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; £5 restricted view
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
Agata Daraškaite violin
Magdalena Loth-Hill violin
Elitsa Bogdanova viola
George Ross cello
Programme
Clara Schumann
1819-1896 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
1809-1847 Four Pieces Op. 81
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Felix Mendelssohn Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
Fanny Mendelssohn
1805-1847 Die Mainacht
Mayenlied
Felix Mendelssohn Die Liebende schreibt
Robert Schumann
1810-1856 Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42
