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Victoria Simmonds sings ‘Mary’s Lullaby’ by Max Reger
20 Dec 2021‘Mary’s Lullaby’, or ‘Mariä Wiegenlied’, was one of sixty songs composed by Max Reger between 1903 and 1912 and published in the collection, Schlichte Weisen. Subtly scored and delicately perfumed, it remains his most famous ‘little song’ and is sung here by Victoria Simmons with Stuart Wild at the piano.
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Stephen Gadd sings ‘The Oxen’ from Hodie by Ralph Vaughan Williams
20 Dec 2021Stephen Gadd performs ‘The Oxen’ from Ralph Vaughan Williams’ festive cantata, Hodie – Vaughan Williams’ last major choral-orchestral composition.
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Booking is now open for our Gala Dinner on 22 February 2022
17 Dec 2021A champagne supper with songs and arias from our principal artists in one of London's most beautiful spaces.
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Elizabeth Karani sings ‘I Wonder as I Wander’ arranged by Britten
17 Dec 2021With a melody drawn from an Appalachian folksong, and lyrics by the American folklorist John Jacob Niles, ‘I wonder as I wander’ has been arranged by composers from Luciano Berio to John Rutter. Former OHP Young Artist Elizabeth Karani sings Benjamin Britten’s haunting arrangement, accompanied by Stuart Wild.
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Julien Van Mellaerts sings Walt Kent and Kim Gannon’s ‘I’ll be Home for Christmas’
17 Dec 2021First recorded by Bing Crosby, Gannon and Kent’s 1943 song, ‘I’ll be home for Christmas’, was written in tribute to soldiers posted overseas. Julian Van Mellaerts, Count Almaviva in our 2021 production of The Marriage of Figaro and co-director of Opera in Song, sings this classic ballad with Stuart Wild at the piano.
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James Cleverton sings ‘The Carol Singers’ by Sterndale Bennett
15 Dec 2021Sterndale Bennett’s entertaining festive song tells the story of a group of lads who try their hands at carol singing – with somewhat mixed results.
