In a programme specially devised to celebrate the song programme which has been a highlight of the 2023/24 season at Conway Hall, Roger Vignoles and Artistic Director Simon Callaghan come together with a quartet of talented young singers led by soprano Ceferina Penny. Their programme showcases songs and piano duets by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Robert and Clara Schumann, and culminates in a performance of Brahms’s Liebeslieder-Walzer, a collection of love songs in Ländler style for four voices and piano duet, a work which may have been inspired by his love for Clara Schumann.

Robert Schumann | Spanische Liebeslieder Op.138
Clara Schumann | Die stille Lotosblume Op.13/6
Clara Schumann | Ich stand in dunklem Träumen Op.13/1
Clara Schumann | Liebst du um Schönheit Op.12/2
Clara Schumann | Lorelei WoO19
Johannes Brahms | Phänomen Op.61/3
Johannes Brahms | Die Schwestern Op.61/1
Felix Mendelssohn | Venetianisches Gondellied Op.57/5
Felix Mendelssohn | Pagenlied WoO17/2
Felix Mendelssohn | Auf Flügeln des Gesanges Op.34/2
Felix Mendelssohn | Hexenlied Op.8/8
Johannes Brahms | Liebeslieder-Walzer Op.52

Ceferina Penny • soprano
Alexandria Moon • mezzo soprano
Guy Elliott • tenor
Jonathan Eyers • baritone
Roger Vignoles • piano
Simon Callaghan • piano