Matthew McKinney

Winner of the 2024 Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Scottish tenor Matthew McKinney is quickly establishing himself as an exciting and sensitive young singer.

This is one not to be missed…

Finding Freedom

BEETHOVEN: Adelaide, Op. 46

SCHUMANN:
Clara: Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen, Op. 13 No. 1
Robert: Der Nussbaum, Op. 25 No. 3
Clara: Liebeszauber, Op. 13 No. 3
Robert: Volksliedchen, Op. 51 No. 2
Clara: Volkslied
Robert: Zwielicht, Op. 39 No. 10
Clara: Lorelei
Robert: Mondnacht, Op. 39 No. 5
Breytenbach: I am sending you a red-breasted dove (transl. Temmingh)
Clara: Der Mond kommt still gegangen, Op. 13 No. 4
Robert: Die Lotosblume, Op. 25 No. 7
Clara: Die stille Lotosblume, Op. 13 No. 6
Robert: Widmung, Op. 25 No. 1

Intermission 30′

BRIDGE: Love went a-riding, H. 114
WEIR: Sweet Little Red Feet (from The Voice of Desire)
R. SCHUMANN: Ritter vom Steckenpferd (from Kinderszenen), Op. 15 No. 9
DICKINSON: God is a distant – mysterious name
BRITTEN: Batter my heart (from The Holy Sonnets of John Donne), Op. 35 No. 2
BRITTEN: Sonnetto XXX (from Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo), Op. 22 No. 3
R. SCHUMANN: Vogel als Prophet (from Waldeszenen), Op. 82 No. 7
HOWELLS: Two Afrikaans Songs:
• Eensaamheid
• Vryheidsgees
TEMMINGH: Verjaarsdagbrief
CLARKE: I’ll bid my heart be still (reimagined)
R. STRAUSS: Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4
R. STRAUSS: Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1

20:00 – 22:00