Details

Leeds Town Hall
The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AD
England

Saturday 27th March 2021
6:00 PM

Programme

John Ireland – Earth's Call
Peter Warlock – My own Country
Rebecca Clarke – Down by the Salley Gardens (arr. for singing viola)
Herbert Howells – King David
Joan Trimble – Green Rain
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Silent Noon
Michael Head – A green cornfield
John Ireland – Spring will not wait
Ivor Gurney – The fields are full
Traditional – Ma Bonny Lad
Rebecca Clarke – The Seal Man
Thomas Augustine Arne – Under the Greenwood Tree
Elizabeth Maconchy – Ophelia's Song
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Four Shakespeare Songs, Op.13: Desdemona's Song (The Willow Song)
Joseph Horowitz – Lady Macbeth: A Scena

Performers

Kitty Whately – mezzo-soprano
Joseph Middleton – piano
Laurence Kilsby – tenor
Ian Tindale – piano
Kevin Whately – Actor
Madelaine Newton – Actor

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Programme Note

British mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately released This Other Eden: A Landscape of English Poetry and Songin 2015, supported by the BBC New Generation Artist Scheme. Featuring her regular duo-partner, pianist Joseph Middleton, the recording also brought together English song with poetry read by Kitty’s parents, actors Kevin Whately (best known as Lewis in Morse) and Madelaine Newton. Split into five landscape-inspired themes, the collection includes songs by composers from Warlock to Horowitz and features words by Shakespeare, Housman and Hardy among many others. For their Leeds Lieder recital Whately and Middleton also shine a light on female composers, repertoire that is close to their hearts.

“Her voice is magnificent—warm, voluptuous, and winsome. Her technique is excellent; her diction is pristine; her careful use of dynamics is laudable…Middleton’s partnership is exemplary in the entire program.” American Record Guide – Shortlisted for Best Disc of 2015