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New Generation Artists: Helen Charlston sings English song

Helen Charlston sings English song

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Mezzo Helen Charlston sings English song in Birmingham.

Chamber music from the New Generation Artists: mezzo Helen Charlston explores English song in recital in Birmingham, and violist Timothy Ridout plays a miniature by Frank Bridge.

Mezzo Helen Charlston in recital in Birmingham with an imaginative selection of songs in English. And exquisite miniatures by Frank Bridge from violist Timothy Ridout and the cellist Anastasia Kobekina.   

Frank Bridge: Allegretto for viola 
Rebecca Clarke: Lullaby from Shorter pieces for viola	
Timothy Ridout (viola), James Baillieu (piano)

Benjamin Britten: How sweet the answer 	
Rebecca Clarke: Down by the Salley Gardens 		
Andrew Brixey-Williams: Abat-jour 		
Gerald Finzi: As I lay in the early sun		
Joshua Borin: Nature is Returning 		
Helen Charlston (mezzo), Sholto Kynoch (piano)

Frank Bridge: Spring Song	
Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Luka Okros (piano)

Photo credit: Benjamin Ealogeva

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