London

Estonian mezzo-soprano Kai Rüütel, who has shot to fame since being a Jette Parker Artist at the Royal Opera House, introduces us to the songs of her homeland, with works by Veljo Tormis, Ester Mägi and Mart Saar. Alongside these, she and Roger Vignoles perform songs by Rachmaninov and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Event info and tickets: https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/event/881

PROGRAMME

• Miina Härma (1864 – 1941)I cannot stay silent (Estonian folksong)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897)Wie Melodien (Op.105) from Fünf Lieder
• Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (Op. 105) from Fünf Lieder
• Klage (Op. 105) from Fünf Lieder
• Auf dem Kirchhofe (Op. 105) from Fünf Lieder
• Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 – 1943) Zdes’ khorosho (Op.21 no.7)
• The Soldier’s Wife (Op.8 no.4)
• O, dolgo budu ja, v molchan’i nochi tajnoj (‘In the silence of the secret night’) (Op. 4 no.3)
• Ester Mägi (b. 1922) Kolm laulu Betti Alveri luulele (3 poems of Betti Alveri)
  • . The sun was shining, the dew gleamed
  • . When music echoes
  • . On the window of sleep
• Veljo Tormis (1930 – 2017) Nukrad Viivud (Sorrowful Moments)
  • 1. Spring sun, do not set yet
  • 2. Autumn Song
  • 3. No roses have bloomed for me
  • 4. Love
• ~~~ Interval ~~~
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 – 1908) Plenivshis rozoj, solovey (The nightingale) (Op.2 no.2)
• Na kholmakh Gruzii (On Georgia’s Hills) (Op.3 no.4)
• Serenade (Op.4 no.4)
• Drobitsya, i pleshchet, i brizzhet volna (The wave breaks) (Op.46 no.1)
• Kogda volnuyetsya zhelteyushchaya niva (When the fields wave in yellow light) (Op.40 no.1)
  Mart Saar (1882 – 1963)
  Once
• The Branches Rustle
• Vanished Angel
• Autumn Thoughts
• What was it?
• Once Again