Schumann Widming, du bist wie eine Blume, meine Rose
Schumann A Poet’s Love (Dichterliebe Op 48)
Sung in English in a new translation by Jeremy Sams,
Roger Quilter Seven Elizabethan Lyrics
Clara Schumann Liebst du um Schönheit
Fanny Mendelssohn Nähe des Geliebten
Josephine Lang Abschied
Robert Schumann Er, der herrlichste von allen
Caroline Shaw How do I find you?
Sally Beamish 'Nightingale' from Four Songs from Hafez
Cheryl Frances Hoad The Pros and Cons
Gerald Finzi I said to Love
Benjamin Britten Tell me the Truth about Love
Roderick Williams, baritone
Christopher Glynn, piano
Famed for his beauty of tone and the immediacy of his communication with audiences. Roderick Williams is probably the most celebrated British singer of today. He is particularly famed for singing in English, and the core of this programme is Schumann’s ‘Dichterliebe’ (A poet’s love) performed in a fresh translation by Jeremy Sams which renders the bittersweet text of love and loss immediate to an English-speaking audience.
‘Roderick Williams and Christopher Glynn: Here is the greatest song cycle, indeed one of the supreme works of art, a great singer at the height of his powers, and an admirable accompanist – exactly what I’ve been waiting for’ Classicalmusic.com
£27.50, £23.50, £18.00 (inc £2.50 booking fee per ticket); students/Young Scot/Under 26 £6; Under 18s go FREE (under 16s to be accompanied by an adult)
