“Swindon Recital Series: Songs by Liszt and Brahms”
at Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
£9.50 - Free for 14 years old and under
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Two German composers, two sets of lieder.
Brahms spent the summer of 1886 at the idyllic lakeside town of Thun in Switzerland, a time that was so productive it is now called his ‘chamber music summer’. His work included five lieder (or songs) whose mood becomes increasingly sombre, starting with ‘Like melodies it steals softly through my mind’ and ‘My slumber grows more and more gentle’ via ‘Lament’ to ‘At the graveyard’ and finishing with ‘Betrayal’. A musical journey indeed.
Strauss wrote his Four Last Songs in 1948 and they became his swan song as he died in 1949 aged 85. The songs treat the subject of death in a mood of calm acceptance, returning to the lush romantic style of his youth. A most touchingly beautiful way for a composer to end his career.
Paul Turner
Wiltshire-based classical pianist and chamber musician who studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. 'Paul Turner was superlative in every way - wonderfully sensitive, with a very wide tonal palette' (Oxford Mail) 'For his part, Turner offered... intricate piano writing rendered with exemplary clarity and poise' (Richard Whitehouse) '... superbly partnered by Paul Turner's sensitive and alert accompaniments... that sixth sense of timing which is the true accompanist's particular gift' (Eastern Daily Press).
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Theatre Square
Swindon
SN1 1QN
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on Wed 21 January 2026