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Laurence Kilsby
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Britten Song Cycles

Laurence Kilsby tenor; Toby Spence tenor; James Newby baritone; James Baillieu piano

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Date
Sun 06 Dec 2026, 3.00pm
Tickets
£20
+£4 booking fee per transaction
Duration

This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

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Artists

  • Laurence Kilsbytenor
  • Toby Spencetenor
  • James Newbybaritone
  • James Baillieupiano

Programme

      • Who are these Children? Op. 84
      • Songs and Proverbs of William Blake Op. 74
      • On This Island Op. 11

Overview

Britten’s exceptional gifts as a songwriter shine in this programme, which spans the time from his early twenties to his mid-fifties. His witty settings of William Soutar’s Scots dialect lyrics, rhymes and riddles, Who are these Children?, first heard in 1971, contrast with the dark-hued reflections on human nature and eternity carried by the Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, written for and dedicated to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. One of the Soutar songs had to wait until 1983 to receive its world première at Wigmore Hall.

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