Baritone Marcus Farnsworth and composer-pianist Eric McElroy present a recital of English-language song encompassing both the new and the familiar. Well-loved selections of Edward Elgar and John Ireland are featured alongside exciting new song-settings of Alice Oswald (Oxford’s Professor of Poetry) and Gregory Leadbetter (Professor of Poetry at Birmingham City University). The programme is proud to include the world premiere of John Joubert’s final composition.
Marcus Farnsworth – baritone
Eric McElroy – pianist
Edward Elgar
Rondel from Three Songs, Op. 16 (1885-1894)
Is She Not Passing Fair? (1886)
Speak, My Heart! (1903)
Eric McElroy
The Fetch (2019)
- Misterioso
- Stalking
- Statuary I
- Statuary II
- This
John Joubert
The Right Human Face (2018)[*world premiere]
John Ireland
Sea Fever (1913)
The Three Ravens (1920)
Great Things (1925)
Eric McElroy
A Short Story of Falling (2021)
