Seaton Music’s 76th Classical Season Concert

Ashley Riches studied English at King’s College, Cambridge where he sang in the Chapel Choir under Stephen Cleobury. From 2012-14 he was a member of the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House, where he made his debut in a duet with Robert Alagna and represented the house at a gala celebrating Young Artist Programmes at the Bolshoi Theatre. He is currently a BBC New Generation Artist.

Described as “an amazingly talented pianist” by Musica, Emma Abbate enjoys a demanding career as a piano accompanist and chamber musician. She has performed in duo recitals for international festivals and concert societies in Austria, Italy, Poland, Portugal and USA, and at many prestigious UK venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Southbank Centre, Royal Opera House, St John’s Smith Square, St George’s, Bristol and at the Aldeburgh Festival. No stranger to the airwaves, she has recently presented an episode of Inside Music on BBC Radio 3.

Programme:

Songs of Travel

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) Waldesnacht, Der Wanderer an den Mond, Wanderers Nachtlied, Der Musensohn

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) La mer est infinie from L’Horizon chimerique

Henri Duparc (1848-1933) Le Galop, La Vague et la Cloche, L’Invitation au Voyage

Gabriel Fauré Vaisseaux, nous vous aurons aimees from L’Horizon chimerique

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Chansons Populaires, Chanson Espagnole, Chanson Français, Chanson Italien, Chanson Hebraique, Chanson Ecossaise

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Songs of Travel, Vagabond, Let Beauty Awake, The Roadside Fire, Youth and Love, In Dreams, The Infinite Shining Heavens, Whither Must I Wander, Bright is the Ring of Words, I have trod the upward and the downward slope

Tickets: £20
Free for under 19s and full-time students.
Season Tickets available.