Leeds Lunchtime Chamber Music 23/24

Leeds Lieder: Academy Song Circle

All Roads Lead to Rome

Songs by composers inspired by Italy and its rich culture.

Angharad Rowlands – mezzo soprano
Chunmeng Ge – piano

Gabriel Fauré 5 Mélodies ‘de Venise’

Samuel Stopford – tenor
Daniel Silcock – piano

Franz Liszt 3 Sonetti di Petrarca

Clara Orif – soprano
Jiewei Yu – piano 

Claude Debussy Ariettes oublièes                                                       

Johannes Moore – baritone
Zany Denyer – piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams The House Of Life: Nos 1, 2, 5 and 6

Approximately 50 minutes without interval

Founded in 2004, the Academy Song Circle offers students the opportunity to hone their skills in the art of recital singing, with specialist coaching and performance opportunities within the Academy and at external venues around the UK.

Auditions are held annually, and successful students are invited to take part in a number of song recitals during the academic year. Singers and pianists are paired together by the Song Circle Artistic Team, and student duos are then encouraged to choose their own repertoire for Song Circle recitals, in conjunction with their professors and the Song Circle Artistic Team, fostering a spirit of artistic and intellectual curiosity and collaboration.

The Academy Song Circle gives annual recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Leeds Lieder Festival and Austrian Cultural Forum, and in recent years has also appeared at the Oxford Lieder Festival, Kings Place, the Queen’s Gallery, and the National Gallery. Events at the Academy include an annual Valentine’s Day recital and a yearly Schubertiade, held on the anniversary of Schubert’s birth, acknowledging his place as the ‘prince of song’. Academy Song Circle has made three CD recordings: Songs of Spring, Songs of Seduction, and Goethe’s Girls and Mörike’s Men.