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Ferrier Centenary Celebration Concert

Thomas Allen and a recent winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Award celebrate the centenary of the celebrated contralto in songs by Gounod, Debussy, Duparc, Ravel and Brahms.

As part of this year's series of morning concerts from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh, Sir Thomas Allen joins recent winner of the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Awards, British mezzo soprano, Kitty Whately to celebrate the centenary of the legendary British contralto, Kathleen Ferrier. The interval of this concert will feature archive performances by Kathleen Ferrier.

Traditional: Maa Bonny Lad
Gounod: La Barcarolle
Gounod: Le premier jour de mai
Debussy: La flute de Pan
Debussy: La chevelure
Debussy: Le tombeau des na茂ades
Ravel: Don Quichotte 脿 Dulcin茅e
Duparc: L'invitation au voyage
Duparc: Au pays o霉 se fait la guerre
Duparc: Lamento
Duparc: La fuite
Brahms: Sapphische Ode, Op.94
Vaughan Williams: Silent Noon
Traditional: Water o'Tyne
Traditional: Come you not from Newcastle?
Traditional: Oh I have seen the roses blaw
Traditional: She moved through the fair
Traditional: Show me the way to Wallington
Howells: King David
Gurney: Sleep
Burns: Afton Water
Traditional: Early One Morning
Anonymous: The Mermaid

Kitty Whately - mezzo soprano
Sir Thomas Allen - baritone
Roger Vignoles - piano.

2 hours

Last on

Tue 14 Aug 2012 11:00

Music Played

  • Trad.

    Ma Bonny Lad

    Artist: Kitty Whately

  • Charles Gounod

    Barcarola

    Artist: Kitty Whately and Thomas Allen

  • Charles Gounod

    Le premier jour de mai

    Artist: Kitty Whately

  • Claude Debussy

    Trois Chansons de Bilitis

    Artist: Kitty Whately

  • Maurice Ravel

    Don Quichotte 脿 Dulcin茅e

    Artist: Thomas Allen

  • Henri Duparc

    L'invitation au voyage

    Artist: Thomas Allen

  • Henri Duparc

    Au pays ou se fait la guerre

    Artist: Kitty Whately

  • Henri Duparc

    Lamento

    Artist: Thomas Allen

  • Henri Duparc

    La Fuite

    Artist: Kitty Whately and Thomas Allen

  • Interval

    • Christoph Willibald Gluck

      What is life without thee? (Orpheus & Eurydice)

      Artist: Kathleen Ferrier

      • Kathleen Ferrier - The Complete EMI recordings.
    • Gustav Mahler

      Last two songs from Kindertotenlieder

      Artist: Kathleen Ferrier

      • Kathleen Ferrier - The Complete EMI recordings.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Sapphische Ode Opus 94

    Artist: Thomas Allen

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Silent Noon

    Artist: Kitty Whately

  • Trad.

    The Water o'Tyne

    Artist: Thomas Allen

  • Trad.

    Come you not from Newcastle?

    Artist: Kitty Whately

  • Trad.

    O! I hae seen the roses blaw

    Artist: Thomas Allen

  • Trad.

    She moved through the fair

    Artist: Kitty Whately

  • Trad.

    Show me the way to Wallington

    Artist: Thomas Allen

  • Howells

    King David

    Artist: Kitty Whately

  • Gurney

    Sleep

    Artist: Kitty Whately

  • BURNS

    Afton Water

    Artist: Thomas Allen

  • Trad.

    Early One Morning

    Artist: Kitty Whately

  • Anon

    Anon - The Mermaid

    Artist: Thomas Allen and Kitty Whately

Broadcast

  • Tue 14 Aug 2012 11:00