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Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice 2020 (3/4)

Performances by soprano Ailish Tynan, mezzo Kitty Whately and baritone James Newby, from the Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice 2020.

A series of recitals from Northern Ireland Opera's Festival of Voice 2020, recorded at the First Presbyterian Church in Rosemary Street, Belfast.

John Toal introduces accompanist Simon Lepper with two graduates of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme – Irish soprano Ailish Tynan and British mezzo Kitty Whately – and one current member of the scheme, British baritone James Newby.

Across the series they’ll be celebrating the culture and traditions of Glenarm, Co. Antrim – the village in which the festival usually takes place.

Today’s programme celebrates stories and ballads, with songs by composers including Schubert, Barber and Sondheim.

Franz Schubert: Kolma’s Klage D. 217
Ailish Tynan (soprano) and Simon Lepper (piano)

John Ireland: The Three Ravens
Stanford: La belle dame sans merci
James Newby (baritone) and Simon Lepper (piano)

John Cage: The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs
Barber: Solitary Hotel; Nuvoletta
Ailish Tynan (soprano) and Simon Lepper (piano)

Juliana Hall: Lady Godiva
Stephen Sondheim: I Read (Passion); On the Steps of the Palace; Children Will Listen; Moments in the Woods (Into the Woods)
Kitty Whately (mezzo) and Simon Lepper (piano)

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Kolmas Klage, D.217

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • John Ireland

    The Three Ravens

    Performer: James Newby. Performer: Simon Lepper.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    La belle Dame sans merci

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby.
  • John Cage

    The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Samuel Barber

    Solitary Hotel

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Samuel Barber

    Nuvoletta, Op.25

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Juliana Hall

    Godiva

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Kitty Whately.
  • Grazyna Baciewicz

    Music for Strings, trumpets and percussion

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 (arr. voice, clarinet & piano)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Christopher Glynn. Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Music Arranger: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
    • The Shepherd on the Rock.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 014.

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 Oct 2020 13:00