CANCELLED CONCERT

Wigmore Hall, London

13 November 2010

Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Kate Royal (soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)

Due to illness on the part of both singers, this concert has been cancelled.  There will be no replacement concert.

The artists have asked us to pass on their sincere apologies for the cancellation and the disappointment that this will cause.

The Box Office will refund to the original method of payment within the next three days.

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Robert Schumann. Annus Mirabilis: The Complete Songs of 1840 – Myrthen, Songs and Duets

Programme

Myrthen Op. 25

Interval

6 Lieder (Reinick) Op. 36: (IB)
Sonntags am Rhein
Ständchen
Nichts schöneres
An den Sonnenschein
Dichters Genesung
Liebesbotschaft

4 Lieder: (KR)
Der Knabe mit dem Wunderhorn (Geibel) op 30 no 1
Der Page (Geibel) op 30 no 2
Der Hidalgo (Geibel) op 30 no 3
Sehnsucht (Geibel) op 51 no 1

2 Gedichte Op. 29: (Duet)
Ländliches Lied (Geibel)
Lied (Geibel)

Schlusslied des Narren (Shakespeare trans. Schlegel and Tiek) op 127 no 5 (IB)
Nur ein lächelnder Blick (Zimmerman) op 27 no 5 (KR)

3 Zweistimmige Lieder Op. 43:
Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär
Herbstlied
Schön Blümelein

4 Duets Op. 34:
Liebesgarten
Liebhabers Ständchen
Unterm Fenster
Familien Gemälde

Two of the UK’s leading recitalists return to Wigmore Hall to continue our Schumann bicentenary series, opening with the cycle of songs the composer wrote as a wedding gift to his wife Clara – a rich compendium in which each song lingers upon one of love’s facets.