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Song at Wolfson / Joshua Owen Mills: Beethoven, Fauré, Poulenc and Quilter

09 May 2019, 18:00 - 19:00

Concert

Linton Rd, Oxford OX2 6UD, UK

The tenor Joshua Owen Mills was a member of the prestigious Opera Studio at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich, and is already in great demand and becoming widely known for his Mozart roles and concert repertoire. He sings a selection of songs by Beethoven, including some of his settings of Goethe, that give the lie to the idea that Beethoven was not a great song composer. We also hear Fauré’s passionate telling of a one-day love affair, the Poème d’un jour. Songs by Poulenc include ‘Fancy’, his single, touching setting of Shakespeare, before the programme concludes with Roger Quilter’s three Shakespeare songs.

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Programme

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Lied aus der Ferne (WoO 137)
Resignation (WoO. 149)
Adelaide (Op.46)
Der Kuß (Op. 128)
Neue Liebe, neues Leben (Op.75 no.2)
Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)

Poème d'un jour (Op.21)
- 1. Rencontre
- 2. Toujours
- 3. Adieu
Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
Voyage à Paris (FP 107 no.4) from Banalités
Hôtel (FP 107 no.2) from Banalités
Bleuet (FP 102)
Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)

Three Shakespeare Songs (First Set) (Op.6)
- 1. Come away, death
- 2. O mistress mine
- 3. Blow, blow thou winter wind

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Joshua Owen Mills

Tenor

Born in Neath, South Wales, Joshua Owen Mills is recognised as one of the country’s most promising young tenors. Having studied at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Joshua was a Jerwood Young Artist with Glyndebourne Opera, and between 2015 -17 was a member of the Opera Studio at the Bayersiche Staatsoper, Munich. With a particular passion and flare for Mozart repertoire, this season Joshua will make his debut in the role of Don Ottavio Don Giovanni at the Staattheater Klagenfurt. His appreciation of this repertoire is illu... Read Full Biography

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 Biography

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