Songs of Comfort with Jessica Costelloe
This week member of Grange Park Opera chorus Jessica Costelloe has been sharing her songs and arias of comfort and escapism to provide some relaxation during this time.
She has chosen paintings and artwork to accompany the pieces as a visual narrative.
Von Ewiger Liebe by Johannes Brahms sung by Anne Sofie von Otter
Painting: Love Among the Ruins by Edward Burne-Jones
An die Musik by Franz Schubert sung by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Painting: Music Lesson by Frederic Leighton
Silent Noon by Ralph Vaughan Williams sung by Bryn Terfel
Painting: Silent Noon by John Byam Liston Shaw
Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Lieben by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart sung by Lucia Popp
Painting: The Naiad by John William Waterhouse
À Chloris by Reynaldo Hahn sung by Susan Graham
Painting: The Love Letter by Auguste Toulmouche
A Vuchella by Francesco Paolo Tosti sung by Luciano Pavarotti
Painting: The Soul of the Rose by John William Waterhouse.
Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix from Samson et Delila by Camille Saint-Saëns sung by Elīna Garanča.
Painting: Samson and Delilah by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni