Event listing: Bright is the Ring of Words | Leeds Conservatoire: The Venue | Fri 7 Oct 2011 at 20:15

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Leeds Conservatoire: The Venue3 Quarry Hill, Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS2 7PD, United Kingdom

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Programme

Programme to include:
Bauld, Alison (b. 1944)	Banquo's Buried
Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)	Drei Lieder der Ophelia, Op.67
Works by Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
Works by Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)
Works by Quilter, Roger (1877-1953)
Works by Dankworth, John (1927-2010)

Performers

Sarah Fox	Soprano
Nicky Spence	Tenor
Malcolm Martineau	Piano

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Bright is the Ring of Words opens Leeds Lieder+ with a celebration of music and words

Laura Kate Wilson, 7th October

Leeds Lieder+, the northern biennial festival of art song, began on Friday night with Bright is the Ring of Words. Advertised as a celebration of British verse, the evening featured settings of the words of Lord Byron, Robert Louis Stevenson and Shakespeare by a diverse range of composers including Mendelssohn, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Strauss, Roger Quilter and John Dankworth.