Praised for his “velvet-toned” voice (BBC Music Magazine) and “forthright agility” (Musical America), baritone Edward Vogel is a versatile performer whose recent highlights include solo debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Jacksonville Symphony, and Boise Philharmonic, as well as multiple appearances with GRAMMY®-winning Apollo’s Fire. In 2024, he earned a GRAMMY® nomination for his solo work on Apollo’s Fire’s Israel in Egypt. A sought-after ensemble singer, Vogel has performed with Bach Collegium Japan and Paul Hillier’s Theatre of Voices, and is a core member of leading U.S. choral ensembles. An avid recitalist, he is known for his interpretations of British art song, Iberian early music, and works by Mahler, with performances at venues including Wigmore Hall and the Tanglewood Festival. His program is entitled, “A Palace in the Wild: Journeys in British Art Song”.
CONCERT TITLE: A Palace in the Wild: Journeys in British Art Song
Edward Vogel, baritone
Jenny Parker, piano
The twentieth century saw distinct national styles emerge in western classical music. In Britain, this took the form of music inspired by gently rolling hills, impossibly green pastures, whitecaps crashing against chalky cliffs, and the distinctive harmonies of the island nations’ ancient folk music traditions. Exploring universal themes of love, loss, and life’s journey, and composed of pieces largely unknown in the United States, this program broadens the horizons of art song lovers, while introducing the genre in an approachable way to those new to it.
PROGRAM:
I. Youth and Love
I Will Go With My Father A-Ploughing, Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
Desire in Spring, Gurney
Summer Schemes, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Love’s Philosophy, Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
II. Let Beauty Awake
Sweet change, that led my steps abroad, Michael Head (1800-1876)
Linden Lea, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
The Cloths of Heaven, Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
III. Whither Must I Wander?
Sea Fever, John Ireland (1879-1962)
Down by the Salley Gardens, Gurney
Autumn, Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Vagabond, Ireland
IV. The Upward and the Downward Slope
Songs of Travel, Vaughan Williams
The Vagabond
Let Beauty Awake
The Roadside Fire
Youth and Love
In dreams
The infinite shining heavens
Whither Must I Wander
Bright is the ring of words
I have trod the upward and the downward slope
V. The Ring of Words
King David, Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
It was a lover and his lass, Finzi
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