Shakespeare à la Russe
Concert programme
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SVIRIDOV: Blow, blow, thou winter wind, song composed for "As you like it", by William Shakespeare

Michelle ASSAY, piano

Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014

KABALEVSKY: Sonnet 71, Op. 52 n° 8 by William Shakespeare, "No longer mourn for me when I am dead"

Michelle ASSAY, piano

Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014

KABALEVSKY: Sonnet 30, Op. 52 n° 4 by William Shakespeare, "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought"

Michelle ASSAY, piano

Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014

WEINBERG: Sonnet 55, Op. 33 n° 1 by William Shakespeare, "Not marble, nor the gilded monuments" (translated by Nikolai Gerbel). First performance.

Michelle ASSAY, piano

Original English text spoken by Pr. Susan RUTHERFORD

Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014

WEINBERG: Sonnet 63, Op. 33 n° 2 by William Shakespeare, "Against my love shall be as I am now" (translated by Nikolai Gerbel). First performance.

Michelle ASSAY, piano

Original English text spoken by Pr. Susan RUTHERFORD

Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014

WEINBERG: Sonnet 154, Op. 33 n° 4 by William Shakespeare, "The little Love-god lying once asleep" (translated by Nikolai Gerbel). First performance.

Michelle ASSAY, piano

Original English text spoken by Pr. Susan RUTHERFORD

Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014

WEINBERG: Sonnet 71, Op. 33 n° 5 by William Shakespeare, "No longer mourn for me when I am dead" (translated by Nikolai Gerbel). First performance.

Michelle ASSAY, piano

Original English text spoken by Pr. Susan RUTHERFORD

Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014

WEINBERG: Sonnet 66, Op. 33 n° 6 by William Shakespeare, "Tired with all these for restful death I cry" (translated by Nikolai Gerbel). First performance.

Michelle ASSAY, piano

Original English text spoken by Pr. Susan RUTHERFORD

Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014

SHOSTAKOVICH: "Tired with all these for restful death I cry", Sonnet 66 by William Shakespeare, Op. 62 n° 5.

Michelle ASSAY, piano.

Recorded live at a concert performed at the University of Music, Manchester, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014

SVIRIDOV: The gravedigger's song, composed for "Hamlet", by William Shakespeare (text translated by Boris Pasternak).

English original text read by David FANNING,

Michelle ASSAY, piano

Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014

PROKOFIEV: The gravedigger's song, composed for "Hamlet", by William Shakespeare

Michelle ASSAY, piano

Manchester, University of Music, Cosmo Rodewall Hall, October 9th, 2014