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Horovitz, Poulenc, Messager, Cole Porter, Sondheim

Catherine Bott present the conclusion of a recital featuring mezzo-soprano Susan Graham with Malcolm Martineau. Music by Horovitz, Poulenc, Messager, Cole Porter and Mary Rodgers.

Live from London's Wigmore Hall, Catherine Bott presents an eclectic recital by the great American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham and the accompanist Malcolm Martineau.

From Purcell to Porter, Susan Graham celebrates womanhood in an extraordinary range of song spanning some 400 years. Great works by Schubert, Schumann, Wolf and Berlioz are combined with music from the twentieth century by Cole Porter, Joseph Horovitz, and the composer Ben Moore's operatic parody "Sexy Lady".

Horovitz: Lady Macbeth
Poulenc: Fian莽ailles pour rire
Messager: J'ai deux amants
Cole Porter: The Physician
Mary Rodgers: The Boy From . . .
Ben Moore: Sexy Lady.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 Jun 2012 20:30

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  • Fri 29 Jun 2012 20:30

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