Hugh Cutting / Refound Ensemble

Wigmore Hall36 Wigmore Street, London, Greater London, W1U 2BP, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Sunday 21 December 2025

19:30

Performers

Hugh Cutting	Countertenor
Refound Ensemble

Morpheus, the shape-shifting Ancient Greek god of sleep and dreams, casts an enchanting spell over Hugh Cutting’s choice of songs and arias, centred around a new transcription of Oberon’s 'I know a bank' from Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the world première of Elena Langer’s specially commissioned Fabulous Beasts.

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£40 £37 £33 £27 £18

General sale opens on Wednesday 23 April at 10.00am

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Burgon, Geoffrey (b. 1941)	Lunar Beauty
Cavalli, Francesco (1602-1676)	La Calisto: Erme e solinghe cime
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	The Fairy Queen, Z 629: One charming night
Howells, Herbert (1892-1983)	Goddess of Night
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)	A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61: Welcome, wanderer!...I know a bank
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)	Erlkönig (Goethe), D.328
Bennett, Richard Rodney (1936-2012)	Songs Before Sleep (Baby, baby, naughty baby)
Langer, Elena (b. 1974)	Fabulous Beasts (World premiere)
McLean, Don (b. 1945)	Vincent
Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)	Don Quixote: From rosy bow'rs Z 578
Bolcom, William (b. 1938)	Cabaret songs: Song of Black Max (as told to the de Kooning boys)
Weill, Kurt (1900-1950)	One Touch of Venus: I'm a stranger here myself
Weill, Kurt (1900-1950)	Lost in the Stars: Lost in the Stars