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An evening of song from La Belle Époque with Veronique Gens

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“miniature miracles are what East Lothian’s Lammermuir Festival seems to specialise in”
Reviewed at Prestonkirk Parish Church, East Linton on 10 September 2024
Gounod, Où voulez-vous aller?
Gounod, Viens, les gazons sont verts
Chausson, La chanson bien douce, Op.34a
Chausson, Les Papillons
Hahn, Vingt Mélodies, 2e recueil: Le Rossignol des lilas
Hahn, Vingt Mélodies: Séraphine
Hahn, Vingt Mélodies: Paysage
Hahn, Vingt Mélodies: Infidélité
Hahn, Vingt Mélodies: Les cygnes
Hahn, Aimons-nous!
Fauré, Le Papillon et la fleur, Op.1 no.1
Fauré, Les Berceaux, Op.23 no.1
Fauré, Les roses d'Ispahan, Op.39 no.4
Duparc, L'Invitation au voyage
Duparc, Chanson triste, Op.2 no.4
Hahn, Vingt Mélodies: Trois Jours de vendange
Hahn, Néère
Hahn, Études Latines: Lydé
Hahn, Études Latines: Tyndaris
Hahn, Douze Rondels: Le Printemps
Véronique Gens, Soprano
Joseph Middleton, Piano
Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg
****1
Marianne Crebassa: potent and versatile at Leeds Song
*****
A soul-shaking Winterreise from Mark Padmore and Joseph Middleton
*****
The Other Eden: superb recital of English song at Leeds Lieder
****1
Ravel's friends and rivals at Wigmore Hall
***11
Lullabies and dreams from Connolly and Middleton
*****
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