About the Performance
Sensational countertenor Bejun Mehta returns to the Festival with long term collaborator Julius Drake for this concert of works by Purcell, Haydn, Beethoven's only song cycle An die ferne Geliebte and a host of romantic English songs by Vaughan Williams, Berkeley, Warlock, Howells and Gurney.
‘A ballsy, risk-taking singer, he flings coloratura about like weaponry and pushes himself to his limits in his quest for musical and dramatic expression. You are conscious of being in the presence of greatness.' The Guardian
‘what of the voice? ...with a rich, bright, voluptuous tone, and a brilliant breath control; it's big too, capable of thrilling power' Opera
This event will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concerts programme at 1:00pm, 27 August 2009. The programme will then be available for streaming and download for one week at bbc.co.uk/iplayer.
