Glenarm Festival of Voice 2022 - Celebrating Irish Composers and Poets
Performances by tenor Alessandro Fisher, baritone James Newby and soprano Soraya Mafi with pianist Simon Lepper from the Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice 2022.
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, including songs by Ina Boyle, Moeran, Bax and Stanford.
Mendelssohn: Der Blumenkranz
Schumamnn: 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 (poetry by Irish poet, Francis Ledwidge)
Ina Boyle: The last invocation; Since thou fondest and truest; The joy of earth
Alessandro Fisher (tenor); Simon Lepper (piano)
Michael Head: A piper (text Seamus O’Sullivan)
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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Music Played
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Felix Mendelssohn
Der Blumenkranz
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby. -
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Robert Schumann
Venetianisches Lied 1& 2
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby. -
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Dilys Elwyn-Edwards
The Cloths of Heaven
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby. -
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George Butterworth
Requiescat
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby. -
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Samuel Barber
Rain has fallen
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby. -
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Samuel Barber
Sleep now
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby. -
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Michael Head
Over the rim of the moon
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Alessandro Fisher. -
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Ina Boyle
The Last Invocation
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Alessandro Fisher. -
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Ina Boyle
Since thou, O fondest and truest
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Alessandro Fisher. -
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Ina Boyle
The Joy of Earth
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Alessandro Fisher. -
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Michael Head
A Piper
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Soraya Mafi. -
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Charles Villiers Stanford
The Fairy Lough
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Soraya Mafi. -
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Sir Hamilton Harty
My Lagan Love
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Soraya Mafi. -
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Benjamin Britten
How sweet the answer
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Soraya Mafi. -
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Arnold Bax
I heard a piper piping
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Soraya Mafi. -
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Ernest John Moeran
The Tinker's Daughter
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Soraya Mafi. -
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Peter Warlock
Sleep
Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Mark Stone.
Broadcast
- Fri 4 Aug 2023 13:00±«Óãtv Radio 3