VC LIVE | Wigmore Hall Presents "The Power and the Glory"

Tune in here on Monday, April 3 at 8AM (ET) for a special concert featuring mezzo soprano Fleur Barron and pianist Kunal Lahiry

We're coming to you direct from Wigmore Hall each Monday morning for a special chamber music recital – LIVE from the iconic London concert hall.

Featuring mezzo soprano Fleur Barron and pianist Kunal Lahiry, ‘The Power and the Glory’ explores diverse perspectives on our colonial history through music and poetry of the last hundred and fifty years.

Fleur was awarded the 2022 Schubert Prize by the Schubertíada alongside Brigitte Fassbender, and has been chosen by Het Concertgebouw as a"Hemelsbestormer"(Skystormer) and featured artist for the 22-23 season. She has also been designated Artistic Partner of the Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias in Oviedo for several seasons beginning in 22-23, for which she will curate/perform multiple projects each year.

Kunal is a current BBC New Generation Artist and recipient of the 2021 Carl Bechstein Foundation scholarship. Recent performance highlights include at the Wigmore Hall, Kennedy Center, Pierre Boulez Saal, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Room, Musée d’Orsay, Ludwigsburg Festival, Life Victoria de Los Angeles Festival, and at the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute.

PROGRAMME

Xavier Montsalvatge | 5 canciones negras Cuba dentro de un piano Punto de habanera

Theodoro Valcárcel | Tungu Tungu

Olivier Messiaen | Harawi Doundou Tchil

Ernesto Lecuona | La señora luna

Gustav Mahler | Das Lied von der Erde Von der Schönheit

Arnold Schoenberg | Tot Op. 48 No. 2

Kurt Weill | Die sieben Todsünden Neid Epilog

Ilse Weber | Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt

Zubaida Azezi/Edo Frenkel | Ananurhan (UK première)

Maurice Ravel | Shéhérazade La flûte enchantée L'indifférent

Huang Ruo | Fishman's Sonnet Trad/Chinese Fengyang Flower Drum Northeastern Lullaby