The Myrthen Ensemble / I Wonder as I Wander / Festival Katowice Culture Nature

Festival Katowice Culture Nature

Friday

13.05.202219:30

Chamber Hall

Seats

Performers

The Myrthen Ensemble

Mary Bevan – soprano

Clara Mouriz – mezzo-soprano

Robin Tritschler – tenor

Marcus Farnsworth – baritone

Joseph Middleton – piano

Program

Benjamin Britten

‘I Wonder as I Wander’

Johannes Brahms

‘Der Gang zum Liebchen’, Op. 31 No. 3

‘Die Meere’, Op. 20 No. 3

‘Vor der Tür’, Op. 28 No. 2

‘Von ewiger Liebe’, Op. 43 No. 1

‘Ständchen’, Op. 106 No. 1

‘Lerchengesang’, Op. 70 No. 2

‘Der Abend’, Op. 64 No. 2

‘Vergebliches Ständchen’, Op. 84 No. 4

Benjamin Britten

‘There’s None to Soothe’

Robert Schumann

‘Mein Wagen rollet langsam’, Op. 142 No. 4

‘Liebhabers Ständchen’, Op. 34 No. 2

‘Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär’, Op. 43 No. 1

‘Frühlingsfahrt’, Op. 45 No. 2

‘Die Meerfee’, Op. 125 No. 1

‘Venetianisches Lied I’, Op. 25 No. 17

‘In der Nacht’, Op. 74 No. 4

Benjamin Britten

‘Sail On, Sail On’

John Ireland

‘Sea Fever’

Claude Debussy

‘La mer est plus belle que les cathédrales’

Gabriel Fauré

‘Les berceaux’, Op. 23 No. 1

Joseph Haydn

‘The Mermaid’s Song’, Hob. XXVIa:25

‘Sailor’s Song’, Hob. XXVIa:31

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

‘Wasserfahrt’, Op. 50 No. 4

Hector Berlioz

‘L’île inconnue’, Op. 7 No. 6

Benjamin Britten

‘At the Mid Hour of Night’

Henri Duparc

‘L’invitation au voyage’

Gabriel Fauré

‘Le voyageur’, Op. 18 No. 2

‘Automne’, Op. 18 No. 3

Georges Bizet

‘Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe’

Henri Duparc

‘La fuite’

Jules Massenet

‘Rêvons, c’est l’heure’

Francis Poulenc

‘Les chemins de l’amour’

Reynaldo Hahn

‘Si mes vers avaient des ailes’

Gabriel Fauré

‘Pleurs d’or’, Op. 72

‘Tarentelle’, Op. 10 No. 2

The concert will be available in radio broadcast. Live at 19.30, Dwójka – Program Two of Polish Radio.

The programme of this recital forms an elegantly woven cycle covering three centuries in the history of music and three different musical cultures: German, French and British. The Myrthen Ensemble, an award-winning group of four vocalists, proposes an unusual evening comprising not just songs, but also vocal duets and quartets. The subject matter of the works oscillates around several themes: the night, longing and love (Brahms), a Romantic sensing of nature (Schumann) and a sea voyage (French and British composers). The translations displayed during the concert will allow listeners to fully appreciate the beauty and depth of the music.

[translated by John Comber]

Duration of the concert (including break): approx. 120 minutes