Sunday 26 October, 19:30 at St George's Church
On the Wings of a Song
An intimate evening of Lieder in new arrangements for voice and string quartet
Date & Time: Sunday 26 October, 19:30
Ticket price: £25 / £18; under 30s £12.50 / £9; under 12s free
Venue: St George's Church
Join us in an intimate evening of song, featuring Robert Schumann’s beguiling Frauenliebe und -leben alongside enchanting music infused with the imagery of nature by Clara Schumann and Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn.
With new arrangements for string quartet and voice, this programme captures the emotional directness of chamber music, evoking everyday love, life and longing.
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano
Consone Quartet
Programme
Clara Schumann Sechs Lieder Op. 13
all songs arranged by Bill Thorp Ich stand in dunklen Träumen
Sie liebten sich beide
Liebeszaube
Der Mond kommt still gegangen
Ich hab’ in Deinem Auge
Die stille Lotosblume
Felix Mendelssohn Four Pieces, Op. 81
- interval -
Mendelssohn Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel Die Mainacht
Die Mainacht
Mendelssohn Die Mainacht
Robert Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42
