Monday 9 March 2026: Lunchtime Recital A Postcard from Juliet
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- Dec 30, 2025
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‘For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo…’ This programme inspired by the Bel Canto tradition explores the lyrical melodies of Mozart, Verdi and Bellini to the film scores of Legrand and Morricone to tell the tale of the two star crossed lovers.
Monday 9 March 2026, 1pm
Venue: St Michael at the Northgate
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Running Order:
Charles Gonoud (1818-1893) - Libretto Jules Barbier (1825-1901)
and Michel Carré (1821-1872)
Je Veux Vivre from Roméo et Juliette
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) - Libretto Felice Romani (1788-1865)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749- 1838)
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Sonnett 116 ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds’
Michel Legrand (1932-2019) -Lyrics Alan Bergman (b.1925) and Marilyn Bergman (1928-2022)
Where is it Written from Yentl
Michel Legrand (1932-2019)
On My Way to You
Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Se from Cinema Paradiso
Cy Coleman (1929-2004) Lyrics Ira Gasman (1942-2018)
He's No Good from The Life
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) - Libretto Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
I Have a Love from West Side Story
Somewhere from West Side Story
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
'Ave Maria' from Otello - Libretto Arrigo Boito (1842-1918) based on William Shakespeare's play Otello
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