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Shipston Song
The Soul’s Expression: Schumann, Brahms, Rodney Bennett, Alberga
Part of the Shipston Song Festival 2022
Add to my Calendar 23-09-2022 19:00 23-09-2022 21:00 36 Shipston Song Richard Rodney Bennett’s cycle of nursery rhymes and children’s stories opens the festival, marking ten years since the composer’s death. It sits alongside another contemporary song cycle by Eleanor Alberga which explores themes of humanity and transience in the context of the natural world, themes taken up in songs by Johannes Brahms. Robert Schumann’s great cycle Poet’s Love closes the programme. www.shipstonsong.co.uk Famington Farm, Shipston-on-Stour DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Famington Farm
Barcheston
Shipston-on-Stour
Warwickshire
CV36 5AX
England
Programme
Richard Rodney Bennett – Songs before Sleep
Robert Schumann – Dichterliebe, Op.48
Johannes Brahms – Botschaft, Op.47 no.1
Johannes Brahms – Sommerabend, Op.85 no.1
Johannes Brahms – Das Mädchen, Op.93a no.2
Johannes Brahms – Unbewegte laue Luft, Op.57 no.8
Eleanor Alberga – The Soul’s Expression
Performers
Julien Van Mellaerts – baritone
Moloko Letsoalo – soprano
Ian Tindale – piano / Artistic Director
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Programme Note
Richard Rodney Bennett’s cycle of nursery rhymes and children’s stories opens the festival, marking ten years since the composer’s death. It sits alongside another contemporary song cycle by Eleanor Alberga which explores themes of humanity and transience in the context of the natural world, themes taken up in songs by Johannes Brahms. Robert Schumann’s great cycle Poet’s Love closes the programme.
