Music at Noon: The Voice in Lieder

Music at Noon: The Voice in Lieder

12:00pm Friday, August 6 2010

St Martin’s Church, Bowness-on-Windermere

£15 including coffee and biscuits Unreserved Seating

Schumann Liederkreis, Op.39

Mahler Rückert Lieder

Bridge Day after Day; Speak to me; Love went a-riding

Wendy Dawn Thompson mezzo-sopranoSusie Summers piano

Poetry and music in perfect and Romantic harmony as Wendy Dawn Thompson returns to LDSM to collaborate with pianist Susie Summers once again. In this Schumann year they open their programme with the 12 songs of his Op.39 Liederkreis: cameos of love and nature, all settings of Eichendorff, one Germany’s greatest Romantic poets. Mahler and Bridge complete a concert of poetry sounded out.
Event artists
Susie Summers (piano)
Susie Summers (piano)

Suzie Summers has a busy career, mainly focussed on chamber music and accompaniment. She has frequently performed at the Lake District Summer Music Festival, the Ryedale Festival, in recital... read more
Wendy Dawn Thompson
Wendy Dawn Thompson

A New Zealander by birth, Wendy Dawn Thompson studied at Victoria University of Wellington, the Royal Northern College and Royal College of Music. She was the New Zealand Young Performer... read more

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