Sunday 21 September Autumn Recital: The Barn Church Music Series; Turning the pages of star-crossed lovers on stage and screen.

From Bel Canto to Broadway returns with a programme inspired by the great literary love stories.Featuring the lyrical melodies of Verdi, Puccini and Bellini to well known Eva Cassidy numbers and Jazz ballad favourites.

Sunday 21 September 2025, 2.30pm

Venue: The Barn Church TW9 4HF

Marco Marconi (Piano)

Running Order:

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

'Ave Maria' from Otello - Libretto Arrigo Boito (1842-1918) based on William Shakespeare's play Otello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749- 1838)

'Deh vieni non tardar' from Le Nozze di Figaro

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) - Libretto Giovacchino Forzano (1884-1970)

'O Mio Babbino Caro' from Gianni Schicchi

George Gershwin (1898-1937) - Libretto Du Bose Hayward and Ira Gershwin

Summertime from Porgy and Bess

Cy Coleman (1929-2004) Lyrics Ira Gasman (1942-2018)

He'x No Good from The Life

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) - Libretto Felice Romani (1788-1865)

'Ah non credea' from La Sonnambula

Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman (1931-2019)

Time Heals Everything from Mack and Mabel

Music and Lyrics by Christine McVie (1943-2022)

Songbird

Eve Nelson Music - Lyrics Diane Scanlon

I Know You By Heart

Jerome Kern (1885-1945) - Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)

'All The Things You Are' from Very Warm for May

Oscar Levant (1906-1972) - Lyrics Edward Heyman (1907-1981)

Blame it on My Youth

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) - Libretto Count Carlo Pepoli (1796-1881)

Qui la voce sua soave ...Vien diletto I Puritani

Coming Up Next:

A Postcard to Juliet January 2026