Aldeburgh Music

Emily Hindrichs soprano
Joseph Middleton piano

Britten Canticle I, ‘My Beloved is Mine’
Christian Mason ‘On Love and Death – 5 Rossetti Songs’ (world premiere)
Edward Nesbit ‘A Pretence of Wit – 5 settings of W.B. Yeats’ (world premiere)
Copland Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson

Written within three years of each other, Copland and 9 Britten’s song setting styles share a gentle lyricism, crystalline clarity and a direct, expressive potency.

Francis Quarle’s ecstatic love poetry is propelled by some of Britten’s most sensuous vocal writing and a lilting piano barcarolle, whilst Copland’s clean melodic lines and uncluttered accompaniment lend a stark intensity to some of Emily Dickinson’s best known texts.

They frame two new cycles by two young composers with strong links to Aldeburgh – Edmond Nesbitt a Britten–Pears Alumnus, and Christian Mason, whose Aldeburgh commission for cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras made such a striking impression at the 2011 Festival.

Supported by Les Azuriales Opera Trust