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Ben Johnson, James Baillieu

Ben Johnson (tenor) and James Baillieu (piano) perform songs by Schumann, Liszt, Grainger, Quilter and Grieg at the 2011 City of London Festival.

Another recital featuring Radio 3 New Generation Artists at the 2011 City of London Festival. In a recital recorded in the church of St. Margaret, Lothbury, tenor Ben Johnson (with pianist James Bailleu) sings songs by Schumann, Liszt, Quilter and Grieg. He also includes some remarkable music by by Australian-born Percy Grainger, reflecting the festival's theme of music from the antipodes.

Ben Johnson (tenor)
James Baillieu (piano)

Schumann - Morgens steh' ich auf und frage; Im Rhein;
Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen; Du bist wie eine Blume
Liszt - Morgens steh' ich auf und frage; S.290; Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen; Du bist wie eine Blume; Im Rhein
Grainger - Four settings from Songs of the North:
My Faithful Fond One;The Woman Are A Gane Wud; O'er the Morr; Fair Young Mary
Quilter - (from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics):
Weep You No More; The Faitheless Shepherdess; By a fountainside; Fair house of Joy
Grainger - The Power of Love (Kjaerlighedn's Styrke)
Grieg - Zur Rosenzeit; Ein Traum
Grainger - (from The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border):
The Twa Corbies; Lord Maxwell's Goodnight.

1 hour

Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Morgens steh' ich auf und frage

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Robert Schumann

    Im Rhein

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Robert Schumann

    Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Robert Schumann

    Du bist wie eine Blume

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Franz Liszt

    Morgens steh' ich auf und frage S.290

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Franz Liszt

    Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen S.311

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Franz Liszt

    Du bist wie eine Blume S.287

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Franz Liszt

    Am Rhein (Im Rhein im schonen Strome) S.272`1

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Percy Grainger

    My Faithful Fond One (Songs of the North)

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Percy Grainger

    The Woman Are A Gane Wud (Songs of the North)

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Percy Grainger

    O'er the Morr (Songs of the North)

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Percy Grainger

    Fair Young Mary (Songs of the North)

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Roger Quilter

    Weep You No More (from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Op.12)

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Roger Quilter

    The Faitheless Shepherdess (from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Op.12)

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Roger Quilter

    By a fountainside (from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Op.12)

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Roger Quilter

    Fair house of Joy (from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Op.12)

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Percy Grainger

    The Power of love

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Edvard Grieg

    Zur Rosenzeit

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Edvard Grieg

    Ein Traum

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Percy Grainger

    The Twa corbies (from The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border)

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

  • Percy Grainger

    Lord Maxwell's goodnight (from The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border)

    Performer: Ben Johnson (Tenor) Performer: James Baillieu (Piano)

Broadcast

  • Tue 19 Jul 2011 13:00