Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn and Liszt

Dame Sarah Connolly _{mezzo-soprano}_; Roderick Williams _baritone_; Julius Drake _piano

Date: Mon 14 Jul 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets: £40 £36 £32 £26 £18
Duration: This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
Availability

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Important Information

Slight Change of Programme and Running Order
The programme and running order for the above concert have changed slightly and will now be as below.

Artists

Dame Sarah Connollymezzo-soprano
Roderick Williamsbaritone
Julius Drakepiano

Programme

Felix Mendelssohn
1809-1847
- - Tröstung Op. 71 No. 1
- - Frühlingslied Op. 71 No. 2
- - Geständnis Op. 9 No. 2
- - Wartend Op. 9 No. 3
- - An die Entfernte Op. 71 No. 3
- - Schilflied Op. 71 No. 4
- - Ferne Op. 9 No. 9
- - Auf der Wanderschaft Op. 71 No. 5
- - Nachtlied Op. 71 No. 6
- - Scheidend Op. 9 No. 6
- - Frühlingsglaube Op. 9 No. 8

Franz Liszt
1811-1886
- - Es rauschen die Winde S294
- - Der du von dem Himmel bist S279/3
- - Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher S293

Interval

Franz Liszt
- - Die Fischertochter S325
- - Des Tages laute Stimmen schweigen S337
- - Über allen gipfeln ist Ruh S306
- - Der du von dem Himmel bist S279/2
- - O Meer in Abendstahl S344

Fanny Mendelssohn
1805-1847
- - Die Nonne
- - Sehnsucht Op. 9 No. 7

Felix Mendelssohn
- - Sonntagsmorgen Op. 77 No. 1
- - Das Ährenfeld Op. 77 No. 2
- - Lied aus ‘Ruy Blas’ Op. 77 No. 3

Overview

Three of today’s most insightful and wise interpreters of song join forces in an enchanting mix of Lieder by Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Liszt. Their programme embraces Mendelssohn’s joyful responses to nature and the dramatic intensity of Liszt’s narrative songs, gripping in their imagery and spine-tingling expressive shadings.