Leeds Song: Mary Bevan and Joseph Middleton
Mary Bevan soprano
Joseph Middleton piano
Soprano Mary Bevan joins Leeds Song Director Joseph Middleton for an evocative recital built around Elegy, the pair's acclaimed 2025 release on Signum Records.
Born from their programme From Earth to Heaven, Elegy reflects a period of profound personal loss and the healing power of music. Shaped by Bevan’s experience of grieving for her father, the performance traces a moving arc from sorrow to consolation, exploring the mystery of death and the quiet transcendence found in song.
The programme features works by Schubert, Fauré, Mahler, Jeanne Landry, Errollyn Wallen, Pauline Viardot, and others—an intimate journey through mourning, reflection, and renewal. Their previous album Voyages was shortlisted for a Gramophone Award, and their recitals across Europe have earned widespread critical praise.
The Times
“The seduction starts with her very first notes.”
Gramophone
“It’s well nigh faultless, the whole thing, and the most moving recital I’ve heard for some time.”
PROGRAMME:
Maurice Ravel
Kaddisch (from 2 mélodies hébraïques)
Henri Duparc
Elégie
Ernest Chausson
Hébé Op. 2 No. 6
Pauline Viardot
Lamento
Jeanne Landry
Mort quand tu me viendras prendre
Gabriel Fauré
Après un rêve Op. 7 No. 1
Johannes Brahms
O Tod from 4 Serious Songs Op. 121
Clara Schumann
Die gute Nacht
Robert Schumann
Requiem (from 6 Gedichte von N Lenau und Requiem Op. 90)
Franz Schubert
Nachtstück D672
Die junge Nonne D828
[INTERVAL]
Henry Purcell
Now that the sun hath veiled his light (An Evening Hymn on a Ground) Z193 arr. Benjamin Britten
Errollyn Wallen
Peace on Earth
Frank Bridge
Come to me in my dreams
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Tired (from 4 Last Songs)
Samuel Barber
The Desire for Hermitage (from Hermit Songs Op. 29)
Richard Strauss
Morgen!
Edvard Grieg
Dereinst, Gedanke mein Op. 48 No. 2
Franz Schubert
Auflösung D807
Gustav Mahler
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (from Rückert Lieder)
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