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Fatma Said and Joseph Middleton

,Milton Court Concert Hall
Photo of Fatma Said from the side, her head partially obscured by the red sleeve of her raised arm

Soprano Fatma Said and pianist Joseph Middleton give a recital that contrasts songs on nocturnal theme by Mozart, Schubert and Robert Schumann with sunnier Spanish repertoire.

While Mozart’s operatic arias are frequently performed, his songs are more rarely heard. This recital opens with three fine examples, including one to a text by Gabriella Baumberg. A handful of Schubert’s most famous songs culminates in Ständchen to words from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, and after some of Schumann’s shapeliest Lieder we head for Spain, heralded by Falla’s folk-inspired Canciones populares. The recital ends with hauntingly beautiful music by Lebanese polymath Najib Hankash in a song that has been championed by Fatma Said.

Fatma Said has been described by The New York Times as ‘captivating’ with ‘an especially beautiful operatic voice’, while Joseph Middleton is one of today’s finest song accompanists, hailed by BBC Music Magazine as ‘a born collaborator… one of the brightest stars in the world of song and Lieder’.

Tagged with: Classical music Barbican Presents

The end time for this concert will be added here closer to the performance date

Produced by the Barbican

Programme

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Als Luise die Briefe ihres Liebhabers verbrannte
  •   Abendempfindung
  •   Der Zauberer
  • Franz Schubert   Rastlose Liebe
  •   Nachtviolen
  •   Ganymed
  •   'Ständchen' from Schwanengesang
  • Robert Schumann   'Meine Rose' from Sechs Gedichte von Nikolaus Lenau und Requiem
  •   'Mond meiner Seele Liebling' from 7 Lieder
  •   'Liebeslied' from Lieder und Gesänge, Vol 2
  •   'Singet nicht mit Trauertönen' from Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister
  •   'Widmung' from Myrthen
  • Manuel De Falla   Siete canciones populares
  •   Tus Ojillos Negros
  • Fernando Obradors   'Del cabello más sutil' from Canciones Clásicas Españolas, Vol 1
  • Najib Hankash   Aatini al Naya Wa ghanni

* Please note, this programme has changed from as originally advertised. Schumann's 'Frühlingsnacht' and Jose Serrano's Marinela have been removed at the artist's request.

Performers

  • Fatma Said   soprano
  • Joseph Middleton   piano

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Milton Court Concert Hall

Location
Milton Court Concert Hall is located within the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is approximately a 5 minute walk from the Barbican entrance on Silk Street.  

Address
Milton Court
Silk St, London
EC2Y 9BH

Nearby public transport
We are within walking distance from a number of London Underground stations, the closest being Barbican, Old Street, St Paul’s and Moorgate. The nearest train stations are Liverpool Street and Farringdon. Bus Route 153 runs directly past the Barbican along Chiswell Street

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