Bass Baritone Ossian Huskinson and pianist Matthew Fletcher, frequent collaborators in acclaimed recitals and recordings, present a programme exploring love, mortality, and reflection.
Gerald Finzi’s Let Us Garlands Bring sets Shakespeare’s timeless poetry to music of lyrical warmth and grace. Ivor Gurney’s poignant By a Bierside offers deep contemplation amid the turmoil of war. Closing the programme, Modest Mussorgsky’s Songs and Dances of Death delivers a dramatic and haunting portrayal of death in its many guises, blending stark realism with dark beauty.
Together, these works create a journey through tenderness, introspection, and the powerful inevitability of life’s end.
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