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Mary Bevan
Image credit: © Andrew Staples

Archived Event

Elegy

Mary Bevan soprano; Joseph Middleton piano

Date
Fri 03 Oct 2025, 7.30pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

Availability

Artists

  • Mary Bevansoprano
  • Joseph Middletonpiano

Programme

      • 6 Gedichte von N Lenau und Requiem Op. 90
        :
      • Requiem

Interval

  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Now that the sun hath veiled his light (An Evening Hymn on a Ground) Z193
        (arranged by Benjamin Britten)
  • Samuel Barber
    1910-1981
      • Hermit Songs Op. 29
        :
      • The Desire for Hermitage
  • Gustav Mahler
    1860-1911
      • Rückert Lieder
        :
      • Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Overview

Mary Bevan’s opulent voice, feeling for big emotions and sparkling imagination have made her one of the finest singers of our time, a charismatic stage presence with the rare ability to enchant audiences. She and her regular duo partner Joseph Middleton journey through a programme of reflections on life, love and the sharpness of death.

This concert is supported by the Rick Mather David Scrase Foundation

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