Bliss International Song Series

A Most Marvellous Party! Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence and Joseph Middleton host an evening of Noël Coward songs

Songs and duets by Coward, Weill, Messager, Rorem, Satie, Poulenc, Gershwin, Britten, Walton.

Three of the UK’s most popular recitalists join forces for an evening in which an imagined party, taking place in the salon of Noel Coward, sees a colourful cacophony of characters jostle for the limelight. By turns touching, intimate, riotous, thoughtful, funny and heartbreaking, this fictional salon will explore all of life. Regular performers at London‘s Wigmore Hall and on award-winning recordings, Mary, Nicky and Joseph perform together regularly as part of the Myrthen Ensemble – described by the Telegraph as the “crème de la crème of British Musical talent.”

Programme

Noël Coward (1899-1973)                 Medley arranged by Stuart Calvert

Parisian Pierrot from London Calling! (1922) arranged by Stuart Calvert

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)           Hôtel from Banalités (1940)

Ned Rorem (1923-2022)                   For Poulenc (1963)

Noël Coward                                      Mad About the Boy (1932) arranged by Stuart Calvert

André Messager (1853-1929)           De-ci, de-là from Véronique (1898)

Erik Satie (1866-1925)                      Gnossienne No. 1 (1890-3)

Noël Coward                                      World weary from This Year of Grace (1928) arranged by Stuart Calvert

Twentieth Century Blues from Cavalcade (1931) arranged by Stuart 
            Calvert

Any Little Fish (1931) arranged by Stuart Calvert

Ned Rorem                                        Now sleeps the crimson petal (1963)

Roger Quilter (1877-1953)                Now sleeps the crimson petal Op. 3 No. 2 (1904-5)

Noël Coward                                      Something To Do With Spring (1932) arranged by Stuart Calvert

George Gershwin (1898-1937)         The Man I Love (1924)

Noël Coward                                      If Love Were All from Bitter Sweet (1929) arranged by Stuart Calvert

Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)               Love, if you knew the light

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)          When you're feeling like expressing your affection from The Red 
                                                            Cockatoo & other songs (1935-62)

Noël Coward                                      Mrs Worthington (1935) arranged by Stuart Calvert

The Party's over Now (1932) arranged by Stuart Calvert