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Chamber music from Glasgow's RSNO Centre (3/4)

Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill joins pianist Simon Lepper for a recital of music by Debussy, Chausson, Wagner and Jongen.

Recorded at the RSNO centre in February 2020 in front of a live audience, Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill joined pianist Simon Lepper for a recital of French music, including songs by Debussy and Chausson. Wagner’s five Wesendonck Lieder are also included, settings of poetry by Mathilde Wesendonck, filled with emotional despair and moments of triumph. Wagner wrote to Mathilde that ‘I have not written anything better than these songs and very few of my works will be remembered besides them’. RSNO string principals joined for the final works in this concert, Belgian composer Joseph Jongen’s ‘Calm beside the silent quays’ and Chausson’s final completed work ‘Chanson Perpetuelle’ describing the suffering of an abandoned woman.

Debussy: Trois chansons de Bilitis
Chausson: Sérénade italienne
Chausson: Le Charme
Chausson: Le colibri
Chausson: Les papillons
Wagner: 5 Wesendonck Lieder
Chausson: Chanson perpetuelle - arranged for voice and piano quintet
Jongen: Calmes, aux quais déserts - arranged for voice and piano quintet

Karen Cargill – mezzo soprano
Simon Lepper - piano
Sharon Roffman – violin
Maya Iwabuchi – violin
Tom Dunn – viola
Aleksei Kiseliov – cello

Presenter - Kate Molleson
Producer - Laura Metcalfe

55 minutes

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Trois chansons de Bilitis

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Karen Cargill.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Sérénade Italienne

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Karen Cargill.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Le Charme

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Karen Cargill.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Le colibri

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Karen Cargill.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Les papillons

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Karen Cargill.
  • Richard Wagner

    Wesendonck Lieder

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Karen Cargill.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Chanson perpetuelle

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Performer: Sharon Roffman. Performer: Maya Iwabuchi. Performer: Tom Dunn. Performer: Aleksei Kiseliov. Singer: Karen Cargill.
  • Joseph Jongen

    Calmes, aux quais déserts

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Performer: Maya Iwabuchi. Performer: Sharon Roffman. Performer: Tom Dunn. Performer: Aleksei Kiseliov. Singer: Karen Cargill.
  • Michael Head

    Snowbirds - Love Offerings

    Performer: Philip Moore. Singer: Karen Cargill. Choir: NYCoS National Girls Choir. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • Only A Singing Bird.
    • Signum.
    • 004.

Broadcast

  • Thu 25 Feb 2021 13:00