Artists
- Véronique Genssoprano
- James Baillieupiano
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Véronique Gens
Image credit: © Jean-Baptiste Millot
Canteloube, Debussy, Duparc and more
Véronique Gens soprano; James Baillieu piano
- Date
- Fri 12 Sep 2025, 7.30pm
- Tickets
- £40 £37 £33 £27 £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
Programme
- Charles Gounod1818-1893
- Où voulez-vous aller?
- Viens, les gazons sont verts
- Reynaldo Hahn1874-1947
- Le rossignol des lilas
- Trois jours de vendange
- Etudes latines:
- Néère
- Séraphine
- Camille Saint-Saëns1835-1921
- Désir de l'orient
- Maurice Ravel1875-1937
- 5 mélodies populaires grecques:
- Là-bas, vers l'église
- Joseph Guy Ropartz1864-1955
- 4 poèmes de l’intermezzo:
- Ceux qui, parmi les morts d'amour
- Henri Duparc1848-1933
- Chanson triste
- Claude Debussy1862-1918
- Fleur des blés
- La belle au bois dormant
Interval
- Joseph Canteloube1879-1957
- La pastoura als camps
- Obal din lou Limouzi
- La delaïssádo
- L'aïo dè rotso
- Louiguy1916-1991
- La Vie en rose
- Marguerite Monnot1903-1961
- Hymne à l’amour
- Kurt Weill1900-1950
- Lady in the Dark:
- The Saga of Jenny
- One Touch of Venus:
- Speak Low
- Jerome Kern1885-1945
- Very Warm for May:
- All the Things You Are
- Meredith Willson1902-1984
- The Music Man:
- Till There Was You
Overview
Véronique Gens and James Baillieu evoke the salons of Belle Epoque Paris (together with a playful nod to transatlantic musical theatre) through a programme steeped in exquisite poetic imagery and heartfelt emotions. ‘Is there a singer more compelling?’, asked the Guardian in its review of the soprano’s recording of works in this evening’s programme.