About

Performers: 

• Roderick Williams, baritone
• Christopher Glynn, piano

Programme:

• Vaughan Williams The Vagabond
• Quilter Blow, blow, thou winter wind
• Madeleine Dring Weep you no more
• Finzi At Middle-field Gate in February
• Vaughan Williams Linden Lea
• Bridge Tears, idle tears
• Parry Nightfall in winter
• Gurney On the Downs
• Finzi In the Mind’s Eye
• Gurney Lights Out
• Ina Boyle A Song of Enchantment
• Gurney The folly of being comforted
• Interval
• Britten Midnight on the Great Western
• Roderick Williams The Angel
• Judith Weir Written on terrestrial things
• Finzi The too short time
• Tippett Come unto these yellow sands
• Elizabeth Maconchy The Wind and the Rain
• Doreen Carwithen Echo
• Vaughan Williams Whither must I wander?
• Finzi In a churchyard
• Humphrey Proctor-Gregg The stormy evening
• Finzi Waiting Both
• Errollyn Wallen Peace on Earth

In An English Song Winterreise, acclaimed baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Christopher Glynn reimagine Schubert’s classic song cycle through the prism of English music and poetry. Traversing landscapes of love, loss, and renewal, the programme journeys from Vaughan Williams and Finzi to Britten, Judith Weir, and contemporary voices such as Errollyn Wallen. Alongside familiar settings of Houseman, Hardy, and Shakespeare, lesser-heard songs by Ina Boyle, Elizabeth Maconchy, and Doreen Carwithen expand the narrative of English song. Thoughtful, deeply expressive, and beautifully curated, this “Winterreise in English” offers a moving meditation on journeying, memory, and belonging.