Catriona Morison & Malcolm Martineau

Two Edinburgh natives join forces for a recital celebrating both familiar favourites and under-performed gems from the classical music repertoire.

Edinburgh-born mezzo soprano Catriona Morison won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2017. Since then, she has risen to become one of the world’s most celebrated singers, admired for the warmth and radiancy of her voice.

Fellow Edinburgh native Malcolm Martineau is pianist of choice for countless respected vocalists worldwide. He accompanies Morison in a programme of songs by composers both much-loved and little-known.

Morison’s performance includes four vivid songs from Gustav Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn settings and some of Franz Schubert’s most luminous Lieder. She also sings four works by German composer Josephine Lang, championed by Felix Mendelssohn, as well as settings of poetry by Eduard Mörike from French composer Pauline Viardot, a student of Liszt.

Morison brings her recital to a close with the rapturous Cinq épitaphes by Pierre Vellonnes and the swaying Cuban rhythms of Xavier Montsalvatge’s Cinco canciones negras.

Supported by Brenda Rennie

Catriona Morison Mezzo Soprano
Malcolm Martineau Piano

Programme:

Schubert Die junge Nonne
Schubert An den Mond (Guess, Lieber Mond)
Schubert Nacht und Träume
Schubert Rastlose Liebe
Schubert Frühlingsglaube
Schubert Gretchen am Spinnrade
Lang Scheideblick
Lang Ob ich manchmal dein gedenke
Lang Die Schwalben or Gestern und Heute?
Lang Mignons Klage
Viardot Nixe Binsefuβ (Mörike Lieder)
Viardot In der frühe (Mörike Lieder)
Viardot Der Gärtner (Mörike Lieder)
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Mahler Rheinlegendchen (Das Knaben Wunderhorn)
Mahler Das irdische leben (Das Knaben Wunderhorn)
Mahler Urlicht (Das Knaben Wunderhorn)
Mahler Wer hat dies liedlein erdacht? (Das Knaben Wunderhorn)
Vellonnes Cinq épitaphes Op.73
Montsalvatge Cinco canciones negras