Schumann and Friends

8 Jan 2014, St Giles' Cripplegate, London

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Wed 8 Jan 2014 St Giles' Cripplegate, London

Part-songs by Robert Schumann

Programme

- - Robert Schumann
  - Nord oder Süd
  - Gute Nacht
- - Johannes Brahms
  - 5 Songs, Op 104
- - Clara Schumann
  - Three Choruses for Mixed Choir
- - Heinrich von Herzogenberg
  - Selig sind, die da Leid tragen
  - Und ich hörete eine Stimme vom Himmel
  - Siehe, um Trist war mir sehr bange
- - Ethel Smyth
  - Fête galante (opera version)
  - We watched her breathing through the night

Performers

BBC Singers
Paul Brough
conductor
conductor

Composers

Concert Information

A gorgeous selection of elegant part-songs by Robert Schumann (including his extraordinary collection for double choir, Op. 141), by his wife Clara (from the early years of their married life), and by friends and admirers such as Brahms and Herzogenberg.

This early-evening concert precedes the Colin Matthews World Premiere, Beethoven and Schumann
BBC Symphony Orchestra concert in the Barbican Hall on the same evening.