A suitcase full of songs from around the world in the company of the star South African soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha.
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha soprano James Baillieu piano
R. Strauss:
Morgen!, Op.27 No.4 (4’)
R. Strauss:
Zueignung, from 8 Gedichte aus Letzte Blätter, Op.10 (2’)
Mahler:
Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft! (3’)
Mahler:
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (7’)
Mahler:
Um Mitternacht (6’)
Barber:
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op.24 (15’)
Le Roux Marais:
Heimvee (Homesickness) (4’)
Trad:
Thula thula baba (Hush-a-bye baby) (2’)
Le Roux Marais:
Mali, die Slaaf, se Lied (Mali, the slave's song) (3’)
Tyamzashe:
Isithandwa sam (My beloved) (3’)
Khumalo:
Sengiyeza (Princess Magogo) (4’)
Trad:
Amazing Grace (4’)
Trad:
Steal away: Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
Androzzo:
If I can help somebody (5’)
Rodgers & Hammerstein:
Climb Ev'ry Mountain (2’)
The rising star of the opera world presents a wonderfully varied programme that includes Mahler and Strauss, songs from South Africa, and Samuel Barber's nostalgic setting of James Agee's depiction of an idyllic childhood spent in Knoxville, Tennessee. This splendid programme for a summer's evening also includes a variety of American songs and spirituals.
