Wigmore Hall: Mark Padmore and Christine Rice

Live from Wigmore Hall in London, mezzo-soprano Christine Rice, tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Malcolm Martineau give a programme of Britten songs, including his Cabaret Songs (settings of four lighthearted poems by WH Auden), and the 6 Holderlin Fragments, based on verses by the German Romantic poet Friedrich Holderlin.
Presented by Louise Fryer.

Britten: Who are these Children?
Britten: Cabaret Songs
Britten: Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente

Mark Padmore (tenor)
Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano)
Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Part of Wigmore Hall's Britten Birthday Centenary 'Before Life and After'.