Lunchtime Concert

City of London Festival 2005

19 July 2005

Tuesday 19 July 2005 13:00-14:00 (Radio 3)

Catherine Bott presents the first in a series of concerts from the festival, which this year celebrates the seminal music of the 20th Century. The first performance, from St Giles Cripplegate, features Susan Bickley in songs by three composers - Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, and Kurt Weill - who all had a significant influence on music at the beginning of the century and on the composers who came after them.

City of London Festival

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist:

Strauss: Songs from Op 49 - Waldseligkeit, Wiegenliedchen, In Goldener Fulle, Ach, was Kummer, Qual und Schmerzen
Mahler: Five Rückert-lieder
Weill: Berlin songs - Barbara-Song, Seeräuber-Jenny, Surabaya-Johnny, Schickelgruber

Susan Bickley (soprano)
Iain Burnside (piano)

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