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Cheltenham Festival 2022: Helen Charlston and Kunal Lahiry

Radio 3 New Generation Artists Helen Charlston and Kunal Lahiry present songs inspired by birds and the music they create all around us. Presented live by Ian Skelly.

Live from the Pittville Pump Room in Cheltenham, ±«Óãtv Radio 3 New Generation Artists, Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano) and Kunal Lahiry (piano) present songs inspired by birds and the music they create all around us. Centred on Judith Weir’s cycle, The Voice of Desire, and its theme of our conversations with nature. Introduced by Ian Skelly.

Purcell: Come all ye songsters (The Fairy Queen)
Brahms: Nachtigall op 97 no 1
Chausson: Le Colibri op.2 no 7
Britten: Ash Grove (Folk song arrangements vol.1)
Mahler: Ging heut' Morgen übers Feld (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, no 2)
Messiaen: Bonjour toi, colombe vert (Harawi, no 2)
Weir: The Voice of Desire
Ravel: Oiseaux Tristes (Miroirs no 2)
Mahler: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? (Des Knaben Wunderhorn, no 4)
Gibbons: The Silver Swan
Schubert: Die Krähe (Winterreise no 15)
Mahler: Wenn mein Schatz hochzeit macht (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, no 1)
Copland: Nature, the gentlest mother (Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson, no 1)
Britten: Lemady (8 folksongs, no 3)
Dring: It was a lover and his lass (7 Shakespeare songs, no 2)

Helen Charlston, mezzo-soprano
Kunal Lahiry, piano

Produced by Chris Taylor

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen - Opera Z.629 ; No.7ab; Come All Ye Songsters

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Songs Op.97 ; No.1; Nachtigall

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
  • Ernest Chausson

    7 Songs Op.2 ; No.7; Le Colibri

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Folksong Arrangements - Volume 1 ; The Ash Grove

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Harawi - Chant D'Amour Et De Mort ; No.2; Bonjour Toi, Colombe Verte

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
  • Judith Weir

    The Voice Of Desire

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Miroirs ; No.2; Oiseaux Tristes

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen ; No.1; Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Ging heut' Morgen uber's Feld

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
  • Aaron Copland

    12 Poems of Emily Dickinson ; No.1; Nature, The Gentlest Mother

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
  • Benjamin Britten

    8 Folksongs ; No.3; Lemady

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.
  • Madeleine Dring

    7 Shakespeare Songs ; It Was A Lover

    Performer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Kunal Lahiry.

Broadcast

  • Tue 12 Jul 2022 13:00