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Solo Performances

Accompanists: Saoko Blendis & Emily Pelling

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01.55

04:46

06:46

11:12

16:12

20:33

22:53

27:21

37:46

45:54

 

Thomas Ormond

Ben Whittaker

Maya Divet

Lui Kato

Aki Blendis

Jonathan Groteluschen

Oscar Spaeth

Tehya Dawson

Alma Vink

Joseph Wragg

Julian Simon

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Robert Schumann wrote Die Lotosblume for Clara in 1840 the year of their marriage, and Clara reciprocated four years later with Die stille Lotosblume. In these two songs Colin (with Graham on piano) brings to life the deep love and passionate relationship between Robert and Clara.

Die Lotosblume ängstigt

Sich vor der Sonne Pracht,

Und mit gesenktem Haupte

Erwartet sie träumend die Nacht.

 

Der Mond, der ist ihr Buhle,

Er weckt sie mit seinem Licht,

Und ihm entschleiert sie freundlich

Ihr frommes Blumengesicht.

 

Sie blüht und glüht und leuchtet,

Und starret stumm in die Höh;

Sie duftet und weinet und zittert

Vor Liebe und Liebesweh.

The Lotus flower fears

before the sun's splendour,

and with drooping head

she dreamily awaits the night.

 

The moon, he is her lover.

He wakes her with his light

and to him she happily unveils

her devoted flower-face.

 

She blooms and glows and shines

and stares mute in the heavens.

She exhales and weeps and trembles

with love and love's pain.

Die Lotosblume The Lotus flower

Die stille Lotosblume

Steigt aus dem blauen See,

Die Blätter flimmern und blitzen,

Der Kelch ist weiß wie Schnee.

 

Da gießt der Mond vom Himmel

All seinen gold’nen Schein,

Gießt alle seine Strahlen

In ihren Schoß hinein.

 

Im Wasser um die Blume

Kreiset ein weißer Schwan,

Er singt so süß, so leise

Und schaut die Blume an.

 

Er singt so süß, so leise

Und will im Singen vergehn.

O Blume, weiße Blume,

Kannst du das Lied verstehn?

The quiet lotus flower

Rises out of the blue lake,

Its leaves glitter and sparkle,

Its bud is as white as snow.

 

The moon pours down from heaven

All its golden light,

Pours all its rays

Into the lotus flower’s bosom.

 

In the water, round the flower,

A white swan circles,

It sings so sweetly, so quietly,

And gazes on the flower.

 

It sings so sweetly, so softly,

And wishes to die as it sings.

O flower, white flower,

Can you fathom the song?

Text by Emanuel Geibel

Die stille Lotosblume The quiet Lotus Flower Die Lotosblume and Die stille Lotosblume

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Based on a poem by Heinrich Heine

Morning Quartets

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02:35

05:32

09:07

12:38

15:40

Eden Oyeyi-Ogunsalu

Joe Mooney

Chloe Defriez

Maisie Mills

Alicia Jaeger

Titus Graham

Ben Whittaker

Noah Frey

Julia Kung

Sophia Wilson

Charlotte McGinn

Susannah Adams

Eleanore Dumet

Thomas Ormand

Libby Lambert

Hattie Hack

Lucy W

Issy Daerden-Hellawell

Dougal Graham

Mirai Honda

Fredrick Sanitt

Louis Mills

Maya Divet

Sam McGinn

00:00

Mehmed Ozbakir

Theodore D’Hulst

Bee Mattich

Dominik Powell

05:41

09:45

14:47

Ryuki Watanabe

Natalia Boardman

Enrico

Franz Ferdinand Dietz

Esther Rumney

Niamh Mooney

Thalia Lyngnes

Dyllen Bramble

Tehya Dawson

Omar Abed

Lukas Maltere

Jonathan Groteluschen

21:27

Marie Frey

Niamh Adams

Emilie Pelling

Milo Anderson

Afternoon Quartets

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00:00

03:12

06:36

10:20

12:41

Grace Lambert

Hattie Hack

Susannah Adams

Sam McGinn

Chloe Defriez

Charlotte McGinn

Thomas Ormand

Noah Frey

Joe Mooney

Eleanore Dumet

Sophia Wilson

Ben Whittaker

Issy Daerden-Hellawell

Eden Oyeyi-Ogunsalu

Maya Divet

Mirai Honda

Louis Millo

Julia Kung

Libby Lambert

Alicia Jaeger

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03:22

06:24

10:46

16:25

Lui Kato

Frederick Sanitt

Dougal Graham

Franz Ferdinand Dietz

Thoedore D’Hulst

Marcus Kung

Celia

Dexter James

Natalia Boardman

Rosie Lambert

Thalia Lyngnes

Titus Graham

Gabriel D’Hulst

Mehmed Ozbakir

Carolyn

Samuel Nolan

Niamh Mooney

Esther Rumney

Zoe De Waal

Maisie Mills

00:00

05:29

12:14

Omar Abed

Alex Chambers

Bee Mattich

Dyllen Bramble

Charlotte Defriez

Ella Perkin

Johanna Fluer

Dominik Powell

Aki Blendis

Ryuki Watanabe

Oscar Spaeth

Jonathan Groteluschen

Alma Vink

Lukas Maltere

Christopher Piggot

James Solice

Olivia Thomasen

Tehya Dawson

Emily O’Dell

Julian Simon

Alex Milner

Freya Lyngnes

Enrico

Milo Anderson

Enrico

Lucy

Jacob Waterhouse

Daniel Partridge

Niamh Adams

Abi Lambert

Emilie Pelling

Phoebe Cselko

Oskar Szydlo

Marie Frey

Joseph Wragg

Gareth Siddle

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00:00

00:00

07:22

09:00

07:46

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