' (Op. 67 no.4) from Haugtussa - Elsk, 'Love' (Op. 67 no.5) from Haugtussa
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Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Ganymed (no.50) from Goethe-Lieder -
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
Canticle I: ‘My beloved is mine and I am his’ (Op. 40) -
Ivor Gurney (1890 - 1937)
Thou didst delight my eyes -
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
Le papillon et la fleur (Op. 1 no.1) -
Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)
Die Nachtigall from Sieben frühe Lieder - Im Zimmer from Sieben frühe Lieder
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Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Auf einer Wanderung (no.15) from Mörike-Lieder -
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Ständchen (Op. 106 no.1) Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
Trois Mélodies
- 1. Pourquoi?
- 2. Le sourire
- 3. La fiancée perdue
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Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979)
J’ai frappé - Chanson ‘Les lilas sont en folie’
Ann Murray
Ann Murray
Mezzo-Soprano
Ann Murray was born in Dublin and studied with Frederick Cox at the Royal Manchester College of Music. She has established close links with both the English National Opera, for whom she has sung the title roles in Handel Xerxes and Ariodante and Donizetti Maria Stuarda, and with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where her roles have included Cherubino (Mozart Le nozze di Figaro), Dorabella (Mozart Cosi fan tutte), Donna Elvira (Mozart Don Giovanni), Rosina (Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia), Octavian (Strauss Der Rosenkavalier), Child (Ra... Read Full BiographyThis event is part of a series:
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