Julia Bullock and Bretton Brown Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Edinburgh International Festival 2023

American soprano Julia Bullock and pianist Bretton Brown gather together works from a broad range of genres and eras in a recital that celebrates the power of song.

Julia Bullock's innovative choice of repertoire elevates the voices of women from Schubert's setting of the words of Marianne von Willemer to Kurt Weill's playful 'Princess of Pure Delight'. Whether Julia Bullock is re-imagining the recordings of Billie Holiday or the haunting music of the American singer-songwriter, Connie Converse, whose music fell into obscurity after her disappearance in 1974, these songs are beautiful, inspiring and thought-provoking.

Schubert: Suleika I
Wolf: In dem Schatten meiner locken
Wolf: Bedeckt mich mit Blumen
Schubert: Rastlose liebe
Converse/Siskind: There is a vine
Converse/Siskind: One by One
Weill: Lost in the Stars
Weill: Denn wie man sich bettet so liegt man
Weill: Wie lange noch
Weil: The Princess of Pure Delight
Berio: Dolce cominciamento (from Quattro canzoni popolari)
Rossini: Mi lagnerò tacendo 'Stabat Mater'
Berio: La donna ideale (from Quattro canzoni popolari)
Rossini: Mi lagnerò tacendo 'Sorzico'
Berio: Ballo (from Quattro canzoni popolari)
Castleton/Williams/Sisking: Driftin’ Tide
Austin/Hunter/Siskind: Downhearted Blues
Austin/Siskind: Lovie Austin Tribute
Holiday/White/Siskind: Our Love is Different

Julia Bullock, soprano
Bretton Brown, piano

Presented by Stephen Broad
Produced by Gavin McCollum