Roderick Williams OBE: An English Song Winterreise

This year's Featured Artist, baritone Roderick Williams OBE, will perform a unique recital in the round at Westminster Hall. For his program, entitled An Engilsh Song Winterreise, Williams has chosen English songs which reflect each of the 24 individual songs that make up Franz Schubert's Winterreise to craft a unique musical journey. This curated song cycle will include works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, and Gerald Finzi, as well as more modern works by Judith Weir and Errollyn Wallen.

Friday, April 24, 7:30PM

Westminster Hall at Westminster Presbyterian Church

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This year’s Featured Artist, baritone Roderick Williams OBE, will perform a unique recital in the round at Westminster Hall. For his program, entitled An Engilsh Song Winterreise, Williams has chosen English songs which reflect each of the 24 individual songs that make up Franz Schubert’s Winterreise to craft a unique musical journey. This curated song cycle will include works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Britten, and Gerald Finzi, as well as more modern works by Judith Weir and Errollyn Wallen.

Program

1. "Gute Nacht" (Good Night)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872 - 1958)
"The Vagabond"
Text by Robert Louis Stevenson

2. "Die Wetterfahne" (The Weather-vane)
ROGER QUILTER (1877 - 1953)
"Blow, blow, thou winter wind"
Text by William Shakespeare

3. "Gefrorne Tränen" (Frozen tears)
MADELINE DRING (1923 - 1977)
"Weep You No More"
(Text by Anonymous)

4. "Erstarrung" (Numbness)
GERALD FINZI (1901 - 1956)
"At Middle-field Gate in February"
Text by Thomas Hardy

5. "Der Lindenbaum" (The Linden Tree)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872 - 1958)
"Linden Lea"
Text by William Barnes

6. "Wasserflut" (Torrent)
FRANK BRIDGE (1879 - 1941)
"Tears, Idle Tears"
Text by Alfred Lloyd Tennyson

7. "Auf dem Flusse" (On the Stream)
HUBERT PARRY (1848 - 1918)
"NIghtfall in Winter"
Text by Langdon Elwyn Mitchell

8. "Rückblick" (Backward Glance)
IVOR GURNEY (1890 - 1937)
"On the Downs"
Text by John Masefield

9. "Irrlicht" (Will-o’-the-Wisp)
GERALD FINZI (1901 - 1956)
"In the Mind’s Eye"
Text by Thomas Hardy

10. "Rast" (Resting Place)
IVOR GURNEY (1890 - 1937)
"Lights Out"
Text by Edward Thomas

11. "Frühlingstraum" (Spring’s Dream)
INA BOYLE (1889 - 1967)
"A Song of Enchantment"
Text by Walter de la Mare

12. "Einsamkeit" (Solitude)
IVOR GURNEY (1890 - 1937)
"The Folly of Being Comforted"
Text by William Butler Yeats

- Intermission -

13. "Die Post" (The mail-coach)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (1913 - 1976)
"Midnight on the Great Western"
Text by Thomas Hardy

14. "Der greise Kopf" (The Hoary Head)
RODERICK WILLIAMS (b. 1965)
"The Angel"
Text by William Blake

15. "Die Krähe" (The Crow)
JUDITH WEIR (b. 1954)
"Written on Terrestrial Things"
Text by Thomas Hardy

16. "Letzte Hoffnung" (Last Hope)
GERALD FINZI (1901 - 1956)
"The Too Short Time"
Text by Thomas Hardy

17. "Im Dorfe" (In The Village)
MICHAEL TIPPETT (1905 - 1998)
"Come Unto These Yellow Sands)
Text by William Shakespeare

18. "Der stürmische Morgen" (The Stormy Morning)
ELIZABETH MACONCHY (1907 - 1994)
"The Wind and the Rain"
Text by William Shakespeare

19. "Täuschung" (Illusion)
DOREEN CARWITHEN (1922 - 2003)
"Echo"
Text by Walter de la Mare


20. "Der Wegweiser" (The Sign-Post)
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872 - 1958)
"Whither Must I Wander?"
Text by Robert Louis Stevenson

21. "Das Wirtshaus" (The Inn)
GERALD FINZI (1901 - 1956)
"In a Churchyard"
Text by Thomas Hardy

22. "Mut" (Courage)
HUMPHRY PROCTOR-GREGG
"The Stormy Evening"
Robert Louis Stevenson

23. "Die Nebensonnen" (The Mock Suns)
GERALD FINZI (1901 - 1956)
"Waiting Both"
Text by Thomas Hardy

24. "Der Leiermann" (The Hurdy-Gurdy Player)
ERROLLYN WALLEN (b. 1958)
"Peace on Earth"
Text by Errollyn Wallen

Ticket Info

Tickets $36 General Admission. On sale early August, 2025.

Location Info

Westminster Hall at Westminster Presbyterian Church

1200 S Marquette Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55403

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