Roderick Williams, baritone
Julius Drake, piano
Ben Boskovic, reader

Programme:
Shakespeare’s Music

A beguiling programme bringing Shakespeare and music together sung by one of our greatest baritone/pianist duos with actor Ben Boskovic adding a sense of theatre to the occasion

Purcell If music be the food of love
Schumann Schlusslied des Narren: Op 127 No 5
Sibelius Hållilå, uti storm och I regn
Joseph Haydn She never told her love
Sibelius Kom nu hit, Död.
Schubert An Silvia
Madeine Dring Take, oh take those lips away
Finzi Fear no more the heat of the sun
Franz Schubert Horch, horch, die Lerch ( Ständchen D899)
Vaughan Williams Orpheus and his lute (Henry VIII)
Poulenc Fancie
Britten Fancie
Britten I know a bank
Hugo Wolf Lied des transferierten Zettel 1

I N T E R V A L

Roderick Williams Sigh no more ladies
Ivor 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)
Come unto these yellow sands.
Full fathom five
Where the bee sucks
Cole Porter Brush up your Shakespeare (Kiss Me Kate)

Ben Boskovic is an actor, singer and percussionist. His theatre credits include Prince Timotei in Rapunzel (Liverpool Everyman), Zorro! The Musical (Charing Cross Theatre), The Secret Garden (Barn Theatre, Cirencester), and John Caleo in Holding the Man (Above the Stag). On BBC Radio 4 he has appeared in Brief Lives, and TV credits include Hollyoaks (Channel 4), Eastenders (BBC), and Coronation Street (ITV).