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Fleurs: Carolyn Sampson, soprano, and Joseph Middleton, piano at Lincoln Center (Site)
Sunday May 14, 2017, 5:00 pm
$45 – $77For this Mother’s Day recital, “ethereal soprano” Carolyn Sampson (Times, U.K.) offers a bouquet of song featuring luscious, life-giving works from the melodious gardens of Europe. Spend a spring Sunday immersed in Britten’s pristine English roses, the whispering blooms of Strauss, Schubert, and Schumann, and the lush French courtyards of Debussy, Poulenc, and Fauré.
FLEURS
Purcell (arr. Britten): Sweeter than roses
Schumann: Five songs
Quilter: Damask Roses
Britten: The Nightingale and the Rose
Gounod: Le temps des roses
Fauré: Les roses d’Ispahan; Fleur jetée
Strauss: Mädchenblumen
Schubert: Die Blumensprache; Im Haine
Poulenc: Fleurs
Hahn: Offrande
Debussy: De fleurs
Lili Boulanger: Les lilas qui avaient fleuri
Chabrier: Toutes les fleurs