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A series of recitals from Northern Ireland Opera's Festival of Voice 2020, recorded at the First Presbyterian Church in Rosemary Street, Belfast.

John Toal introduces accompanist Simon Lepper with two graduates of the Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme – Irish soprano Ailish Tynan and British mezzo Kitty Whately – and one current member of the scheme, British baritone James Newby.

Across the series, they’ll be celebrating the culture and traditions of Glenarm, Co. Antrim – the village in which the festival usually takes place.

Today’s programme celebrates fairy stories, with songs from composers including Carl Loewe, Judith Weir, Dilys Elywn-Edwards and Herbert Hughes.

Carl Loewe:
Herr Oluf Op.2 No. 2
Tom der Reimer Op. 135
Erlkönig Op.1 No.3
James Newby (baritone) and Simon Lepper (piano)

Michael Tippett:
Songs for Ariel
1. Come Unto These Yellow Sands
2. Full Fathom Five
3. Where the Bee Sucks
James Newby (baritone) and Simon Lepper (piano)

Thomas Arne: Where the bee sucks
Britten/Purcell: Mad Bess
Judith Weir: The Song of the Girl Ravished Away by the Fairies in South Uist
Joan Trimble: Green Rain
Kitty Whately (mezzo) and Simon Lepper (piano)

Dilys Elywn-Edwards:
In Faery
1. The Find
2. The Wife of Llew
3. A Fairy Hunt
Ailish Tynan (soprano) and Simon Lepper (piano)

Muriel Herbert: The lake isle of Innisfree
Herbert Hughes: Reynardine; Garten Mother's Lullaby; The Leprechaun
Ailish Tynan (soprano) and Simon Lepper (piano)