Evert Jan Nagtegaal and the Art of Song
Benjamin Britten – A life with Songs (part 1).
All music in this show is by Benjamin Britten (1903-1976)
1. From: Hymn to St.Cecillia op.27 ‘Blessed Cecillia’
Choir of St.Johns College, Cambridge conducted by Christopher Robinson
2. ‘Three Early Songs’ 1. ‘Beware’ , 2. ‘O that I had ne’er been married 3. ‘Epitaph: the Clerk’
Baritone Philip Smith, tenor Nicky Spence together with pianist Malcolm Martineau
3. 1. ‘A Dirge’ text: Percy Shelley 2. ‘Virtue in Deeds and Works’ text: Philip Bailey 3. ‘Prithee’ text: John Suckling 4. ‘Lilian’ text: Alfred Tennyson 5. ‘The joy of Grief’ text: Tennyson
Tenor Andrew Tortise (3) Mezzo-soprano Caryl Hughes (2) Tenor James Geer (1)
Baritone Philip Smith(4) Soprano Katherine Broderick (5) pianist Malcolm Martineau.
4. Five-part cycle ‘Tit for Tat’ 1. A Song of Enchantment 2. Autumn 3. Silver 4. Vigil 5. Tit for Tat text: Walter de la Mare
Baritone Philip Smith and pianist Malcolm Martineau
5. ‘Early one Morning’ and ‘the Plough Boy’’
Tenor Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten piano
6. Cabaret Songs 1. ‘Tell me the Truth About Love’ 2. ‘Funeral Blues’ 3. ‘Johnny’ 4. ‘Calypso’.
Mezzo-soprano Caryl Hughes and pianist Malcolm Martineau.
7. From: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings ‘Nocturne’
Tenor Peter Pears, Barry Tuckwell horn, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
8. From: Peter Grimes ‘Sea Interlude/Dawn’
Royal Opera House Covent Garden conducted by Benjamin Britten
