Name: Les nuits d’été and Myrthen
Start: 2023-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Dirleton Kirk

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Lammermuir Festival

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Christopher Glynn

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Harriet Burns

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Nick Pritchard

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Les nuits d’été and Myrthen

Dirleton

United Kingdom

Dirleton Kirk

Les nuits d’été and Myrthen: Les nuits d'été, H 81 Berlioz (+1 More)

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Les nuits d'été, H 81

Myrtles, op. 25

Jnanakumar P

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Two great song cycles with two outstanding young singers. Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été (Summer Nights) explores different aspects of romantic love in music of exquisite beauty and poise, sometimes light-hearted, sometimes intensely passionate.

Schumann’s less well-known Myrthen (Myrtles), sung here in a new translation by Jeremy Sams, dates from 1840, the year in which he composed many of his most famous songs, coinciding with the culmination of his love affair with his future wife, Clara Wieck. Myrthen was his wedding gift to her – a wedding wreath consisting of 26 settings of texts on scenes from married life, including flirtation, parenthood, separation and also deep inward reflection.

Les nuits d’été and Myrthen by Berlioz, Schumann, From (2023/2023), Dirleton Kirk, Dirleton, United Kingdom

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