Roderick Williams in Recital
Friday August 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Roderick Williams OBE, the baritone singer who thrilled us all with his Coronation appearance, performs in Newcastle, by special invitation, in his only NSW concert. Roderick will also conduct a Masterclass in the afternoon prior to the concert. Don’t miss these special Festival Encore events! (Image credit: Theo Williams)
George Butterworth
Six songs from A Shropshire Lad A E Housman
Loveliest of Trees
When I was one-and-twenty
Look not in my eyes
Think no more, lad
The Lads in their hundreds
Is my team ploughing?
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Vagabond Robert Louis Stevenson
Silent Noon Dante Gabriel Rossetti
John Ireland
Sea Fever John Masefield
Rebecca Clarke
The Seal Man John Masefield
John Ireland
Summer Schemes Thomas Hardy
Ivor Gurney
Severn Meadows Ivor Gurney
Captain Stratton’s Fancy John Masefield
Madeleine Dring
Take, O take those lips away William Shakespeare
Gerald Finzi
Who is Silvia? William Shakespeare
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun William Shakespeare
Elizabeth Maconchy
The wind and the rain William Shakespeare
Gerald Finzi
It was a lover and his lass William Shakespeare
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Linden Lea William Barnes
Rebecca Clarke
Down by the Salley Gardens W B Yeats
Grace Williams
Jim Cro trad. Welsh
Benjamin Britten
The Foggy Foggy Dew trad.
The Ploughboy trad.
Program subject to alteration without notice.
Performing Artists
Roderick Williams OBE | Claire Howard Race