Evening Recital: Beth Taylor and Julius Drake Live Stream

We are sorry to announce that Alice Coote is indisposed and unable to perform her recital at the Leeds Song Festival this Friday evening, 11 April. We are delighted to announce that Beth Taylor has stepped in to give this recital in her place, performing a new programme of works by Mahler, Piaf, Schumann, Ivor Novello, Liza Lehmann, concluding with a performance of Elgar’s Sea Pictures. Lauded by The Guardian for her “dark and focused” voice, “sensational coloratura” and “spectacular singing” and by The Times for her “fierce, indeed terrifying, cane-swishing” characterisations, Beth Taylor is one of today’s most electrifying young mezzo-sopranos. Programme George Frederick Handel 1685 – 1759 Ombra mai fu Gustav Mahler 1860 – 1911 Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? Franz Schubert 1797 – 1828 Seligkeit Gustav Mahler Es sungen drei Engel Gabriel Fauré 1845 – 1924 Les berceaux Gustav Mahler Das irdische Leben Traditional Scottish arr. Liza Lehmann Annie Laurie Gustav Mahler Urlicht Robert Schumann 1810 -56 Himmel und Erde Gustav Mahler Rheinlegendchen Ivor Novello 1893 – 1951 My Dearest Dear Gustav Mahler Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen Reynaldo Hahn 1874 – 1947 L’heure exquise Edward Elgar 1857 – 1934 Sea Pictures Sea Slumber Song In Haven Sabbath Morning at Sea Where Corals Lie The Swimmer