The Voice of Nature with Beth Taylor

Concert Classical Music
Date

August 17, 2025

1 performance

1:30 p.m.
Price
Regular: 23 $ Tx and fees incl. Children rate available

From France to the United Kingdom, Scotland to Ireland, and a stop in Germany, music and poetry come together in this celebration of nature and love with an enchanting array of songs. 

The deeply expressive and richly nuanced voice of Beth Taylor unites with the artistry of pianist Esther Gonthier for a musical moment of intricate and multifaceted emotions.

  • Seats General admission
  • Cécile Chaminade, L’été: Ah! Chantez, chantez! [Summer: Ah! Sing, Sing!]

    Arthur Honegger, Trois chansons de la petite sirène [Three Songs of the Little Mermaid], H. 63: 

    1. Chanson des sirènes [Mermaids’ Song]
    2. Berceuse de la sirène [Mermaid’s Lullaby]
    3. Chanson de la poire [Pear Song]

    Cécile Chaminade, Viens, mon bien-aimé! [Come, My Beloved!]

    Charles Villiers Stanford, La belle Dame sans merci [The Beautiful Merciless Lady] 

    Robert Schumann, Lieder und Gesänge, [Songs and hymns] vol. IV, op. 96

    1. Nachtlied [Night Song]
    2. Scheeglöckchen [Snowdrops]
    3. Ihre Stimme [Her Voice]
    4. Gesungen! [Singing!]
    5. Himmel und Erde [Heaven and Earth]

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    Lili Boulanger, Reflets [Reflections] 

    Johannes Brahms, 4 Lieder, op. 96: I. Der Tod das ist die Kühle Nacht [O Death, that is the cooling night] 

    Johannes Brahms, 4 Gesänge, op. 43: I. Von Ewiger Liebe [Of Eternal Love] 

    Reynaldo Hahn, 

    1. Études latines: II. Néère
    2. Rondels: VIII. Quand je fus pris au pavillon
    3. Chansons grises: V. L’heure exquise 

    Judith Weir, Sweet Little Red Feet 

    Benjamin Britten (arr.), Folksongs Arrangements, vol. 3—British Isles from Somerset: Oh Waly, Waly

    Hamilton Harty, The Sea Wrack 

  • Mezzo-soprano

    Beth Taylor

    Piano

    Esther Gonthier

  • Production / Presentation

    Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM)

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