Gweneth Ann Rand / Allyson Devenish / Simon Lepper

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

Dates/times in London time zone

Thursday 23 July 2026

19:30

Programme

Duparc, Henri (1848-1933)	L'Invitation au voyage
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)	Shéhérazade: Asie
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)	Abschied (Farewell), Op.69 no.3
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)	Les Berceaux, Op.23 no.1
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)	Mörike-Lieder, no. 36: Lebe wohl
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)	Les deux grenadiers, WWV 60
Le Gendre, Dominique (b. 1960)	Weary Travellers
Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)	The Golden Willow Tree
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)	La caravane
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)	Mörike-Lieder, no. 5: Der Tambour
Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)	3 mélodies: Les heures, Op.27 no.1
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)	Au cimetière, Op.15 no.2
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Snova, kak prezhde, odin (Again, as before, alone), Op.73 no. 6
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)	Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal (None but the lonely heart), Op.6 no.6
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)	Tout n'est qu'images fugitives, WWV 58
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903)	Mörike-Lieder, no. 37: Heimweh
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)	Klage I (Lament I), Op.69 no.1
Laitman, Lori (b. 1955)	Four Dickinson Songs: Will There Really Be a Morning?
Hailstork, Adolphus (b. 1941)	Songs of Love and Justic: Difficulties
Jackson King, Betty (1928-1994)	Theology
Laitman, Lori (b. 1955)	Four Dickinson Songs: I’m Nobody
Hairston, Jacquline (b. 1932)	On Consciousness Streams
Heggie, Jake (b. 1961)	These Strangers
Wallen, Errollyn (b. 1958)	New Century

Performers

Gweneth-Ann Rand	Soprano
Allyson Devenish	Piano
Simon Lepper	Piano

Curated by Femmes Noires Féroces.

Wigmore Hall Associate Artist Gweneth Ann Rand’s inspired selection of words and music looks at migration and exile both through the lens of history and with a contemporary eye. The soprano’s choice of works was shaped by a quote from the Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist, Thích Nhất Hạnh, who himself spent over half his long life as an exile in France: 'If we believe that tomorrow will be better,’ he wrote, ‘we can bear a hardship today'.

Tickets:

£40 £37 £33 £27 £18

General sale for this concert will open at 10.00am on Tuesday 27 January 2026.

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