Such a night as this

Roderick Williams OBE (baritone) Julius Drake (piano)

One of the UK’s 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 Night’s Dream, and more.

Purcell: If music be the food of love Schumann: Schlusslied des Narren: Op 127 No 5 Sibelius: Hållilå, uti storm och I regn Haydn: She never told her love Sibelius: Kom nu hit, Död Schubert: An Silvia Dring: Take, oh take those lips away Finzi: Fear no more the heat of the sun Schubert: Horch, horch, die Lerch (Ständchen 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 (Children’s Corner) Korngold: The Willow Song Berlioz: La Mort d’Orphelie Tippett: Songs for Ariel (The Tempest) Cole Porter: Brush up your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate)

Duration: approximately 2 hours (including interval)