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Glenarm Festival of Voice 2022 - Celebrating Irish Composers and Poets

Tenor Alessandro Fisher, baritone James Newby and soprano Soraya Mafi, accompanied by pianist Simon Lepper, perform songs by Ina Boyle, Hamilton Harty and EJ Moeran.

Recitals from Northern Ireland Opera's Festival of Voice 2022, recorded at St Patrick's Church of Ireland in Glenarm, Co Antrim.

John Toal introduces accompanist Simon Lepper with tenor and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alessandro Fisher, baritone James Newby and British soprano Soraya Mafi in a programme celebrating Irish composers and poets.

Today's recital includes songs by Ina Boyle, Hamilton Harty and EJ Moeran.

Mendelssohn: Der Blumenkranz
Schumann: Venetianisches Lied 1&2
Dillys Elwyn-Edwards: The Cloths of Heaven
Butterworth: Requiescat

Barber:
Rain has fallen
Sleep Now

James Newby (baritone); Simon Lepper (piano)

Michael Head: Over the rim of the moon

Ina Boyle:
The last invocation
Since thou fondest and truest
The joy of earth

Alessandro Fisher (tenor); Simon Lepper (piano)

Michael Head: A Piper
Stanford: Fairy Lough
Hamilton Harty: My Lagan Love
Britten: How Sweet the Answer
Arnold Bax: I Heard a Piper Piping
EJ Moeran: The Tinker's Daughter

Soraya Mafi (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano)

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57 minutes