LOVE: Brahms Liebeslieder-Walzer, Op. 52 & 65
Your favourite romantic restaurant closed? Netflix left you chilled?
While many concert halls remain dark, Blackheath Halls and Leeds Lieder are holding
hands this year to offer a perfect Valentine’s Gift for you and your loved ones: Brahms
Liebeslieder-Waltzer live to your home.
When published in 1870, these Love Waltzes were an instant success, and have proved
popular with musicians and music lovers ever since.
Introduced by Professor Natasha Loges, artistic director of Leeds Lieder Joseph
Middleton is joined by Blackheath Halls opera patron tenor Nicky Spence and award
winning soprano Mary Bevan. In association with Barbara Hannigan’s Momentum project
encouraging cross-generational collaboration during the pandemic, the ensemble is
completed by young artists Fleur Barron, William Thomas, and Dylan Perez.
Watch the livestream 14 February 2021, 7.30pm which will be available for 2 weeks
online.
This work will be sung in German with English subtitles and piano accompaniment.
Tickets: £10 per household
Visit blackheathhalls.com and Leedslieder.org.uk for tickets and more information.
LOVE presented by Leeds Lieder and Blackheath Halls.
