Lewes Festival of Song 2024
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Sunday 7th July: One Day, Three Concerts1pm -The Heart’s Return - Nick Pritchard with Nancy Cooley
Schumann’s Liederkreis op.24, to poems by Heine
Fauré’s L’horizon chimérique and other late songs
Poulenc’s song-cycle ‘Tel jour telle nuit’ to poems by Paul Eluard
4.30pm - On the East Wind - Elizabeth Watts with Jâms Coleman
A selection of Richard Strauss, Schubert and Kaprâlová songs and Britten’s folk song arrangements.
8pm - This Shining Night - Ellie Laugharne with Nancy Cooley, Florian Störtz
and string quartet Kate Comberti, Ellie Blackshaw, Sally Beamish and Sebastian Comberti
A journey through Samuel Barber’s beautiful songs which reflect his deep feeling for poetry. Our concert includes Dover Beach, and his famous Adagio in its original form for string quartet.
Location
St Anne's Church
High Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1RJ