Leicester International Music Festival

Leicester Art Gallery

16 October 2008, 1.05 – 1.55pm

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)

Felix Mendelssohn:
Neue Liebe Op19 No4 (Heine)
Romanze
Frage Op9 No1 (Voss)
Der Mond Op86 No5 (Geibel)
Schlafloser Augen (No Op no.) (Byron)
Hexenlied Op8 No8 (Hölty)

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5
Oni otvechali, Op. 21, No. 4
Zdes’ khorosho, Op. 21, No. 7
Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4, No. 4
Son Op. 8 No. 5

Reynaldo Hahn:
A Chloris
Le rossignol des lilas
Rêverie
Si mes vers avaient des ailes
Le printemps
Five Little Songs:
The Swing
Windy Nights
My ship and I
The stars
A good boy

Leicester International Music Festival website

Elizabeth Watts received international acclaim representing England at the 2007 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, reaching the final and winning the prestigious Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize and automatic selection for BBC Radio 3’s prestigious New Generation Artists Scheme. This follows on from other recent successes including winning the 2006 Kathleen Ferrier Prize, the 2007 Outstanding Young Artist Award at the “MIDEM Classique Awards” in Cannes, and a nomination for the 2007 Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist of the Year Award.

Julius Drake specialises in chamber music, working with many of the world’s leading vocal and instrumental artists, both in recital and on disc. He performs regularly in the world’s great concert halls and festivals. He is a familiar visitor to the Leicester International Music Festival and to the Lunchtime Concert Series.