Mark Padmore, Tenor
Jocelyn Freeman, Piano

Beethoven ~ Adelaide
Schubert ~ Der Musensohn; Der Wander an den Mond
Brahms ~ Meerfahrt
Fauré ~ Automne; Les Berceaux
Rebecca Clarke ~ The Cloths of Heaven; Tiger, Tiger; The Seal Man
Britten ~ Winter Words

and songs by Clara & Robert Schumann, Vaughan Williams, Ireland and Stanford

Mark Padmore has for many years been internationally regarded not only as one of the most persuasive and enthralling song recitalists of our times, but also as a commanding presence on opera stages. The programme he and award-winning pianist and conductor Jocelyn Freeman have prepared specially for this festival embraces some of Beethoven and Schubert’s finest songs, centenary tributes to Fauré and Stanford, a focus on the early 20th-century impressionistic songs of Rebecca Clarke, and Britten’s entrancing ‘Winter Words’, a cycle of 8 songs set to poems by Thomas Hardy.