Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Chamber music from Glasgow's RSNO Centre (3/4)

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Chamber music from Glasgow's RSNO Centre (3/4)

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Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill and pianist Simon Lepper perform French song.

Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill joins pianist Simon Lepper for a recital of music by Debussy, Chausson, Wagner and Jongen.

Recorded at the RSNO centre in February 2020 in front of a live audience, Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill joined pianist Simon Lepper for a recital of French music, including songs by Debussy and Chausson.  Wagner’s five Wesendonck Lieder are also included, settings of poetry by Mathilde Wesendonck, filled with emotional despair and moments of triumph.  Wagner wrote to Mathilde that ‘I have not written anything better than these songs and very few of my works will be remembered besides them’.  RSNO string principals joined for the final works in this concert, Belgian composer Joseph Jongen’s ‘Calm beside the silent quays’ and Chausson’s final completed work ‘Chanson Perpetuelle’ describing the suffering of an abandoned woman.

Debussy: Trois chansons de Bilitis 
Chausson: Sérénade italienne 
Chausson: Le Charme 
Chausson:  Le colibri 
Chausson: Les papillons 
Wagner: 5 Wesendonck Lieder 
Chausson: Chanson perpetuelle - arranged for voice and piano quintet 
Jongen: Calmes, aux quais déserts - arranged for voice and piano quintet                                            

Karen Cargill – mezzo soprano
Simon Lepper - piano 
Sharon Roffman – violin
Maya Iwabuchi – violin
Tom Dunn – viola
Aleksei Kiseliov – cello


Presenter - Kate Molleson
Producer - Laura Metcalfe

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