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Sunday 29 June, 3.00pm
Neil Balfour, baritone; Christopher Pulleyn, piano
Gabriel Fauré: Cinq melodies ‘de Venise’
Manuel de Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas
Reena Esmail: Rosa de Sal
Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben
Award-winning Indian-Scottish baritone Neil Balfour describes the programme as ‘An intimate look at love and how it can feel so unique for different people, cultures, genders, sexualities and neurodivergences’. Works from French, Spanish and German song cycles will range from Fauré and Falla from the early twentieth century, to contemporary Indian-American composer Reena Esmail, whose work crosses cultural boundaries. The programme is completed by Robert Schumann’s 1840 Frauenliebe und Leben – A Woman’s Love and Life, written from a woman’s point of view of her love and marriage, and beyond her husband’s death.
Christopher Pulleyn replaces Sholto Kynoch, originally billed in our 2025 brochure, who has had to withdraw from this event.
Venue: Thaxted United Reformed Church
Tickets: £22 unreserved seating. Age 30 and under: £10; age 18 and under: £5.