LESW26 – Challenging Hardy

Challenging Hardy
Women poets answer back to ‘A Young Man’s Exhortation’

Francis Melville – tenor
Adrian Thompson – tenor
Robin Tritschler – tenor

With Joanna Scanlan

Many of Hardy’s views sit uncomfortably in the 21st century. Here women poets respond, affectionately and acerbically, with the help of BAFTA-winning actress Joanna Scanlan (Riot Women, After Love), with Finzi’s famous song cycle performed by tenors Adrian Thompson, Robin Tritschler and Francis Melville. 

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“Outstanding…a masterclass in the dramatic power of understatement’. Mark Kermode (The Observer) on Joanna Scanlan’s BAFTA-winning performance in After Love

“Here is a realization of musicianship at its fullest, an ever spontaneous response to the specialized art form of recital singing.” Calgary Herald on Adrian Thompson