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RODERICK WILLIAMS & JULIUS DRAKE
Lied und Lyrik: William Shakespeare
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Roderick Williams
Baritone
Julius Drake
Piano
William Shakespeare
Selected Poems and Texts
Reading in English
Settings by Haydn, Schubert, Chausson, Wolf, Sibelius, Vaughan Williams, Korngold, Porter, and Dring
One of the greatest poets of all time, William Shakespeare is at the center of the season’s first Lied und Lyrik program. Roderick Williams and Julius Drake trace the Bard’s musical heritage in English, German, and French settings from three centuries, with an actor reading Shakespeare’s original texts.
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