Lorena Paz Nieto (soprano)
Sholto Kynoch (piano)
Previous winner of the Oxford Lieder Young Artist Platform award, the Ludmilla Andrews Russian Song Prize, and ‘Vocalist of the Year’ at the 2019 LUKAS awards Lorena Paz Nieto partners with one of the leading figures from the world of song, in a bittersweet selection of music for the season. The passing of the year, stars, snow, magi, miracles, sorrow and joy are all wrapped together in this stunning programme from the exceptional duo. Join Kynoch & Paz Nieto in the ancient surroundings of the Temple Church this December and let time stand still.
Humperdinck: Weihnachten
Berg: Winter
Schubert: Der Einsame, D 800
Heggie: The Road to Bethlehem
Cornelius: Die Könige op. 8/3
Schubert: Die Sterne
Strauss: Die heiligen Drei Könige op. 6/6
Britten: La Noël passé
Ravel: Noël des jouets
Debussy: Noël des petits enfants
Sibelius: Giv mig ej glans
Massenet: Noël paien
Adam: Minuit chrétien
Wolf: Schlafendes Jesuskind
Saint-Saëns: La Madonna col Bambino
Tchaikovsky: December: Noël
Stolz: Christrose
Strauss: Weihnachtsgefühl, WoO 94
Duration: One hour (no interval)
"The highlight of the piece is...Lorena Paz...with a voice so delicate it might drift away on the Ipanema breeze"
Lyndsey Winship at Resolution Review