Notes of Old

Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano) Sholto Kynoch (piano)

Winner of the 2023 BBC Music Magazine Vocal Award, Helen Charlston, joins pianist Sholto Kynoch in a programme which weaves together music from across the centuries. Music by Bach, Monteverdi and Sweelinck resonates in unexpected ways with songs by Schubert, Hahn, and our featured emerging composer Anna Semple – highlighting the enduring tapestry of human experience that transcends temporal boundaries! The pair then perform Schumann’s Kerner Lieder, an extraordinary cycle of love and loss, that also owes much to music of the past.

Frederic Mompou: Pour evoquer l'image du passé Reynaldo Hahn: Néère Claudio Monteverdi: Si dolce è'l tormento J.S. Bach: Widerstehe doch der Sünde Franz Schubert: Wiedersehn Bach-Kurtág: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit Anna Semple: I am not yours Franz Schubert: Die Mutter Erde Reynaldo Hahn: À Chloris Maurice Ravel: Ballade de la Reine morte d'aimer Pauline Viardot: Canción de la Infanta Frederic Mompou: Pour appeler la joie Gustave Charpentier: Sans frayeur dans ce bois

Interval

Robert Schumann: Kerner Lieder, Op.35

Duration: approximately 90 minutes (including interval)