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Proms 2016 PCM 8

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Proms Chamber Music 8: Songs by Purcell, Mendelssohn and Quilter
13:00 Mon 5 Sep 2016 Cadogan Hall
Soprano Carolyn Sampson and counter-tenor Iestyn Davies spend an hour exploring songs about love, including Purcell鈥檚 鈥業f music be the food of love鈥� (in a version by Britten) and Quilter鈥檚 setting of Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥業t was a lover and his lass鈥�.
Soprano Carolyn Sampson and counter-tenor Iestyn Davies spend an hour exploring songs about love, including Purcell鈥檚 鈥業f music be the food of love鈥� (in a version by Britten) and Quilter鈥檚 setting of Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥業t was a lover and his lass鈥�.

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Two cherished British singers round off 2016鈥檚 Proms Chamber Music series with a joint recital at Cadogan Hall, celebrating English song with an extended stopover in Germany for songs and duets by Felix Mendelssohn.

Either side, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies and Joseph Middleton present Benjamin Britten鈥檚 touching 鈥榬ealisations鈥� of songs by the composer鈥檚 theatrical predecessor Henry Purcell, and works by the doyen of English song, Roger Quilter.

Songs by Purcell (arr. Britten), Mendelssohn and Quilter, including settings of Shakespeare

There will be no interval

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