Sarah Connolly mezzosoprano
Ashley Riches bass-baritone
Joseph Middleton piano
Tony Robb flute
Following treatment for breast cancer Dame Sarah has made changes to this programme to reduce her workload while her recovery continues. She hopes very much the audience will enjoy the variety these changes afford.
Duparc
L’invitation au Voyage
Debussy
Trois chansons de Bilitis
(La flute de Pan, La Chevelure, Le tombeau des Naiades)
Debussy
Fetes Galantes
(En Sourdine, Fantoches, Claire de Lune)
Debussy
Nuit d’étoiles
Ravel
Histoires Naturelles
(Le paon, Le grillon, Le cygnet, Le martin-pêcheur, La pintade)
Duparc
Extase, La vague et le cloche, Phidylé
Saint-Saens
Une flûte invisible
Caplet
Viens! Une flûte invisible soupire
Ravel
From Shéhérazade
(La flûte enchantée, L’indifférent)
Faure
Pleurs d’or, Op.72
After her fabulous concert with CCFAO in 2019 Dame Sarah Connolly returns to the festival for a recital with the outstanding pianist Joseph Middleton who was last with us in 2015. Sarah is widely acknowledged as one of the finest singers the UK has ever produced both on the opera stage and in the recital hall and Joseph Middleton has quickly established a reputation as both a superb pianist and a deft programmer of song projects.
“[Sarah Connolly] is unrivalled: simply the best, most exciting, most galvanising performer we have today” The Independent
“Joseph Middleton: rightful heir to the legendary accompanist Gerald Moore…” Opera Magazine
For more information please visit the artists website at this link
https://www.sarah-connolly.co.uk
https://josephmiddleton.com
Reserved £35 & £30
Unreserved £25
Students £1