Lunchtime concert

Wigmore Hall, London

28 November 2005

Ailish Tynan (soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)

Richard Strauss:
Ständchen Op. 17 No. 2
Ich trage meine Minne Op. 32 No. 1
Die Nacht Op. 10 No. 3
Schlechtes Wetter Op. 69 No. 5
Mit deinen blauen Augen Op. 56 No. 4
Allerseelen Op. 10 No. 8
Hat gesagt – bleibt’s nicht dabei Op. 36 No. 3

Henri Duparc:
Chanson triste
Extase
La vie antérieure
L’invitation au voyage

Aaron Copland:
The Boatmen’s Dance
Long time ago
I Bought me a Cat
The Little Horses
At the river
Ching-a-ring chaw

What the critics say

Hilary Finch, The Times, 30 November 2005

… Drake earned his keep that day. At lunchtime he had been an eloquent partner for the young Irish soprano Ailish Tynan, who had bewitched the Wigmore Hall and Radio 3 listeners with Richard Strauss, Duparc and Copland. Here was singing full-hearted and free: bright arches of ringing melody that made the spine tingle; intimately communicated hushed words; and finally, in the Copland, both a twinkle and a tear in the eye.