About the Performance
Baritone Bryn Terfel and accompanist Malcolm Martineau perform a heart-warming selection of favourite songs including Sea Fever by John Ireland, Songs of Travel by Vaughan Williams, Now sleeps the crimson petal by Quilter and rousing traditional songs from the British Isles including Loch Lomond, Danny Boy and Molly Malone.
'a voice in a billion' The Times
'Terfel himself has the gift to be simple and, in something almost amounting to genius, the gift of communication. With him, the words live and become vivid' Gramophone
This event will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concerts programme at 1:00pm, 2 September 2009. The programme will then be available for streaming and download for one week at bbc.co.uk/iplayer.
