Surrey Hills International Music Festival / Dame Sarah Connolly at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford

Songs of Love and Longing

Dame Sarah Connolly – mezzo-soprano

Julius Drake – piano

Brahms Songs including Wie Melodien, O Kühler Wald, Von ewiger Liebe

Schumann  Maria Stuart lieder

Mahler   Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn:

Debussy Chansons de Bilitis

Duparc L’invitation au voyage

Mozart Abendempfindung

A rare opportunity to hear a recital by the legendary Dame Sarah Connolly, world-renowned singer and Festival patron, together with leading pianist Julius Drake. Songs of Love and Longing brings together composers who gave musical voice to the most intimate reaches of the human heart. From Brahms’s tender meditations and Schumann’s poignant reflections on loss, to Mahler’s bittersweet vignettes of earthly and eternal, Dame Sarah’s velvety tones take the listener on a beautiful journey through some of the most expressive and captivating songs ever written.