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Glenarm Festival of Voice: Poulenc, Messager and Ravel

Another chance to hear performances by soprano Siobhan Stagg, mezzo Ema Nikolovska and baritone Julien Van Mellaerts at the Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice 2019.

Another chance to hear a series of recitals from Northern Ireland Opera's Festival of Voice 2019, recorded at St Patrick's Church of Ireland in Glenarm, Co Antrim.

John Toal introduces accompanist Joseph Middleton with the Australian soprano, Siobhan Stagg, the Canadian-Macedonian mezzo Ema Nikolovska (a Radio 3 New Generation Artist), and the New Zealand baritone Julien Van Mellaerts in a programme celebrating composers active in Paris in the 1920s – a musical melting pot, with illustrious composers, and some up-and-coming ones, living side by side.

Today’s programme features song by Poulenc, Messager and Ravel.

Poulenc: Fiançailles pour rire
Siobhan Stagg, soprano
Joseph Middleton, piano

Ravel: Histoires naturelles
Messager: J'ai deux amants; Vois-tu, je m'en veux
Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Middleton, piano

Poulenc: Le Bestiaire; Chansons gaillardes
Julien Van Mellaerts, baritone
Joseph Middleton, piano

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Fiançailles pour rire

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Siobhan Stagg.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Histoires naturelles

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ema Nikolovska.
  • André Messager

    Vois-tu, je m'en veux' from Les P'tites Michu

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ema Nikolovska.
  • André Messager

    J'ai deux amants from L'Amour Masqué

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ema Nikolovska.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Le Bestiaire

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Julien Van Mellaerts.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Chansons gaillardes

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Julien Van Mellaerts.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 31 Oct 2019 13:00
  • Thu 6 Aug 2020 13:00