12.30 lunchtime
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Programme
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Text: Adolf Heyduk (1835-1923) Cigánské melodie Gypsy Songs, Op 55 (1880) Má píseň zas mi láskou zní My song sounds of love Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj Ah! how my triangle ringing A les je tichý kolem kol The forest is quiet all around Když mne stará matka Songs my mother taught me Struna naladěna The string is taut Široké rukávy Wide sleeves Dejte klec jestřábu Give a hawk a cage Piano solo Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Romanian Folk Dances Sz 56 BB 68 (1915) 1 Joc cu bâtǎ Stick Dance Allegro moderato 2 Brâul Sash Dance Allegro 3 Pê-loc In One Spot Andante 4 Buciumeana Dance from Bucsum Moderato 5 Poargǎ româneascǎ Romanian Polka Allegro 6 Mǎrunţel Fast Dance Allegro Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Texts: Hugo Conrat (1845-1906) Zigeunerlieder, Op 103 1 He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein! Allegro agitato (A minor) Hey, Gypsy! Strike each string resoundingly! 2 Hochgetürmte Rimaflut Allegro molto (D minor) High and towering, river Rima 3 Wißt ihr, wann mein Kindchen am allerschönsten ist? Allegretto (D major) Know ye, if my loved one is fairest of them all? 4 Lieber Gott, du weißt, wie oft bereut ich hab Vivace grazioso (F major) Dear God, Thou know'st how oft I've rued this 5 Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze Allegro giocoso (D major) The brown lad leads to the dance 6 Röslein dreie in der Reihe blühn so rot Vivace giocoso (G major) Three little roses in a row, blossoming so red 7 Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn, mein süßes Lieb Andantino grazioso (E-flat major) Does it sometimes come to mind, my sweet love 8 Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament Allegro passionato (G-flat major) Evening's red clouds draw across the heavens Manuel De Falla y Matheu (1876-1946) Siete canciones populares españolas Seven Popular Spanish Songs (1914) 1 El paño moruno The Moorish Cloth 2 Seguidilla murciana Quick dance from Murcia 3 Asturiana From Asturias 4 Jota Jota (a dance with castanets) 5 Nana Lullaby 6 Canción Song 7 Polo Pole Concert duration: 45-55 minutes |
Free Concert, with a retiring collection to cover costs. Tea and coffee will be available after this concert.
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Emma Jüngling
Emma Jüngling is a Swiss-French mezzo-soprano studying at the Royal Academy of Music with Caitlin Hulcup and Marek Ruszczynski. Her studies are supported by an entrance award. Alongside her Master’s degree at the RAM, she also studies with the soprano Cathy Pope. She previously graduated from the Haute École de Musique, Lausanne where she studied with Hiroko Kawamichi.
Emma is the winner of the Friedl Wald Award for young Swiss singers in 2016, winner of the Richard Wagner Award from the Geneva Wagner Society in 2017, and recipient of the Alice Gamble award from the RAM in 2019.
Since 2016 she has been a member of the chorus at the Opéra de Lausanne where she took part in productions such as Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (conducted by Jesus Lopez Cobos) and Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne (conducted by David Reiland).
As a soloist, Emma has been heard in Hendel’s Israel in Egypt conducted by Leonardo Garcia Alarcon and in Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire conducted by William Blank. She has also sung alto solo in Scarlatti’s and Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Dvorak’s Requiem in
France. Recently, she was the alto solo in Oratorio de Noël by Saint-Saëns at Lausanne Cathedral.
She was a soloist at the Opéra de Lausanne's Concerts for Kids series last season and will return again this season to perform excerpts from Le Nozze di Figaro, Carmen, Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, Die Fledermaus and L’Italiana in Algeri.
This young Swiss singer has had the opportunity to study or participate in masterclasses with renowned teachers such as Edith Wiens (New York), Heidi Brunner (Vienna), Nadine Denize (Lausanne).
Emma is looking forward to singing the role of Tituba in Robert Ward’s The Crucible at the Berlin Opera Academy this summer thanks to the Lorna White Merit Scholarship.
Emma is the winner of the Friedl Wald Award for young Swiss singers in 2016, winner of the Richard Wagner Award from the Geneva Wagner Society in 2017, and recipient of the Alice Gamble award from the RAM in 2019.
Since 2016 she has been a member of the chorus at the Opéra de Lausanne where she took part in productions such as Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor (conducted by Jesus Lopez Cobos) and Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne (conducted by David Reiland).
As a soloist, Emma has been heard in Hendel’s Israel in Egypt conducted by Leonardo Garcia Alarcon and in Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire conducted by William Blank. She has also sung alto solo in Scarlatti’s and Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Dvorak’s Requiem in
France. Recently, she was the alto solo in Oratorio de Noël by Saint-Saëns at Lausanne Cathedral.
She was a soloist at the Opéra de Lausanne's Concerts for Kids series last season and will return again this season to perform excerpts from Le Nozze di Figaro, Carmen, Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, Die Fledermaus and L’Italiana in Algeri.
This young Swiss singer has had the opportunity to study or participate in masterclasses with renowned teachers such as Edith Wiens (New York), Heidi Brunner (Vienna), Nadine Denize (Lausanne).
Emma is looking forward to singing the role of Tituba in Robert Ward’s The Crucible at the Berlin Opera Academy this summer thanks to the Lorna White Merit Scholarship.
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Frederic Bager
Frederic Bager is currently Hodgson Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music. Aside from his main vocation as soloist, Frederic performs as chamber musician and accompanist, studying the Lieder repertoire with Roger Vignoles.
In 2018, Frederic received a Master of Arts (Distinction) from the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Ian Fountain. He received the Sterndale Bennett Prize, the Lloyd Hartley Prize, the Walter MacFarren Prize, the Sterndale Bennett Scholarship, the Winifred Christie Trust Award, the Miriam Duncan Scholarship, and was awarded a DipRAM for an outstanding final recital.
Frederic previously studied with Andrew Ball at the Royal College of Music, receiving the Kendall Taylor Prize. In spring this year, he performed Brahms’ Concerto No. 1 on tour at St John’s Smith Square, London; Philharmonie, Berlin, as well as in Cologne, Lausanne, Berne and Zurich, with the Swiss Philharmonic Academy.
Other recent appearances include Colston Hall, Bristol and St James’ Piccadilly. He was resident artist at Davos Festival 2018, returning this summer. He is sponsored by Migros Kulturprozent.
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Concert at Home
If you cannot be with us at the lunchtime concert
you can enjoy a similar Concert at Home by clicking through the video buttons below:
you can enjoy a similar Concert at Home by clicking through the video buttons below:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) • Texts: Hugo Conrat (1845-1906) • Zigeunerlieder, Op 103
1 He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein! Allegro agitato (A minor) Hey, Gypsy! Strike each string resoundingly!
2 Hochgetürmte Rimaflut Allegro molto (D minor) High and towering, river Rima
3 Wißt ihr, wann mein Kindchen am allerschönsten ist? Allegretto (D major) Know ye, if my loved one is fairest of them all?
4 Lieber Gott, du weißt, wie oft bereut ich hab Vivace grazioso (F major) Dear God, Thou know'st how oft I've rued this
5 Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze Allegro giocoso (D major) The brown lad leads to the dance
6 Röslein dreie in der Reihe blühn so rot Vivace giocoso (G major) Three little roses in a row, blossoming so red
7 Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn, mein süßes Lieb Andantino grazioso (E-flat major)
Does it sometimes come to mind, my sweet love
8 Horch, der Wind klagt in den Zweigen traurig sacht Andantino semplice (G minor)
Hark, the wind moans, sad and gentle, in the branches
9 Weit und breit schaut niemand mich an Allegro (D minor) Far and wide, there's no-one looks at me
10 Mond verhüllt sein Angesicht Andantino (B-flat major) The moon veils his face
11 Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament Allegro passionato (G-flat major) Evening's red clouds draw across the heavens
Our first recording is of mezzo-soprano Deborah Humble and accompanist Stephen Mould, at the Sydney, Verbruggen Hall.
Alternatively, on the right you will hear the BBC SIngers with pianist Susan Tomes and conductor Stefan Parkman, and you will also be able to follow the 4-voice score:
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Béla Bartók (1881-1945) • Romanian Folk Dances Sz 56 BB 68 (1915)
1 Joc cu bâtǎ Stick Dance Allegro moderato
2 Brâul Sash Dance Allegro
3 Pê-loc In One Spot Andante
4 Buciumeana Dance from Bucsum Moderato
5 Poargǎ româneascǎ Romanian Polka Allegro
6 Mǎrunţel Fast Dance Allegro
Bartok's little suite of pieces is performed here by Yuan Yundi. There is no reference to the hall in which she is playing:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) • Text: Adolf Heyduk (1835-1923) • Cigánské melodie Gypsy Songs, Op 55 (1880)
Má píseň zas mi láskou zní My song sounds of love
Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj Ah! how my triangle ringing
A les je tichý kolem kol The forest is quiet all around
Když mne stará matka Songs my mother taught me
Struna naladěna The string is taut
Široké rukávy Wide sleeves
Dejte klec jestřábu Give a hawk a cage
The singer in this recording is soprano Ariana Umbriac, with accompanist Taylor Flowers,
in the Mixon Hall, Cleveland School of Music:
Manuel De Falla y Matheu (1876-1946) • Siete canciones populares españolas Seven Popular Songs (1914)
1 El paño moruno The Moorish Cloth • 2 Seguidilla murciana Quick dance from Murcia
3 Asturiana From Asturias • 4 Jota Jota (a dance with castanets)
5 Nana Lullaby • 6 Canción Song • 7 Polo Pole
For this set of songs let us listen to Teresa Berganza, accompanied by Gerald Moore,
with the first three songs on the left and the other four on the right:
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We hope you have enjoyed your Concert at Home.
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