Leeds Lieder Festival: Lunchtime Recital: From The Distant Beloved
- Date
- Saturday 18 April 2020, 1.00pm - 2.00pm
- Location
- Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall
- Tickets
- £15 | £13 (concessions) | Free (students and under 26s)
- Category
- Leeds Lieder Festival 2020
From The Distant Beloved
James Newby (baritone)
Joseph Middleton (piano)
Britten - I wonder as I wander | There’s none to soothe
Beethoven - Maigesang, Adelaide | An die ferne Geliebte
Schubert - Der Wanderer D489 | Der Wanderer D649 | Auf der Brücke D853 | Abendstern D806
Britten - At the mid-hour of night | The last rose of summer | Sail on, sail on
James Newby collected droves of new supporters when he stood in at the last minute to open last year’s Festival. The Ilkley Gazette commented upon Newby’s ‘lustrous dark baritone’ and praised his ‘remarkable insight’ and ‘genius for storytelling’ at what was a highlight of the 2019 Festival. BBC New Generation Artist, Newby, together with Middleton, offer a programme of wandering and romanticism before they tour the programme to Wigmore Hall, Vienna, Brussels, Budapest, Lisbon, Baden-Baden, Stockholm, Cologne, Amsterdam and Hamburg.
Newby has a winning platform manner and a glorious voice that will take him far
Middleton... again demonstrates that he’s one of the most talented, intuitive collaborative pianists of his generation’