Henri Duparc:
L’invitation au voyage
Romance de Mignon
La vie antérieure

Gabriel Faure:
Chant d’Automne, Op. 5 No. 1
Hymne, Op. 7 No. 2

Emmanuel Chabrier:
L’invitation au voyage

Franz Schubert:
Vier Mignon Lieder

Déodat de Séverac:
Les hiboux

Pierre de Bréville:
Harmonie du soir

Claude Debussy:
Cinq poemes de Baudelaire

Maurice Rollinat:
Harmonie du soir
Le jet d’eau

Soprano Mary Bevan and pianist Jopseph Middleton perform a programme exploring the genius of Baudelaire and Goethe, and how texts by them unlocked very specific musical landscapes in settings by Debussy, Duparc, Chausson, de Bréville, Séverac, Fauré and Schubert.

Praised by Opera for her “dramatic wit and vocal control” in stand out performances on opera and concert platforms, Mary Bevan is a winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Young Artist award and UK Critics’ Circle Award for Exceptional Young Talent in music.

Pianist Joseph Middleton specialises in the art of song accompaniment and chamber music and has been highly acclaimed within this field. Described in the BBC Music Magazine as “one of the brightest stars in the world of song and Lieder”, he has also been labeled “the cream of the new generation” by The Times and “a perfect accompanist” by Opera Now.

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Recorded in All Saints Church, Durham Road, London, UK from 28th November to 1st December 2016