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Britten Song Cycles & Schumann Liederkreis

Robin Tritschler tenor; Claire Barnett-Jones mezzo-soprano; James Baillieu piano

Programme & Song Text
Date
Sat 03 Oct 2026, 7.30pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration

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

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Artists

  • Robin Tritschlertenor
  • Claire Barnett-Jonesmezzo-soprano
  • James Baillieupiano

Programme

      • The Red Cockatoo & other songs
        :
      • Um Mitternacht
      • 6 Hölderlin-Fragmente Op. 61
      • A Charm of Lullabies Op. 41

Interval

Encore

      • Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements
        :
      • The Deaf Woman’s Courtship

Overview

Benjamin Britten held a strong affection for the art of Robert Schumann and brought a composer’s insights to performances of his works. Robin Tritschler and Claire Barnett-Jones kick off Wigmore Hall’s Britten anniversary commemorations by taking their respective turns in two of Britten’s song cycles from the 1940s. The evening’s second half comprises Schumann’s dark-hued settings of poems by Heinrich Heine and Britten’s four Cabaret Songs to verse by Auden, including ‘Tell me the truth about love’.

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