Cologne, Germany

27 September 2010

Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Julius Drake (piano)

Purcell arr. Tippett Music for a While

Bach arr. Britten Five Spiritual Songs
»Gedenke doch, mein Geist zurücke« BWV 509
»Kommt, Seelen, dieser Tage« BWV 479
»Liebster Herr Jesu« BWV 484
»Komm, süßer Tod, komm, selge Ruh!« BWV 478
»Bist du bei mir« BWV 508

Haydn English Canzonettas
Content
Sailor’s Song
She never told her love
The Wanderer
from: Original Canzonettas II Hob. XXVIa:31 – 36 (1795)
Fidelity
from: Original Canzonettas I Hob. XXVIa:25 – 30 (1794)

Purcell arr. Britten The Queen’s Epicedium

Britten Songs from Who Are These Children Op.84
Nightmare
Slaughter
Who are these children?
The Children

Weill Four Walt Whitman settings
1) Beat! Beat! Drums!
2) Oh Captain! My Captain!
3) Come up from the Fields, Father
4) Dirge for Two Veterans

Encore:
Purcell arr. Tippett Music for a While