Surrey Hills International Music Festival 2026 – Songs of Love and Longing
15 May 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
A recital by the legendary Dame Sarah Connolly, world-renowned singer and Festival patron, together with leading pianist Julius Drake.
Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano and Julius Drake, piano
Brahms Songs including Wie Melodien, O Kühler Wald, Von ewiger Liebe
Schumann Maria Stuart lieder
Mahler Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Debussy Chansons de Bilitis
Duparc L’invitation au voyage
Mozart Abendempfindung
A wonderful opportunity to hear a recital by the legendary Dame Sarah Connolly, world-renowned singer and Festival patron, together with leading pianist Julius Drake. Songs of Love and Longing brings together composers who gave musical voice to the most intimate reaches of the human heart. From Brahms’s tender meditations and Schumann’s poignant reflections on loss, to Mahler’s bittersweet vignettes of earthly and eternal, Dame Sarah’s velvety tones take the listener on a beautiful journey through some of the most expressive and captivating songs ever written.