French song from Alice Coote and Julius Drake at the Oxford Lieder Festival

By Katy Wright, 28 October 2012

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Reviewed at Holywell Music Room, Oxford on 26 October 2012

Fauré, Poème d'un jour, Op.21

Berlioz, Les Nuits d'été, Op.7

Fauré, Cinq Mélodies de Venise: en sourdine, Op.58 no.2

Fauré, Au bord de l'eau, Op.8 no.1

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

Fauré, Le Secret, Op.23 no.3

Fauré, Notre Amour, Op.23 no.2

Poulenc, Banalités, FP 107: Voyage à Paris

Gounod, Au printemps

Saint-Saëns, Aimons-nous

Hahn, Vingt Mélodies: L'énamourée

Hahn, Mélodies, 2e recueil: Fumée

Hahn, Mélodies, 2e recueil: Dans la nuit

Hahn, Sept Chansons grises: L'Heure exquise

Satie, Je te veux

Poulenc, Métamorphoses, FP 121: C'est ainsi que tu es

Poulenc, Banalités, FP 107: Hôtel

Poulenc, Les Chemins de l'amour, FP 106 Ia

Alice Coote, Mezzo-soprano

Julius Drake, Piano

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Cameron Kelsall, 12th February

A fully produced performance of Brahms' Die schӧne Magelone in Philadelphia, complete with on-stage narrator and bespoke drawings, proved less than the sum of its parts.

**111

Fauré Song Gala a showcase for the composer's mélodies

Mark Valencia, 13th September

Fauré was the finest of French songwriters. Stéphane Degout and Véronique Gens shine in a full-length evening in a packed Wigmore Hall.

****1

Gerald Finley and Julius Drake bring Night and Day to London

Mark Valencia, 24th November

Heinrich Heine settings by Schumann and Schubert are counter-balanced by Duparc and Cole Porter in a Temple Song recital reflecting on night and day.

*****

A scorching Diary of One Who Disappeared at Janáček Brno Festival

Gianmarco Segato, 12th November

Tenor Nicky Spence and mezzo Václava Krejčí Housková thrill with a theatrical take on Janáček's The Diary of One Who Disappeared with pianist Julius Drake.

****1

Alice Coote and Stuart Jackson bring Mahler to Middle Temple Hall

Mark Valencia, 11th November

Pianist Julius Drake and his two singers probe the audience’s collective soul with the depth of their Mahler performances.

*****

An intense Winterreise from Fleur Barron and Julius Drake

Edward Sava-Segal, 27th February

A young mezzo and a seasoned pianist performed a rendition of Winterreise that sounded very fresh indeed.

***11

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Katy Wright

As News Editor at Rhinegold, Katy contributes news pieces and longer features to publications including Classical Music, Music Teacher and International Piano (both digital and print editions). She writes on a freelance basis for publications including Sinfini Music and TEMPO.