CONCERT PROGRAMME

• Claude Debussy
  Trois Chansons de Bilitis
• Mel Bonis
  Désdemone, Op. 101
  Mélisande, Op. 109
  Ophélie, Op. 165
• Clara Schumann
  Liebst du um Schönheit No. 2, Op. 12
  Lorelei, WoO19
  Sie liebten sich beide No. 2, Op. 13
• Robert Schumann
  Fünf Lieder, Op. 40
  Liederkreis, Op. 24
• Anon. & Maud Irving (arr. Kian Ravaei)
  Sarı Gelin & Wildwood Flower*
• Robert Schumann
  Vier Duette, Op. 78

* World premiere of the Turkish version

Duration: 110’ (w/ interval)

One of the Istanbul Music Festival’s most cherished series, Festival Encounter unites legendary tenor Ian Bostridge and his regular collaborator, the renowned pianist Saskia Giorgini with Feride Büyükdenktaş, a rising artist of the new generation distinguished by her rare vocal colour spanning mezzo-soprano and lyric contralto.