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Experience the expansive range of vocal music, from Baroque arias to specially commissioned contemporary works.

Hugh Cutting, the first countertenor to win the Kathleen Ferrier Award, joins celebrated pianist George Ireland for a thrillingly eclectic recital that journeys across countries, genres and centuries. Flexing his voice beyond the baroque era, Cutting surprises at every turn.

Operatic arias, from Claudio Monteverdis Lincoronazione di Poppea (1643) to George Benjamins Written on Skin (2012), mingle with Lieder by Franz Schubert and Hugh Wolf. The French Belle poque (Beautiful Era) is represented with songs by Ernest Chausson, Reynaldo Hahn and Gabriel Faur; while Girolamo Frescobaldis Se laura tutta vezzosa returns us to 17th-century Italy.

The recital also features lesser-known composers like Betty Roe, alongside new commissions, including Piers Connor Kennedys electrifying Rough Rhymes, written for Cuttings voice.

Monteverdi E pur io torno from L'incoronazione di Poppea

Howard So by my singing

Mussorgsky Impromptu passion

Schubert Ganymed

Wolf Herr, was tragt der Boden hier from Spanisches Liederbuch

Handel 'Fr le stragi' from Alessandro

Debussy 'Des pas sur la neige' from Prludes Book 1

Betty Roe 'To God' from Noble Numbers

George Benjamin This says the Angel from Written on Skin

Faur Cygne sur leau from Mirages

Vaughan Williams Linden Lea

Vaughan Williams 'IV. Slow Air' and 'V Rondo' from Suite of Six Short Pieces

Hahn Chloris

Frescobaldi Se l'aura spira tutta vezzosa

Howells Come Sing and Dance

Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry

Piers Connor Kennedy: extracts from Rough Rhymes including Wait, Two Worlds and Trees

Sung in English, French, German and Italian with English subtitles

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