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Roderick Williams: Voices Unwrapped at Kings Place

Renowned baritone Roderick Williams sings and directs a self-curated programme that moves from light to darkness by way of Purcell, Judith Weir, Schoenberg and Mahler.

As part of Kings Place's Voices Unwrapped, a year-long celebration of the power and the joy of singing, one of Britain's best-loved and most versatile singers, baritone Roderick Williams is joined by Aurora Orchestra for a musical journey which travels from darkness to light, joy to sorrow, and regret to redemption.

Roderick Williams's beautifully conceived programme builds gradually from a single solo voice up to the small ensemble used by Iain Farrington in his virtuosic chamber arrangement of Mahler鈥檚 Songs of a Wayfarer. Along the way, Roderick Williams sings his own transcriptions of three favourite Purcell songs and Judith Weir's haunting meditation on night-time, Good Morning, Midnight.

Recorded in February and introduced by Ian Skelly.

Brian Elias: Meet me in the Green Glen
Vaughan Williams: 'The Woodcutter鈥檚 Song' from The Pilgrim鈥檚 Progress
Berio: Duets for Two Violin: No. 24 鈥楢ldo鈥�; No. 27 鈥楢lfredo鈥�; No. 29 鈥楢lfred鈥�
Purcell (arr. R. Williams): If Music be the food of love; Ah! How sweet it is to love; Music for a while
Judith Weir: Good Morning, Midnight
Schoenberg: Verkl盲rte Nacht, Op. 4
Mahler (arr. Farrington): Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Roderick Williams (baritone)
Aurora Orchestra

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Wed 18 May 2022 19:30
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Brian Elias

    Meet me in the Green Glen

    Singer: Roderick Williams.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Woodcutter's Song (The Pilgrim's Progress)

    Performer: Alexandra Wood. Singer: Roderick Williams.

  • Luciano Berio

    Violin Duets - Nos. 24, 27 and 29 (Aldo, Alfredo and Alfred)

    Performer: Alexandra Wood. Performer: Alessandro Ruisi.

  • Henry Purcell

    If music be the food of love

    Music Arranger: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.

  • Henry Purcell

    Ah! How sweet it is to love

    Music Arranger: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.

  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a while

    Music Arranger: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.

  • Judith Weir

    Good Morning, Midnight

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Verkl盲rte Nacht, Op.4

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

    Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op 34 (vers. for chamber orchestra)

    Performer: J枚rg Widmann. Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra.
    • ALPHA.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Lasya

    Performer: Manu Delago. Performer: Bernhard Schimpelsberger. Performer: Pirashanna Thevarajah. Performer: Kenji Ota.
    • DG.

  • Gustav Holst

    Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, 3rd Group, Op. 26 [complete]

    Performer: Grace Cloutier. Choir: Etherea Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Derek Greten-Harrison.
    • Hymn to the Dawn.
    • Delos.
    • 101.

  • Thomas Dunhill

    The Cloths of Heaven

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • The English Songbook.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wed 18 May 2022 19:30
    成人快手 Radio 3