Cancelled Concert: John Mark Ainsley tenor; Roger Vignoles piano

Owing to illness, unfortunately John Mark Ainsley has withdrawn from this evening’s concert, which has therefore been cancelled. There will be no replacement concert.

Performers

John Mark Ainsley

tenor

Roger Vignoles

piano

Programme

Mendelssohn

• Neue Liebe
• Gruß
• Allnächtlich im Traume
• Morgengruß
• Auf Flügeln des Gesanges
• Reiselied

Brahms

• Sommerabend;
• Mondenschein
• schauen die Blumen
• Meerfahrt
• Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht
• Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze

Schumann

Dichterliebe

About this concert

Julius Stockhausen, the celebrated German baritone, became the first singer to perform Schumann’s complete Dichterliebe in concert just over 150 years ago, an innovation considered dangerously experimental by reactionary critics, those wedded to the idea that the Lied should remain a private pleasure for connoisseurs.

John Mark Ainsley and Roger Vignoles present a programme of German Romantic song of every shade and hue, from Mendelssohn’s tender ‘Gruß’ to the transcendent final pages of Dichterliebe.

This concert is part of Roger Vignoles: 'Perspectives' series.