Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton

Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Middleton, piano

£25, Free to students and under 30s, available from the Leeds Conservatoire Box Office

Making her welcome return to the Leeds Lieder concert platform, Dame Sarah Connolly is joined by pianist Joseph Middleton to perform an eclectic mix of songs by Britten, Barber, Debussy, Wolf, Duparc and Schumann.

Robert Schumann 1810-56

6 Gedichte von Lenau und Requiem Op. 90

Hugo Wolf 1860-1903

from Italienisches Liederbuch

Auch kleine Dinge

from Mörike-Lieder

Gesang Weylas

from Eichendorff-Lieder

Nachtzauber

from Goethe-Lieder

Mignon ‘Kennst du das Land?’

from Eichendorff-Lieder

Die Zigeunerin

INTERVAL

Claude Debussy 1862-1918

Chansons de Bilitis

Henri Duparc 1848-1933

Extase

L’invitation au voyage

Chanson triste

Au pays où se fait la guerre

Benjamin Britten 1913-76

O Waly, Waly

from A Charm of Lullabies Op. 41

Sephestia’s Lullaby

At the mid hour of night

Samuel Barber 1910-81

Rain has fallen Op.10 No. 1

Sleep now Op. 10 No. 2

I hear an army Op. 10 No. 3