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Programme
Michael Head, Over the Rim of the Moon; The Ships of Arcady; Beloved; A Blackbird Singing; Nocturne
Gabriel Fauré, Le papillon et la fleur Op.1, No.1; Green Op.58, No. 3; La rose Op.51, No.4; Fleur jetée Op.39 No.2
Francis Poulenc, Tel jour, telle nuit
Franz Schubert, Der Wanderer an den Mond D.870; Wandrers Nachtlied D.224
Robert Schumann, Wanderung, Op.35, No.7
Clara Schumann, Der Wanderer; Der Wanderer in der Sägemühle
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Songs of Travel: The Vagabond, Let Beauty Awake, The Roadside Fire, Youth and Love, In Dreams, The Infinite Shining Heavens, Whither Must I Wander, Bright is the Ring of Words, I have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope
About the Musicians
Alessandro Fisher
Alessandro was a member of the BBC New Generation Artists Scheme between 2018 and 2021. An Associate Artist of The Mozartists, he won First Prize at the 2016 Kathleen Ferrier Awards, and in 2022 he received an award from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. He made his Salzburg Festival debut as Lucano in Monteverdi’s ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea’ and his operatic engagements have further included roles at Garsington Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, and the Royal Opera, London. His first solo album with pianist Anna Tilbrook was released by Rubicon Records in February 2024. Entitled ‘A Gardener’s World’ it was taken from a live performance at the Wigmore Hall, and features songs in 6 languages, inspired by blooms from around the world.
Simon Lepper
Simon read music at King’s College, Cambridge before studying piano accompaniment with Michael Dussek at the Royal Academy of Music and later with Ruben Lifschitz at the Fondation Royaumont. He is Assistant Head of Keyboard (collaborative piano) and a vocal repertoire coach at the Royal College of Music, London. Since 2003 he has been an official accompanist for the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. He has given masterclasses at the Mozarteum, Fondation Royaumont, Samling Foundation, Oxford International Song Festival and La Chappelle, Belgium.
