Helen Charlston is a British mezzo-soprano celebrated across opera, oratorio and song. Praised by Gramophone Magazine for "incomparable beauty," she has debuted at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Versailles Royal Opera, and recently at Dutch National Opera, in the world premiere of Michel van der Aa's Theory of Flames. A committed recitalist, she appears regularly at Wigmore Hall and the BBC Proms.

Sholto Kynoch is a sought-after pianist specialising in song and chamber music, and founder and Artistic Director of the Oxford International Song Festival, winner of a Royal Philharmonic Society Award in 2015. A Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, he performs at leading venues worldwide including Wigmore Hall and Palau de la Msica and has recorded the first complete edition of Hugo Wolf's songs.

Programme:
CLARA SCHUMANN Sechs Lieder, Op.13
FANNY HENSEL Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam, Op.1
JOSEPHINE LANG Seit die Liebste mir entfernt, Op.38 No.4
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Auf flgeln des Gesanges, Op. 34 No.2
ROBERT SCHUMANN Die Lotosblume, Op.25 No.7
CARL LOEWE Die Lotosblume, Op. 9 No.1
FANNY HENSEL Schwanenlied, Op.1 No.1
JOSEPHINE LANG Wenn zwei von einander scheiden, Op. 33 No.2
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Reiselied, Op. 34 No.6
HLOSE WERNER Knights Dream
ROBERT SCHUMANN Dichterliebe, Op.48

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We will be continuing our monthly Listening Club this season where we meet (mostly online) before each concert and chat about a piece of music from the forthcoming gig - a bit like a book club. Last year in five of the six Listening Clubs the performers joined as well to chat with us and provide their personal perspective.

If you're interested in joining the Listening Club, please click here or send an email to [email protected]

For access to online playlists and more information about the artists, please see skiptonmusic.org.uk/concerts/2026-2027-helen-charlston-sholto-kynoch [http://skiptonmusic.org.uk/concerts/2026-2027-helen-charlston-sholto-kynoch]

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