Based around song cycles with a maritime theme, the programme includes Sibelius’ Luonnotar based on a Finnish creation myth, Rimsky-Korsakov’s rarely performed cycle U Morya, Fauré’s L’horizon chimérique and Elgar’s much-loved Sea Pictures in the composer’s version for piano.
Madison Nonoa soprano
Angharad Lyddon mezzo-soprano
Nick Pritchard tenor
Julien Van Mellaerts baritone
Jonathan Ware piano
Kunal Lahiry piano
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Programme
Jean Sibelius, Luonnotar Op.70
Hector Berlioz, L’île inconnue, Les nuits d’été
Ernest Chausson, Sérénade Italienne, 7 mélodies, Op.2 No 5
Franz Schubert, Meeres Stille, D216 (1815) Op.3 No 2
Felix Mendelssohn, Wasserfahrt, Op.50 No 4
Franz Schubert, Der Zwerg, D771 Op.22 No 1
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov U Morya (By the sea)
The wave breaks into a spray | Not a sound from the sea | The sea is tossing |
Do not believe me, friend | The waves rise up like mountains
Gabriel Fauré L’horizon chimérique Op.118
La mer est infinie | Je me suis embarqué | Diane, Séléné | Vaisseuax, nous vous aurons aimés
Edward Elgar Sea Pictures Op.37
Sea Slumber Song | In Haven | Sabbath Morning at Sea Where Corals Lie | The Swimmer
John Ireland Sea Fever
Michael Head Ships of Arcady
arr. Jay Althouse Skye Boat Song
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Image: detail from Costa Brava Boats, oil on canvas, Julian Vilarrubi. Used with kind permission of the artist.