Felix Mendelssohn and Liszt

Anna Lucia Richter _{mezzo-soprano}_; Nicky Spence _tenor_; Julius Drake _piano

Programme & Song Text

Date: Sat 31 May 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets: £40 £36 £32 £26 £18
Duration: This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket

Important Information

Slight Change of Programme

Please note that the programme for the above concert has changed slightly and will now be as below.

Artists

Anna Lucia Richtermezzo-soprano
Nicky Spencetenor
Julius Drakepiano

Programme

Felix Mendelssohn
1809-1847
- - Minnelied Op. 47 No. 1
- - Minnelied Op. 34 No. 1
- - Morgengruss Op. 47 No. 2
- - Auf Flügeln des Gesanges Op. 34 No. 2
- - Frühlingslied Op. 47 No. 3
- - Frühlingslied Op. 34 No. 3
- - Volkslied Op. 47 No. 4
- - Suleika Op. 34 No. 4
- - Der Blumenstrauss Op. 47 No. 5
- - Sonntagslied Op. 34 No. 5
- - Bei der Wiege Op. 47 No. 6
- - Reiselied Op. 34 No. 6

Franz Liszt
1811-1886
- - Lieder aus Schillers 'Wilhelm Tell' S292/2
    :
  - Der Alpenjäger
  - Der Hirt
  - Der Fischerknabe
- - Es war ein König in Thule S278/2
- - Die drei Zigeuner S320/2

Interval

Franz Liszt
1811-1886
- - Hohe Liebe S307
- - Gestorben war ich S308
- - O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst S298/2
- - Muttergottes-Sträusslein zum Mai-Monate S316
    :
  - Das Veilchen
  - Die Schlüsselblumen
- - Die tote Nachtigall S291

Felix Mendelssohn
1809-1847
- - 6 schottische National-Lieder
- - Wie kann ich froh und lustig sein?
- - Abendlied
- - Wasserfahrt

Overview

Songs thread a long path through the lives of Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Liszt. Anna Lucia Richter and Nicky Spence, passionate and compelling interpreters of Lieder, present a bewitching selection of their finest works, brought to life in partnership with Julius Drake, described by The New Yorker as ‘the nonpareil collaborative pianist’.