A selection of art songs and arias

Details

Kayla Collingwood and Mirei Tsuji full profile / Classical voice (contralto) and piano / 2 musicians

Full program notes

This is a programme we recently presented for a private home concert:

Spanish set:
Enrique Granados - Tonadillas (selections): El majo discreto, El mirar de la maja, El tra la la y el punteado
Georges Bizet - Carmen: Habenera

Irish folk song set:
Benjamin Britten - Folksong arrangements (selections): The Salley Gardens, At the mid hour of night, The last rose of summer

Chopin nocturnes (solo piano):
Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2
Nocturne in C-sharp minor, Op. posth.

French set:
Gabriel Fauré - Mandoline
Reynaldo Hahn - À Chloris
Camille Saint-Saëns - Samson et Dalila: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix

Encores:
Donizetti - Anna Bolena: Deh, non voler costringere
Schumann - Myrthen: Widmung

Historical context

This programme includes well-known and lesser-known works from the classical music repertoire. We incorporated the Irish folk songs (in arrangement by Britten) for this specific audience; we have a range of repertoire prepared so we can tailor the programme to suit the context and the audience.