Songs of Solace and Spring. Episode 10: Calming the Tempest - T1030207488Shakespeare's The Tempest links performances by Jade Anouka (including the premiere of her new poem 'This Brave Vessel'); Athena Stevens reading Sylvia Plath; and tenor Joseph Doody singing Guy Woolfenden's Songs of Ariel, written for actor Ian Charleson as part of a legendary 1978 Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play, with Rosabella Gregory's incidental music 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair' introducing the stormy theme. The programme moves from storm to tranquillity, with actor Fiona Shaw introducing three exquisite poems of renewal by Emily Dickinson, and the world premiere of Nicholas O'Neill's song cycle of the same, performed by mezzo Flora McIntosh accompanied by the composer on piano.Performer Jade Anouka (actor). Performer Joseph Doody (tenor). Performer Flora McIntosh (mezzo soprano). Performer Nicholas O'Neill (piano). Performer Athena Stevens (actor). Other Julian Chou Lambert (video producer). | |
| 31 Mar 21 to 30 Apr 21 | Streaming Performances, Internet :: V2094630399 listing details L0917291429 |
Songs of Solace and Spring. Episode 9: Shakespeare Re-Shaped - T1213660069Shakespeare's plays are a favourite source for opera composers, and this concert will feature pianist Kelvin Lim, with soprano Claire Wild singing Juliet's 'Je veux vivre' from Gounod's Romeo & Juliet; Claire and tenor Joseph Doody performing a lockdown version of Nanetta and Fenton's duet and baritone Rodney Clarke singing Ford's troubling 'jealous' aria, both from Verdi's Falstaff (based on The Merry Wives of Windsor). Deaf actor Lara Steward will perform Juliet's 'Gallop apace' monologue, full of passionate anticipation, in British Sign Language, and writer and actor Kat Rose-Martin will perform Isabella's ‘Could great men thunder' from Measure for Measure and her own newly written response piece to Shakespeare and Verdi's Ford. Finally, the cast will sing us into what we hope will be a brighter springtime, with Finzi's setting of 'It was a lover and his lass'.Performer Joseph Doody (tenor). Performer Rodney Earl Clarke (baritone). Performer Kat Rose-Martin (actor). Performer Lara Steward (actor). Performer Claire Wild (soprano). Performer Kelvin Lim (piano). Other Julian Chou Lambert (video producer). | |
| 17 Mar 21 | Streaming Performances, Internet :: V2094630399 listing details L01453182369 |
