SVIRIDOV: Blow, blow, thou winter wind, song composed for « As you like it », by William Shakespeare
Michelle ASSAY, piano
Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014
KABALEVSKY: Sonnet 71, Op. 52 n° 8 by William Shakespeare, « No longer mourn for me when I am dead »
Michelle ASSAY, piano
Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014
KABALEVSKY: Sonnet 30, Op. 52 n° 4 by William Shakespeare, « When to the sessions of sweet silent thought »
Michelle ASSAY, piano
Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014
WEINBERG: Sonnet 55, Op. 33 n° 1 by William Shakespeare, « Not marble, nor the gilded monuments » (translated by Nikolai Gerbel). First performance.
Michelle ASSAY, piano
Original English text spoken by Pr. Susan RUTHERFORD
Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014
WEINBERG: Sonnet 63, Op. 33 n° 2 by William Shakespeare, « Against my love shall be as I am now » (translated by Nikolai Gerbel). First performance.
Michelle ASSAY, piano
Original English text spoken by Pr. Susan RUTHERFORD
Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014
WEINBERG: Sonnet 154, Op. 33 n° 4 by William Shakespeare, « The little Love-god lying once asleep » (translated by Nikolai Gerbel). First performance.
Michelle ASSAY, piano
Original English text spoken by Pr. Susan RUTHERFORD
Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014
WEINBERG: Sonnet 71, Op. 33 n° 5 by William Shakespeare, « No longer mourn for me when I am dead » (translated by Nikolai Gerbel). First performance.
Michelle ASSAY, piano
Original English text spoken by Pr. Susan RUTHERFORD
Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014
WEINBERG: Sonnet 66, Op. 33 n° 6 by William Shakespeare, « Tired with all these for restful death I cry » (translated by Nikolai Gerbel). First performance.
Michelle ASSAY, piano
Original English text spoken by Pr. Susan RUTHERFORD
Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014
SHOSTAKOVICH: « Tired with all these for restful death I cry », Sonnet 66 by William Shakespeare, Op. 62 n° 5.
Michelle ASSAY, piano.
Recorded live at a concert performed at the University of Music, Manchester, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014
SVIRIDOV: The gravedigger’s song, composed for « Hamlet », by William Shakespeare (text translated by Boris Pasternak).
English original text read by David FANNING,
Michelle ASSAY, piano
Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014