Lord Byron's Grand Tour
12 October 2018, 13:30 - 15:20
Lord Byron’s thrilling Grand Tour did not follow the conventional route, beginning instead in Portugal and ending in Turkey. Today’s event is a musical travel diary, tracing Byron’s fascinating journey in poetry and music, introduced by Byron expert Drummond Bone, with readings and settings of Byron’s own poetry as well as songs from the countries he visited.
Programme
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George Alexander Lee (1802 - 1851)
There’s not an eye will weep for me -
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
V poryve nezhnosti serdechnoy 'In moments to delight devoted' (Op. 26 no.1) -
Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944)
Sérénade Sévillane -
Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891)
Chanson espagnole (Les filles de Cadix) -
Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
In ein Stammbuch -
George Alexander Lee (1802 - 1851)
The Bird of Love -
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Là-bas, vers l'église from 5 Mélodies populaires grecques -
Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
Maid of Athens -
Issac Nathan (1791 - 1864)
On Parting -
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
Pesnya Zyuleyki 'Zuleika's song' (Op. 26 no.4) - ~~~ Interval ~~~
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Poldowski (1879 - 1932)
Bruxelles -
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Keine vor der Erde Schönen -
Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Keine gleicht von allen Schönen from Vier Gedichte nach Heine, Shakespeare und Lord Byron -
Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
There be none of Beauty’s daughters (Op. 24 no.1) -
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Aus den „Hebräischen Gesängen“ (Op. 25 no.15) from Myrthen -
Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Sonne der Schlummerlosen from Vier Gedichte nach Heine, Shakespeare und Lord Byron -
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
Nespyashchikh solntse, grustnaya zvezda 'Sun of the sleepless' (Op. 41 no.1) -
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Zwei Venetianische Lieder II „Wenn durch die Piazzetta“ (Op. 25 no.18) from Myrthen - Zwei Venetianische Lieder I „Leis’ rudern hier!“ (Op. 25 no.17) from Myrthen
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Henry Rowley Bishop (1786 - 1855)
My boat is on the shore -
Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
Venetianisches Gondellied (Op. 57 no.5) -
Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937)
So we’ll go no more aroving
Sir Drummond Bone
Sir Drummond Bone
Speaker
Drummond Bone was a Professor of English at the University of Glasgow, later Principal of Royal Holloway, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool, and President of Universities UK. He returned to Balliol College, where he had been a graduate student, as Master in 2011, a post from which he retired this year. Sometime editor of the Byron Journal, editor of the Cambridge Companion to Byron, author of the Writers and their Work volume on Byron, he is currently chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Emma Stannard
Emma Stannard
mezzo-soprano
Cumbrian mezzo-soprano Emma Stannard trained at the Royal Northern College of Music and on the Royal Academy Opera Course (RAO). Emma is now a student of Anthony Roden. For RAO Emma performed the roles of Ruggiero Alcina, Junon Orphée aux enfers, Hanna May Night and Poppea L’incoronazione di Poppea. She was presented a Regency Award for her successes with the company and has since performed the roles of Flora La traviata (Young Artist production) at Opera Holland Park and Minerva Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and P... Read Full Biography
Malachy Frame
Malachy Frame
Baritone
Belfast-born baritone Malachy Frame was a Garsington Opera Alvarez Young Artist for 2018. He was Northern Ireland Opera's 'Voice of 2016,' having won the competition at the company's annual 'Festival of Voice’ in August. Since then, operatic roles have included Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Masetto in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Slook in Rossini’s La Cambiale di Matrimonio for Northern Ireland Opera, Guglielmo in Mozart’s Così fan tutte for Northern Ireland Opera, Count Ceprano in... Read Full Biography
Keval Shah
Keval Shah
Pianist
Praised by The Observer for his ‘exceptional… deft and responsive’ playing, the young British-Indian pianist Keval Shah performs extensively as a song accompanist and chamber musician, with a recital schedule taking him across the UK and Europe. He has given recitals at the Wigmore Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and St John’s, Smith Square, as well as appearing at many of Europe’s leading music festivals, including the Aldeburgh, Leeds Lieder, and Oxford Lieder festivals, and at the Heidelberger Frühling.... Read Full BiographyHave you also considered...
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