A Poet's Love

St John the Baptist Church, WimbledonSpencer Hill, London, Greater London, SW19 4NZ, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Wednesday 12 November 2025

14:30

Festival: Wimbledon International Music Festival

Programme

Mendelssohn, Fanny (1805-1847)	Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), Op.34 no.2
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)	Myrthen: Die Lotosblume, Op.25 no.7
Loewe, Carl (1796-1869)	Die Lotosblume
Mendelssohn, Fanny (1805-1847)	Schwanenlied, Op.1 no.1
Lang, Josephine (1815-1880)	Wenn zwei von einander scheiden, Op.33 no. 6
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)	"Reiselied", Op. 34, no.6
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)	Dichterliebe, Op.48

Performers

Helen Charlston	Mezzo-soprano
Sholto Kynoch	Piano

Tea and coffee will be served before the performance

Gramophone Award-winning mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston joins renowned pianist and Oxford International Song Festival founder Sholto Kynoch for a recital of Schumann’s Dichterliebe – a heart-wrenching song cycle setting the poetry of Heinrich Heine – alongside other Heine settings. Acclaimed for her expressive delivery and poetic sensitivity, Charlston was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist and winner of both BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone awards for her album Battle Cry. Together with Kynoch, a leading interpreter of art song, this recital explores themes of love, loss and lyrical beauty.

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