‘Hidden Treasures: The Stars are your Jewels.’
Benjamin Britten: On this Island. Op.11
Olivier Messiaen: Paysage
Le Collier (from Poèmes pour Mi)
Serge Rachmaninov: The little Island.
Twilight.
Richard Strauss: Säusle, liebe Myrthe. (from Brentano Lieder)
Die Nacht.
Elizabeth Maconchy: Sun, Moon and Stars.
Anton Webern: Drei Lieder. Op.25
Charles Gounod: The Jewel Song. (from Faust)
Geoffrey Bush: Cuisine Provençal. (from Eight Songs).
Susanna Fairbairn – Soprano.
Matthew Schellhorn – Piano.
A wonderful opportunity to hear these two rising young stars in a programme of fascinating and unusual songs.