Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) and Libby Burgess (piano)

Venue
United Reformed Church on Tuesday 10th September 2024 at 7:30 pm

Programme
Schubert :  Der Wanderer an den Mond (D.870)
Schubert :  Auf der Bruck (D.853)
Sarah Cattley :  A Square and Candle-Lighted Boat
Vaughan Williams :  Songs of Travel
Schubert :  Ganymed  (D.544)
Schubert :  Auf der Donau (D.553)
John Casken :  Lines from a Wanderer
Folksongs arr. Britten :  Lemady
Folksongs arr. Britten :  At the mid hour of night
Folksongs arr. Britten :  The Crocodile

Artists
Marcus Farnsworth – Baritone
Libby Burgess – Piano

Internationally renowned baritone Marcus Farnsworth is a past first prize-winner of the Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition and has performed many times at Wigmore Hall with Malcolm Martineau, Julius Drake, Graham Johnson, James Baillieu as well as the Myrthen Ensemble with Joseph Middleton and the Nash Ensemble. He has also appeared in recital at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam and La Monnaie, Brussels with Julius Drake; on a UK tour of Schubert Winterreise with James Baillieu; for Leeds Lieder with Graham Johnson and at Opéra de Lille with Simon Lepper.

Marcus is joined for this recital by pianist Libby Burgess who is well-known on concert stages across Britain, playing regularly in the country’s major halls and festivals and on Radio 3.