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John Toal presents a series of recitals from Northern Ireland Opera's Festival of Voice 2018, recorded at St Patrick's Church of Ireland in Glenarm, Co Antrim.

Simon Lepper accompanies former ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3 New Generation Artist mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, British soprano Gemma Summerfield - winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society's 2018 Chilcott Award - and Dresden-born bass-baritone Stephan Loges, in a programme including song by Purcell, Korngold, Finzi and Quilter.

Purcell:
Music for a while Z583
The fatal hour comes on apace Z421
There’s not a swain Z587

Arne:
Where the bee sucks
Under the greenwood tree

Korngold:
Shakespeare Songs op.31 -
Desdemona's song
Under the Greenwood tree
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
When birds do sing It was a lover and his lass

Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano)
Simon Lepper (piano)

Finzi:
Let Us Garlands Bring (5 Shakespeare songs) Op.18 -
Come away, Death
Who is Sylvia?
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun
O mistress mine
It was a lover and his lass

Stephan Loges (bass-baritone)
Simon Lepper (piano)

Quilter
7 Elizabethan Lyrics Op 12 -
Weep you no more sad fountains
My life's delight
Damask roses
The faithless shepherdess
Brown is my love
By a fountainside
Fair house of joy

Gemma Summerfield (soprano)
Simon Lepper (piano)