Manchester Week - Alessandro Fisher and Kunal Lahiry

As part of Manchester Week 2022, Radio 3 New Generation Artists, tenor Alessandro Fisher and pianist Kunal Lahiry perform live at Stoller Hall, taking us through the seasons in song, featuring music by Mendelssohn, Debussy, Schubert, Gounod, Sibelius, Armas Järnefelt, Erik Bergman and Grieg.

Winter:

Debussy - Paysage Sentimental
Vaughan Williams - The Winter’s willow
Sibelius - Demanten på Marssnon, Op.36
Oskar Merikanto - Kun päivä paistaa, Op.24

Spring:

Grieg - Våren, Op.33
Vaughan Williams - To daffodils
Gounod - Chanson de Printemps
Schubert - Frühlingsglaube, D.686
Mendelssohn - Frühlingsglaube, Op.9

Summer:

Peter Cornelius - Frühling im Sommer
Armas Järnefelt - Solsken
Joseph Marx - Nocturne
Sibelius - Sommarnatten Op.90

Autumn:

Leevi Madetoja - Yrtit tummat, Op.9
Toivo Kuula - Syystunnelma, Op.2
Erik Bergman - Serenade, Op.35
Grieg - Efteraarsstormen, Op.18

Presented by Elizabeth Alker

Recorded in January 2022 in Manchester