Return to live music
From Bach and son to folk songs
I spent part of lockdown exploring the songs of C P E Bach, mostly his settings of religious texts by Gellert so we have built the first half around those. the second half is of lighter, mostly well known British songs in arrangements by among others Stanford and Britten
Performers
Elizabeth Charlesworth (soprano) and Judith Hollingsworth (Organ and piano)
Programme
- J S Bach: I Follow from St John Passion
- Handel: How Beautiful Are the Feet Messiah
- C P E Bach: songs to texts by Gellert
- Mendelssohn: Hear Ye Israel Elijah
- Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea
- Irish arr Stanford: My Love's an Arbutus
- Britten: Folk Song arrangements