Louise Alder, soprano
Gerald Finley OC CBE, baritone
David Junghoon Kim, tenor
Sally Matthews, soprano
Alexandra Oomens, soprano
Huw Montague Rendall, baritone
Christine Rice MBE, mezzo-soprano
Brindley Sherratt, bass
Nicky Spence OBE, tenor
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Fletcher, piano
Julius Drake piano
Chris Addison, actor

Renowned Bass Brindley Sherratt has brought together a star-studded line up for a special gala performance in aid of The Meath Epilepsy Charity.

Featuring performances from opera luminaries such as Louise Alder, Gerald Finley, Sally Matthews, Alexandra Oomens, Huw Montague Rendall, Christine Rice, Nicky Spence, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, David Junghoon Kim, and of course Brindley Sherrattaccompanied by the distinguished pianists Julius Drake and Matthew Fletcher. The event will be hosted by Chris Addison.

Tickets are sold by The Meath Epilepsy Charity, including VIP Champagne Reception. You can book via their website.

All proceeds from this event go to The Meath.

ETERNAL SUMMER

Roderick Williams OBE, baritone
Julius Drake, piano
Toby Jones, reader

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 glorious array of songs, there will be readings by a leading actor from Twelfth Night, as well as 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)

Approximately 2 hours in duration (including interval – during which complimentary refreshments are served).

Ian Bostridge, tenor
Julius Drake, piano

Programme:
Songs after poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

HUGO WOLF (1860–1903)

Gesänge des Harfners aus Goethes „Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre“
Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt
An die Türen will ich schleichen
Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß

Grenzen der Menschheit
Prometheus
Ganymed
Der Rattenfänger
Wandrers Nachtlied

FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797–1828)

An den Mond, D 259
Ganymed, D 544
Wandrers Nachtlied I, D 224

Gesänge des Harfners I-III, D 478
Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt
Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen aß
An die Türen will ich schleichen

Wandrers Nachtlied II, D 768
Der Musensohn, D 764
An die Entfernte, D 765
Am Flusse, D 766
Willkommen und Abschied, D 767
An den Mond, D 296

Ian Bostridge tenor
Julius Drake piano
Timothy Morgan countertenor
Mauro Borgioni baritone
Ketevan Kemoklidze mezzo-soprano

Solistas de la Orquesta Ciudad de Granada
Juan Carlos Chornet (flauta), Miguel Ángel Sánchez Miranda (arpa), Birgit Kolar (violín), Hanna Nisonen (viola), Arnaud Dupont (violonchelo), Óscar Sala (trompa)

Programme:

Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946)
Psyché

Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
5 Spiritual Songs
Purcell Realizations
Canticle I, My beloved is mine, for soprano or tenor and piano, Op.40
Canticle II, Abraham and Isaac, Chester miracle play, Op.51
Canticle III, Still Falls the Rain, for tenor, horn and piano, Op.55
Canticle IV, The Journey of the Magi, for countertenor, tenor, baritone and piano, Op.86
Canticle V, The Death of Saint Narcissus, for tenor and harp, Op.89