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Roderick Williams captures the passion of youth with energetic immediacy at Kings Place

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“immediacy of communication, often singing as if speaking conversationally”
Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall One, London on 5 May 2022
Schubert, Das Wandern, D.795a
Butterworth, Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad
Clarke, Eight o'clock
Schumann, Liederkreis, Op.24
Vaughan Williams, Songs of Travel (excerpts)
Clarke, Aufblick
Orr, Seven Songs from A Shropshire Lad (excerpts)
Chopin, Prélude in C sharp minor, Op.28 no.10
Clarke, Stimme im Dunkeln
Schubert, Wohin?, D.795b
Schumann, Album für die Jugend, Op.68 (Nos. 8 & 16)
Chopin, Prélude in F major, Op.28 no.23
Vaughan Williams, The House of life: no. 2 Silent Noon
Roderick Williams, Baritone
Paul Cibis, Piano
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