Eternal Summer

Roderick Williams OBE (baritone) Julius Drake (piano)

One of the UKs greatest living baritones joins Julius Drake ('collaborative pianist nonpareil' - The New Yorker) for an evening of Shakespeare settings in the very hall which witnessed the first performance of Twelfth Night.

In addition to the music, there will be readings by a leading actor from Twelfth Night, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Measure for Measure, Cymbeline, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Nights Dream, and more.

Purcell: If music be the food of love Schumann: Schlusslied des Narren: Op 127 No 5 Sibelius: Hllil, uti storm och I regn Haydn: She never told her love Sibelius: Kom nu hit, Dd Schubert: An Silvia Dring: Take, oh take those lips away Finzi: Fear no more the heat of the sun Schubert: Horch, horch, die Lerch (Stndchen D899) Vaughan Williams: Orpheus and his lute (Henry VIII) Poulenc: Fancie Britten: Fancie Britten: I know a bank Wolf: Lied des transferierten Zettel

Interval

Roderick Williams: Sigh no more ladies Gurney: Under the Greenwood Tree Korngold: Blow, blow, thou winter wind Debussy: The Little Shepherd (Childrens Corner) Korngold: The Willow Song Berlioz: La Mort dOrphelie Tippett: Songs for Ariel (The Tempest) Cole Porter: Brush up your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate)

Duration: approximately 2 hours (including interval)