Artists

Roderick Williams OBE baritone
Andrew West piano

Following on from the exoticism heard in today’s lunchtime concert and subsequently explored in our afternoon study event, tonight’s recital culminates in a heady mix of well-known, and hidden gems brought together under the banner “A touch of exotic”. Schubert and Wolf rub shoulders with Sally Beamish, a past featured composer at Leeds Lieder. Roderick Williams and Andrew West have a special rapport and way of introducing song to audiences and this promises to be a highlight of the festival.

Programme

Franz Schubert
Kennst du das Land?

W Denis Browne
Arabia

Arthur Bliss
Siege

Rebecca Clarke
A Dream

Amy Woodforde-Finden
Kashmiri Song

Henri Duparc
L’invitation au voyage
La vie antérieure

Sally Beamish
Four Songs from Hafez
Nightingale
Peacock
Fish
Hoopoe

Hugo Wolf
Cophtisches Lied No 1
Erschaffen und Beleben

Eleanor Alberga
The Soul’s Expression
Blue Wings
The Sun has set
Roses
The Soul’s Expression

Harry T Burleigh
Five Songs of Laurence Hope
Worth while
The Jungle Flower
Kashmiri Song
Among the fuchsias
Till I wake