Heart & Hereafter: Collected Songs of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
5/28/2021, 25 Tracks, 55:30
Featuring
Elizabeth Llewellyn
Simon Lepper
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
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Performer Biography
Pianist Simon Lepper is a professor of collaborative piano and a vocal repertoire coach at the Royal College of Music, London.
Performer Biography
Simon Lepper has been the official accompanist for the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition since 2003.
Recording & Production
This album was rehearsed, recorded, and produced during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the UK in 2020.
Performer Biography
Soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, in 2019, in the title role of Bess in Porgy and Bess.
Album & Artwork
The album features collected songs by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a British composer who lived from 1875 to 1912.
Composition History
Many of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's songs were out of print, requiring extensive research at the British Library and communication with the US to find them.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Coleridge-Taylor's frequent use of the label 'African' is described as deceptive, as his Seven African Romances are light and tuneful with hardly a dash of exoticism.
