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Christine Rice and Julius Drake

Live from Wigmore Hall, mezzo-soprano Christine Rice sings a typically varied programme of Britten, Mussorgsky and Weill.

Live from Wigmore Hall, mezzo-soprano Christine Rice sings a typically varied programme, comprising Britten's early settings of poems by Walter de la Mare, Mussorgsky's depiction of four different types of death, and Weill's settings of Brecht and Cocteau.

Presented by Andrew McGregor.

Britten: Tit for Tat
Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death
Weill: Was bekam des Soldaten Weib?; Nannas Lied; Es regnet; Berlin im Licht-Song; Wie lange noch?

Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Julius Drake (piano)

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 6 Dec 2020 13:00

Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Tit for Tat

    Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: Julius Drake.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Songs and Dances of Death

    Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: Julius Drake.
  • Kurt Weill

    Was bekam des Soldaten Weib? 'Ballad of the Nazi Soldier's Wife'

    Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: Julius Drake.
  • Kurt Weill

    Nannas Lied

    Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: Julius Drake.
  • Kurt Weill

    Es regnet

    Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: Julius Drake.
  • Kurt Weill

    Berlin im Licht-Song

    Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: Julius Drake.
  • Kurt Weill

    Wie lange noch?

    Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: Julius Drake.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The nurse's song, from A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41

    Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: Julius Drake.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 30 Nov 2020 13:00
  • Sun 6 Dec 2020 13:00