A beautifully crafted programme from two master musicians.
Roderick Williams' appearances at Oxford International Song Festival are always eagerly anticipated and this recital is sure to be a highlight of the year. The typically inventive programme tells stories of courtly love across the ages. It ranges from the medieval pen of Guillaume de Machaut, expressing his love and fidelity, via the Romantic poetry of Eichendorff with its evocations of ruined castles and mystic knights, to the beauty of 20th-century songs from England and Ireland by the likes of Ina Boyle and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Emerging Artists
At the start of this evening's concert, and at most of our evening concerts in the first week of the Festival, one of our eight exceptional Young Artist duos will give a 15-minute showcase performance. These emerging professionals are the stars of the future, and can also be heard during the Mastercourse later in the Festival.
Programme
Emerging Artists
Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)
Struna naladěna, 'Take your bow' (1880) Op. 55
from Cigánské Melodie (Gypsy Songs)
Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (1842 - 1912)
When We Were Cossacks
Bohdana Filtz (1932 - 2021)
Oj po hori roman cvite 'Along a hillside camomile is blooming'
Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)
Dobrú noc 'Good night' Op. 73
from V národním tónu
Principal Artists
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
The splendour falls (1905)
Joan Trimble (1915 - 2000)
Green Rain
Muriel Herbert (1897 - 1984)
So by my singing am I comforted
Ina Boyle (1889 - 1967)
Song of Enchantment
Nicholas Marshall (1942)
La Belle Dame sans Merci
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
Love's Minstrels (1903)
from The House of Life
*****
Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869)
Tom der Reimer (1860)
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Waldesgespräch (1840) Op. 39 no.3 1–20.v & 22.vi.1840
from Liederkreis
Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896)
Lorelei (1843)
Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
Auf einer Burg (1840) Op. 39 no.7 1–20.v & 22.vi.1840
from Liederkreis
Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
Minnelied (1877) Op. 71 no.5
Ständchen (1885) Op. 106 no.1
Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Der Sänger (1891) D149
from Goethe-Lieder
*****
Guillaume de Machaut (1300 - 1377)
Foy porter
Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
Saluste du Bartas
Le château du Bartas
Tout le long de la Baïse...
Le départ
La promenade
Nérac en fête
Duo
Mel (Mélanie) Bonis (1858 - 1937)
Chanson d’amour Op. 94
Songe Op. 91 no. 3
Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
Chanson d’Orkenise (1940) FP 107 no.1
from Banalités
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (1932)
Chanson romanesque
Chanson épique
Chanson à boire
