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Roderick Williams (baritone) & Andrew West (piano) – Sunday 4 May

Roderick Williams baritone | Andrew West piano

 

‘A taste of exotic’

Schubert   Kennst du das Land (Mignons Gesang), D321
W. Denis Browne   Arabia
Bliss   Siege
Rebecca Clarke   A Dream
Amy Woodforde-Finden   Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar (Kashmiri Song)
Duparc   L’invitation au voyage
Sally Beamish   Four Songs from Hafez
Harry T. Burleigh   Five Songs of Laurence Hope

 

The return of another Festival favourite (and a National Treasure to boot!). Roderick Williams never ceases to delight with both his performances and his thoughtful programming. This time he features the music of Leamington-born composer William Denis Browne among other works inspired by distant lands.

Generously supported by Helen & Stan Ireland and Diane Holt

 

The finer details…

Interval: None

Estimated finish: 1pm

Tickets:
Unreserved Seating

£23 (full price) / £11.50 (under-35s)
£3 (students & children)

Martinů String Quartet / Simon Wallfisch (baritone) / Gemma Rosefield (cello) – Monday 6 May

Martinů String Quartet
Lubomír Havlák violin and Adéla Štajnochrová violins
Martin Stupka viola, Jitka Vlašánková cello
with Simon Wallfisch baritone
and Gemma Rosefield cello

Krása  String Quartet
Tauský   Coventry
Sylvie Bodorová   Terezín Ghetto Requiem
Schubert   String Quintet in C D956

 

The Festival’s final concert includes Vilém Tauský’s Coventry, written in 1940 after visiting the recently ruined cathedral.

Sylvie Bodorová’s Terezín Ghetto Requiem (premièred in Holy Trinity Church in 1998) will be played here for the fifth time, after numerous performances in England, North America, and on the continent. Simon Wallfisch was the impressive baritone soloist last time, in 2016, and Gemma Rosefield also returns to play Schubert’s masterpiece with the Martinů String Quartet.

Join us after the concert for a celebratory glass of wine!

Generously supported by Diane Holt and Peter Robinson

£27 | £22 | £17
(£1 children / students)

Simon Wallfisch (baritone) & Iain Farrington (piano) – Sunday 5 May

Mahler   Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Haas   Four Songs on Chinese Poetry
Ullmann   Two Chinese Songs
Korngold   Der Kranke Op 38 No 2
Suk   Longing from Spring Op 22a
Janáček   Andante from In the Mists
Dvořák   Gypsy Songs Op 55

 

Simon Wallfisch returns to Leamington for the first time since 2016 for this recital and to repeat his memorable performance of Terezín Ghetto Requiem. In 2022, for BBC Radio 3, he curated and sang in a programme of works by Terezín composers at the Barbican. Last year he made his debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Deutsche Oper Berlin, where he now lives. Leamington Music is delighted to welcome the distinguished pianist and composer Iain Farrington here for the first time.

£18 | £12
(£1 children / students)