Christiane Karg and Joseph Middleton – Evening Recital

Soprano Christiane Karg and pianist Joseph Middleton give an evening song recital of Italian-themed works by German composers at the Leeds Song Festival.

As part of the Leeds Song Festival, soprano Christiane Karg reunites with pianist Joseph Middleton for a two-hour evening recital exploring Italy's fascination for German composers. The programme spans Mozart's Italian songs, Beethoven's Italian songs, Schubert's Vier Canzonen and Didone abbandonata, and Haydn's Ariadne auf Naxos. The recital celebrates the Italian voice as imagined through the German Lied tradition.