A Garland of Song: Carolyn Sampson

By Richard Wilcocks, 26 April 2015

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Reviewed at Leeds Conservatoire: The Venue, Leeds on 25 April 2015

Purcell, Sweeter than roses, Z 585

Poulenc, Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101

Debussy, Proses lyriques

Quilter, Seven Elizabethan Lyrics: Damask roses, Op.12 no.3

Fauré, Les roses d'Ispahan, Op.39 no.4

Schumann, Meine Rose

Schumann, Röselein, Röselein! Op.89 no.6

Britten, The Poet's Echo, Op.76 no.4: Solovej i roza (The Nightingale and the Rose)

Gounod, Les temps des roses

Strauss R., Mädchenblumen, Op.22

Schubert, Die Blumensprache, D.519

Schumann, Schneeglöckchen Op.79, no.26

Hahn, Vingt Mélodies: Offrande

Debussy, Ariettes oubliées (Green)

Carolyn Sampson, Soprano

Joseph Middleton, Piano

A soul-shaking Winterreise from Mark Padmore and Joseph Middleton

Simon Thompson, 27th June

This year's East Neuk Festival features all three of Schubert's song cycles, but this Winterreise was the one that gripped the heart.

*****

An evening of song from La Belle Époque with Veronique Gens

Simon Thompson, 10th September

One of the Lammermuir Festival's miniature miracles: Véronique Gens and Joseph Middleton present an evening of French chansons in the East Lothian countryside.

****1

The Other Eden: superb recital of English song at Leeds Lieder

Timothy Robson, 27th March

Kitty Whately’s parents, Kevin Whately and Madelaine Newton, joined the mezzo and pianist Joseph Middleton, reading poetry to illuminate the themes of the song groups.

****1

Ravel's friends and rivals at Wigmore Hall

Kevin W Ng, 15th September

Mary Bevan’s bewitching soprano is the star of a glorious programme of music by Ravel and his contemporaries.

***11

Lullabies and dreams from Connolly and Middleton

Nick Boston, 6th August

The perfect invitation to daydream on a hot afternoon.

*****

A class act at Brighton Festival

Louise Flind, 11th May

A packed recital given by mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly at Brighton Festival.