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Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice 2020 (2/4)

Performances by soprano Ailish Tynan, mezzo Kitty Whately and baritone James Newby, from the Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice 2020.

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 鈥 Irish soprano Ailish Tynan and British mezzo Kitty Whately 鈥 and one current member of the scheme, British baritone James Newby.

Across the series, they鈥檒l be celebrating the culture and traditions of Glenarm, Co. Antrim 鈥 the village in which the festival usually takes place.

Today鈥檚 programme celebrates Scottish Connections, with songs by composers including Schubert, Horovitz and Howard Ferguson.

Carl Loewe:
Edward Op.1 No.1
James Newby (baritone) and Simon Lepper (piano)

Schubert:
Ellen's Songs from Walter Scott's 鈥淟ady of the Lake鈥
D.839. Nos 1,2 & 3
Ailish Tynan (soprano) and Simon Lepper (piano)

Joseph Horovitz: Lady Macbeth: A Scena
Macmillan: Scots Song
Armstrong Gibbs: In the Highlands
Kitty Whately (mezzo) and Simon Lepper (piano)

Howard Ferguson: Twa Corbies
Buxton Orr: Shy Geordie
Trad/Britten: There鈥檚 None to Soothe
Francis George Scott: My Wife's a Wanton Wee Thing
James Newby (baritone) and Simon Lepper (piano)

57 minutes

Music Played

  • Carl Loewe

    Edward - No.1 from 3 Ballads, Op.1

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ellens Gesang I - Raste, Krieger! Krieg ist aus

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ellens Gesang II - J盲ger, ruhe von der Jagd

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ellens Gesang III - Ave Maria

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
  • Joseph Horovitz

    Lady Macbeth - Scena

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Kitty Whately.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Scots Song

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Kitty Whately.
  • Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

    In the Highlands, Op.9

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Kitty Whately.
  • Howard Ferguson

    Twa Corbies

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby.
  • Buxton Orr

    'Shy Geordie' from Songs of a Childhood

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby.
  • Benjamin Britten

    There's none to soothe

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby.
  • Francis George Scott

    My wife's a wanton wee thing

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: James Newby.
  • Herbert Hughes

    She moved thro' the fair

    Singer: Ailish Tynan. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • A Purse of Gold - Irish Songs by Herbert Hughes.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Wed 28 Oct 2020 13:00