Programme

Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)  –  Chanson d’amour, Op.27 no.1

Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)  –  Rêve d’amour, Op.5 no.2

Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)  –   Notre Amour, Op.23 no.2

Boulanger, Nadia (1887-1979)  –  Les heures claires: C’était en juin

Boulanger, Nadia (1887-1979)  –  Les heures claires: Que tes yeux clairs, tes yeux d’été

Boulanger, Nadia (1887-1979)  –  Les heures claires: S’il arrive jamais

Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)  –  Rückert-Lieder

Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)  –  12 poems of Emily Dickinson

Rorem, Ned (1923-2022)  –  Early in the Morning

Rorem, Ned (1923-2022)  –  I will always love you

Rodgers, Richard (1902-1979)  –  The King and I: Hello Young Lovers

Louise Alder studied at the Royal College of Music International Opera School where she was the inaugural Kiri Te Kanawa Scholar.

Her engagements in the 2023/24 season include Fiordiligi Così fan tutte and Susanna in a new production of Le nozze di Figaro at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich and Cleopatra Giulio Cesare for Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

Her recital appearances include the BBC Proms, Graz Musikverein and the Oper Frankfurt with Gary Matthewman, Wigmore Hall with both Joseph Middleton and James Baillieu, the Schubertiade Schwarzenberg with Daniel Heide and the Oxford Lieder Festival and Fundación Privada Victoria de los Ángeles in Barcelona with Sholto Kynoch.

Pianist Joseph Middleton specialises in the art of song accompaniment and chamber music and has been internationally acclaimed within this field. Described in the BBC Music Magazine as ‘one of the brightest stars in the world of song and Lieder’, he has also been labelled ‘the cream of the new generation’ by The Times and ‘a perfect accompanist’ by Opera Now.

Joseph enjoys fruitful partnerships with internationally established singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Louise Alder, Ian Bostridge, Dame Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, Fatma Said, Samuel Hasselhorn, Wolfgang Holzmair, Christiane Karg, Katarina Karnéus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, John Mark Ainsley, Ann Murray, James Newby, Mark Padmore, Miah Persson, Allan Clayton, Matthew Rose, Carolyn Sampson and Roderick Williams. 

Joseph Middleton is director of Leeds Lieder, musician in residence at Pembroke College Cambridge and a professor and Fellow at his alma mater, the Royal Academy of Music. He was the recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist of the Year Award in 2017.

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