Experience the expansive range of vocal music, from Baroque arias to specially commissioned contemporary works. Hugh Cutting, the first countertenor to win the Kathleen Ferrier Award, joins celebrated pianist George Ireland for a thrillingly eclectic recital that journeys across countries, genres and centuries. Flexing his voice beyond the baroque era, Cutting surprises at every turn. Operatic arias, from Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea (1643) to George Benjamin’s Written on Skin (2012), mingle with Lieder by Franz Schubert and Hugh Wolf. The French Belle Époque (Beautiful Era) is represented with songs by Ernest Chausson, Reynaldo Hahn and Gabriel Fauré; while Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Se l’aura tutta vezzosa returns us to 17th-century Italy. The recital also features lesser-known composers like Betty Roe, alongside new commissions, including Piers Connor Kennedy’s electrifying Rough Rhymes, written for Cutting’s voice. Monteverdi E pur io torno from L'incoronazione di Poppea Howard So by my singing Mussorgsky Impromptu passioné Schubert Ganymed Wolf Herr, was trägt der Boden hier’ from Spanisches Liederbuch Handel 'Frà le stragi' from Alessandro Debussy 'Des pas sur la neige' from Préludes Book 1 Betty Roe 'To God' from Noble Numbers George Benjamin This says the Angel’ from Written on Skin Fauré Cygne sur l’eau’ from Mirages Vaughan Williams Linden Lea Vaughan Williams 'IV. Slow Air' and 'V Rondo' from Suite of Six Short Pieces Hahn À Chloris Frescobaldi Se l'aura spira tutta vezzosa Howells Come Sing and Dance Grainger Irish Tune from County Derry Piers Connor Kennedy: extracts from Rough Rhymes including Wait’, Two Worlds’ and Trees’ Sung in English, French, German and Italian with English subtitles