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Wigmore Hall Mondays: Kathryn Rudge and James Baillieu

From Wigmore Hall in London, Sara Mohr-Pietsch introduces a performance from 2017 of English song, featuring mezzo-soprano Kathryn Rudge and pianist James Baillieu.

From Wigmore Hall in London, mezzo soprano Kathryn Rudge and pianist James Baillieu perform a recital of English song.
English song flourished at the beginning of the 20th-century and was influenced by the wealth of poetry and the trauma of global warfare. Today's concert journeys through a programme of songs by Howells and Quilter and a rarity by Denis Browne, and Kathryn and James are joined by viola player Gary Pomeroy for three songs by Frank Bridge. it was first broadcast in February 2017 when Kathryn Rudge was a member of Radio 3's New Generation Artist scheme.

Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Herbert Howells: Come sing and dance
Roger Quilter: Go, lovely rose; Now sleeps the crimson petal; Music, when soft voices die
William Charles Denis Browne: To Gratiana, dancing and singing
Herbert Howells: Peacock Pie - song-cycle Op.33
Ivor Gurney: Sleep; Most holy night; The Fields are full; By a bierside
Frank Bridge*: Far, far from each other; Where is it that our soul doth go?; Music when soft voices die

Kathryn Rudge, mezzo-soprano
James Baillieu, piano
Gary Pomeroy, viola*.

58 minutes

Music Played

  • Herbert Howells

    Come Sing and Dance

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.
  • Roger Quilter

    Go, lovely rose

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.
  • Roger Quilter

    Now sleeps the crimson petal

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.
  • Roger Quilter

    Music, when soft voices die

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.
  • William Charles Denis Browne

    To Gratiana dancing and singing

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.
  • Herbert Howells

    Peacock Pie, Op 33

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.
  • Ivor Gurney

    Sleep

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.
  • Ivor Gurney

    Most holy night

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.
  • Ivor Gurney

    The fields are full

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.
  • Ivor Gurney

    By a bierside

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.
  • Frank Bridge

    Three songs for voice, viola and piano

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu. Performer: Gary Pomeroy.
  • Alan Murray

    I'll walk beside you

    Performer: Kathryn Rudge. Performer: James Baillieu.

Broadcasts

  • Mon 13 Feb 2017 13:00
  • Sun 19 Feb 2017 13:00
  • Sun 31 Jan 2021 13:00