G F Handel
'Where’er you walk' from Semele 

'Ritrosa bellezza' from Giustino 


W A Mozart 
'When a maiden takes your fancy' from The abduction from the seraglio  

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'Solche herrgelaufne Laffen' from Die Entführung aus dem Serail 

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'O Isis und Osiris' from Die Zauberflöte

 

Giuseppe Verdi

'Il lacerato spirito' from Simon Boccanegra 

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Ludwig van Beethoven
'Hat man nicht auch Gold' from Fidelio 

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W A Mozart 

'La vendetta' from Le Nozze di Figaro 

INTERVAL

 

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Richard Rodney Bennett

​'The Mouse and the bumblebee', 'Twinkle, twinkle', ‘Wee willie winkie’, ‘Baby, baby, naughty baby', 'As I walked by myself' and ‘There was an old woman’ from Songs before sleep 

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Craig Utting
Three songs: 'The shepherd', 'Monument' and 'Song of the old mother'
 

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George Gershwin
‘They all laughed’ and 'They can’t take that away from me' from Shall we dance

‘Love is here to stay’ from The Goldwyn follies
‘Just another rhumba’
‘I got plenty o' nuttin'’ from Porgy and Bess

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​​​About the music 

The New Zealand singer Jonathan Lemalu has devised an evening reflecting many of his great loves from operatic roles he has performed, alongside a few of his favourite songs. The Richard Rodney Bennett songs were written for him when Jonathan was a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist in 2002 - 04. Craig Utting is a composer from New Zealand and these songs were composed for and premiered by Jonathan.

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To read more about the performers click here.