Spanish Songs: Lorena Paz Nieto, Marta Fontanals-Simmons & Sholto Kynoch
18 October 2018, 19:30
Concert
This event will be broadcast from Saint John the Evangelist

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.
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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
- 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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Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
Farewell, Granada (Op.100) from Spanish Songs - Round dance (Op.100) from Spanish Songs
- Black eyes (Op. 100) from Spanish Songs
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Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
If thou art sleeping, maiden -
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
Chanson espagnole (Les filles de Cadix) -
Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
Chanson espagnole (L42) - ~~~ Interval ~~~
Judith Weir (b. 1954)
A Spanish Liederbooklet
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Fernando Obradors (1897 - 1945)
Del cabello más sutil - Al 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 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
Praised for her “warm mezzo” (The Telegraph) and “velvet-voice” (Daily Telegraph), British-Spanish mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons recently made critically acclaimed house and role debuts at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Siébel in David McVicar's production of Faust and as Hel in the world premiere of Gavin Higgins The Monstrous Child at the Linbury Theatre. Upcoming highlights in the 2019/20 season include her house and role debut at English National Opera as Eurydice Woman in Daniel Kr... 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 BiographyFestival Passes
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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 ...