大象传媒

Operatic mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston presents a song recital featuring strong women and womanhood live from the City Halls in Glasgow. The programme centres around Schumann鈥檚 great song cycle through woman鈥檚 eyes of life, love, birth and death. Through his Maria Stuart Lieder, Schumann depicts the often controversial figure of Mary Queen of Scots in four subtle, sympathetic sketches from her life. The story of Ariadne from Greek mythology has inspired many composers over the centuries; the Cretan princess abandoned to her fate on Crete by her lover Theseus. This was one of Haydn鈥檚 most popular cantatas and was probably written for the teenage daughter of a friend at Esterh谩zy.

Haydn: Arianna a Naxos
Schumann: Maria Stuart Lieder
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben

Jennifer Johnston, mezzo
James Baillieu, piano

Presented by Kate Molleson
Produced by Lindsay Pell

Photo credit RT Dunphy