Friday 25th May, Corn Exchange Newbury RG14 5BD
12.30pm (ends approx 1.30pm)
£10 (series ticket for all 6 lunchtime recitals £48)
James Newby | baritone |
Joseph Middleton | piano |
Schubert Im Fruhling D.882
Wolf Frühlingsglocken
Schubert Ganymed
Wolf Frühlings uber jahr
Wolf Im Fruhling
Wolf Er ist’s
Beethoven An Die Ferne Geliebte
Britten If it’s ever Spring again
Britten Little Sir William
Ireland Spring Sorrow
Quilter A London Spring Song
Rorem Spring and Fall
Gurney Desire in Spring
Finzi It Was a lover and his lass
24-year-old British baritone James Newby is the winner of the 2016 Kathleen Ferrier Award. Other recent awards include: the Wigmore Hall/ Independent Opera Voice Fellowship, and the Richard Tauber Prize and Third Prize at the Wigmore Hall/Kohn International Song Competition. In 2017 he was awarded the Trinity Gold Medal by the board of Trinity Laban Conservatoire and the John Christie Award by Glyndebourne.
For today’s recital of spring-inspired songs by Schubert, Wolf, Beethoven and Britten, James is joined by pianist Joseph Middleton who specialises in the art of song accompaniment and chamber music. He was the first accompanist to receive the Young Artist Award at the 2017 Royal Philharmonic Society Awards.
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