Friday, September 5, 2008

Kathleen Ferrier, part two

We listened to a wonderful selection of our featured vocalist, contralto Kathleen Ferrier Thursday night at the Opera.
Part 2
Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben
Bruno Walter, piano
English folksongs: Blow the wind southerly, Ye banks and braes
Bach: Mass in b minor, Qui sedes & Agnus Dei
Live in Norway 1949
Hugo Wolf: Verborgenkeit, Der Gartner, Auf altes Bild, Auf einer Wanderung; Jensen Alter
Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia: Lucretia, Lucretia and Last night Taquinius ravished me
Live in Amsterdam 1946
Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenleider
Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter

Read about our first recital night here.

Join us for Wagner's Die Walkűre next Thursday night with your host Ron Moore. Read about the ongoing power struggle at Bayreuth Festival here.

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