Dylan Pérez & Nicky Spence
Saturday, 24 April 2027 – 20h
Sala Domènech i Montaner – Sant Pau Recinte Modernista
- Dylan Pérez, piano
- Nicky Spence, tenor
- LIFE New Artists
- Marta Esteban, soprano
- Rose Thomas, piano
Shakespeare’s Retirement
The final years of William Shakespeare’s life were marked by a return: after decades at the heart of London’s theatrical life, the playwright gradually withdrew to Stratford-upon-Avon, distancing himself from the stage that had made his work universal. Though not a political exile, this departure can be understood as a form of withdrawal from the world that had shaped his artistic identity. This programme, conceived by Nicky Spence and Dylan Pérez, brings together composers from almost three centuries who have carried his texts even further afield. From Haydn and Schubert to Britten, Tippett and Dankworth, Shakespeare’s verses leave the Elizabethan stage to be reborn in a wide variety of musical languages. The songs evoke displaced characters, separated lovers, shipwrecked figures and those searching for a place in which to rebuild themselves—recurring themes in works such as Twelfth Night, As You Like It, The Tempest and Cymbeline. An ingenious programme for the tenor’s return to LIFE Victoria, where he gave a striking performance of Diary of One Who Disappeared in 2020.
Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)
Three Shakespeare Songs Op. 6
Come away death de Twelfth Night
O mistress mine de Twelfth Night
Blow, blow, thou winter wind de As you like it
Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
Fancie
Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
Fancy de The Merchant of Venice, Acte III, Escena 2
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
An Sylvia
of Two Gentlemen of Verona, Acte IV, Escena 2
Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998)
Songs for Ariel de The Tempest
Come unto these yellow sands
Full fathom five
Where the bee sucks
Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695)
If Music be the food of Love de The Fairy Queen
adaptació de A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
She never told her love de Twelfth Night, Acte II, Escena 4
Franz Schubert
Trinklied d' Anthony and Cleopatra, Acte II, Escena 7
Dominic Argentino (1927 - 2019)
Dirge de Twelfth Night
Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903)
Lied des transferierten Zettel de A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Acte III, Stage 1
Geoffrey Bush (1920 - 1988)
It was a lover and his lass de As You Like It, Act V, Stage 31
Mervyn Horder (1910 - 1998)
Under the Greenwood Tree de As You Like It, Acte II, Stage 5
John Dankworth (1927 - 2010)
Shall I compare thee to a Summers Day? del Sonnet Núm. 18
John Dankworth
Dunsinane Blues, after Macbeth
Franz Schubert & Peter Dickinson (1934)
Hark, hark, the lark de Cymbeline, Acte II, Stage 3
