Ruby Hughes and Joseph Middleton at Wigmore Hall
Soprano Ruby Hughes and pianist Joseph Middleton offer an exploration of love, lullabies and the bond between parent and child in songs by Schumann, Mahler, Ives, Grime & Britten.
Radio 3 in Concert this evening offers an exploration of love, lullabies and the bond between parent and child in a programme of songs performed by the soprano Ruby Hughes and the pianist Joseph Middleton. As well as songs by Schumann, Mahler, Ives and Britten the evening features the world premiere of a song cycle by Wigmore Hall's Composer in Residence Helen Grime, setting poems from Fiona Benson's Bright Travellers, a remarkable and moving collection of poetry which explores the pain, passion, beauty and joy of becoming a parent.
Presented by Georgia Mann.
Robert Schumann: Träumerei (Kinderszenen Op. 15)
Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben Op. 42
Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
INTERVAL
Charles Ives: Serenity
Charles Ives: The Housatonic at Stockbridge
Charles Ives: Memories: a. Very Pleasant, b. Rather Sad
Charles Ives: Songs my mother taught me
Helen Grime: Bright Travellers (world première)
Benjamin Britten: Ca' the yowes
Benjamin Britten: Come you not from Newcastle?
Benjamin Britten: At the mid hour of night
Benjamin Britten: O Waly, Waly
Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Joseph Middleton (piano)
Recorded at Wigmore Hall, London on Thursday 15th February.
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Robert Schumann
Traumerei from Kinderszenen Op. 15
Performer: Joseph Middleton. -
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Robert Schumann
Frauenliebe und -Leben Op. 42
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ruby Hughes. -
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Gustav Mahler
Kindertotenlieder
Performer: Ruby Hughes. Performer: Joseph Middleton. -
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Claude Debussy
Children's Corner
Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- CALA RECORDS.
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Charles Ives
Serenity
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ruby Hughes. -
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Charles Ives
The Housatonic at Stockbridge
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ruby Hughes. -
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Charles Ives
Memories
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ruby Hughes. -
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Charles Ives
Songs my mother taught me
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ruby Hughes. -
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Helen Grime
Bright Travellers
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ruby Hughes. -
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Benjamin Britten
Ca' the yowes
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ruby Hughes. -
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Benjamin Britten
Come you not from Newcastle?
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ruby Hughes. -
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Benjamin Britten
At the mid hour of night
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ruby Hughes. -
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Benjamin Britten
O Waly, Waly
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ruby Hughes. -
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Franz Schubert
Wanderers Nachtlied D.768
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ruby Hughes. -
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Luigi Boccherini
Quintet No. 4 in D major (G. 448) (Grave Assai - Fandango)
Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations.- Boccherini: Sinfonias & String Quintets.
- Alia Vox.
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Ottorino Respighi
Fountains of Rome
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
Broadcast
- Tue 20 Feb 2018 19:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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