Song at Wolfson / Joshua Owen Mills: Beethoven, Fauré, Poulenc and Quilter
09 May 2019, 18:00 - 19:00
Concert
This event will be broadcast from Wolfson College

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
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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)
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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)

Joshua Owen Mills
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
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