Saturday 17 January 2026: Winter Recital A Postcard from Juliet
- onstrandsofawhisper
- Dec 20, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: 2 hours ago
‘In fair Verona where we lay our scene’ 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 infamous story of Romeo and Juliet.
Saturday 17 January 2026, 11am
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’
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
'Ave Maria' from Otello - Libretto Arrigo Boito (1842-1918) based on William Shakespeare's play Otello
Michel Legrand (1932-2019)
On My Way to You
Michel Legrand (1932-2019) -Lyrics Alan Bergman (b.1925) and Marilyn Bergman (1928-2022)
Where is it Written from Yentl
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
Benny Andersson (b1946-), Björn Ulvaeus (b1945)
Like an Angel Passing Through My Room from ABBA The Visitors
Coming next to Oxford March 2026