Red House Recital: The Art Song of Imogen Holst

Red House Recital: The Art Song of Imogen Holst
For one afternoon - 1 & 4pm
May 10, 2026
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Red House Recital: The Art Song of Imogen Holst
Joanna Songi and Matthew Fletcher explore the archived works of Imogen Holst in this recital celebrating their new recording of her Art Song.Imogen Holst’s music sets poetry by English Renaissance writers, including Shakespeare and Donne, and folksongs from the Appalachian Mountains. Completing the programme are works by her father Gustav Holst and Benjamin Britten, together with companion pieces by a new generation of composers.Performed by previous Britten Pears Young Artists.

Joanna Songi soprano
Matthew Fletcher piano

I. Holst:Four Songs (7’)
G. Holst:Here’s Adieu (3’)
Britten:Seascape (3’)
G. Holst:The Harper (2’)
I. Holst:Exile (3’)
Colin Matthews:Out in the Dark (3’)
I. Holst:Little thinks’t thou (2’)
Ella Jarman-Pinto:Breake of Day (3’)
I. Holst:Come away death (2’)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad:A Thousand Sev’ral Ways (1’)
Matthew Fletcher:Two Cornish Folksongs (4’)
I. Holst:Appalachian Folk Songs (10’)

Main image: Matthew Fletcher and Joanna Songi

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