Spanish Songs: Lorena Paz Nieto, Marta Fontanals-Simmons & Sholto Kynoch
18 October 2018, 19:30
Concert
Iffley Road,
Oxford,
OX4 1EH
Spanish soprano Lorena Paz Nieto, a former Oxford Lieder Young Artist, and British/Catalan mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons present Spanish and Catalan songs by Albéniz, de Falla, Toldrà and others. In the first half of the recital, they explore the influence of Spain on composers as diverse as Wolf, Debussy, Schumann and Shostakovich.
Programme
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Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Erste Begegnung (Op.74 no.1) from Spanisches Liederspiel - Liebesgram (Op.74 no.3) from Spanisches Liederspiel
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Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Klinge, klinge, mein Pandero (no.11) from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder - Weint nicht, ihr Äuglein! (no.39) from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder
- Ach, im Maien war’s (no.30) from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder
- Und schläfst du, mein Mädchen (no.37) from Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder
- Die ihr schwebet (no.4) from Spanisches Liederbuch: Geistliche Lieder
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Niels Gade (1817 - 1890)
Klinge, klinge, mein Pandero (Op.9 no.8) -
Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918)
Und schläfst du, mein Mädchen (Op.6 no.6) - Klinge, klinge, mein Pandero (Op.6 no.1)
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Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
If thou art sleeping, maiden - La Siesta
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Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
Chanson espagnole (Les filles de Cadix) -
Claude-Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Chanson espagnole (L42) - ~~~ Interval ~~~
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Fernando Obradors (1897 - 1945)
Del cabello más sutil - El Amor
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Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916)
Descúbrase el pensamiento from Canciones amatorias - No lloréis ojuelos from Canciones amatorias
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Eduard Toldrà (1895 - 1962)
Cantarcillo from Seis canciones Judith Weir (b. 1954)
A Spanish Liederbooklet
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Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
Romancillo Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
Cuatro madrigales amatorios
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Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
El desdichado (Chanson Espagnole a deux voix)
Lorena Paz Nieto
Lorena Paz Nieto
Soprano
Spanish soprano Lorena Paz Nieto is a previous winner of the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform, and the Ludmilla Andrews Russian Song Prize. Lorena’s operatic roles include Morgana in Handel's Alcina, Drusilla, Fortuna and Pallade in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, Amore in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria for the Grange Festival, Barbarina in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Diane in Offenbach’s Orpheè aus Enfers, Pannochka in Rimsky-Korsakov’s May Night and Cis i... Read Full Biography
Marta Fontanals-Simmons
Marta Fontanals-Simmons
mezzo-soprano
Highlights in the 2018/19 season for British-Catalan mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons include her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Amando Le Grand Macabre with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Alan Gilbert, and a return to Glyndebourne Festival Opera for Zweite Dame Die Zauberflöte. Recent highlights include her debut at the Teatro Real, Madrid as Jennie Hildebrand in Weill Street Scene, Zweite Dame Die Zauberflöte for Garsington Opera, the European premiere of Alasdair Nicolson Shadows on the Wall – F... 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 BiographyHave you also considered...
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Tickets
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| Tickets | Front Stalls | £40.00 | Middle Stalls | £30.00 | Rear Stalls Last Few! | £20.00 | Aisle | £10.00 |
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This event is part of a series:
The Grand Tour – A European Journey in Song
The 17th Oxford Lieder Festival will celebrate a rich tapestry of music, words and performance in European song. Our Grand Tour of song will showcase the pinnacles of the repertoire while exploring wider cultural and geographical influences. International stars, prize-winning young artists and a wide range of concerts and other related events will take us on this beguiling journey. View the ...