Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Glenarm Festival of Voice 2022 - Celebrating Irish Composers and Poets

Glenarm Festival of Voice 2022 - Celebrating Irish Composers and Poets

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Glenarm Festival of Voice 2022 - Celebrating Irish Composers and Poets

Chamber music performances from the NI Opera Festival of Voice 2022 at Glenarm, Co Antrim.

Performances by tenor Alessandro Fisher, baritone James Newby and soprano Soraya Mafi with pianist Simon Lepper from the Northern Ireland Opera Festival of Voice 2022.

John Toal introduces accompanist Simon Lepper with tenor and former Radio 3 New Generation Artist Alessandro Fisher, baritone James Newby and British soprano Soraya Mafi in a programme celebrating Irish composers and poets, including songs by Ina Boyle, Moeran, Bax and Stanford.

Mendelssohn: Der Blumenkranz 	
Schumamnn: Venetianisches Lied 1& 2
Dillys Elwyn-Edwards: The cloths of Heaven	
Butterworth: Requiescat 
Barber: Rain has fallen; Sleep now
James Newby (baritone); Simon Lepper (piano)

Michael Head: Over the rim of the moon (poetry by Irish poet, Francis Ledwidge)
Ina Boyle: The last invocation; Since thou fondest and truest; The joy of earth
Alessandro Fisher (tenor); Simon Lepper (piano)

Michael Head: A piper (text Seamus O’Sullivan) 
Stanford: Fairy Lough 
Hamilton Harty:My lagan Love 
Britten: How sweet the answer 
Arnold Bax: I heard a piper piping 
EJ Moeran: The Tinker's daughter 

Soraya Mafi (soprano); Simon Lepper (piano)

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