Charlotte de soprano Malcolm Martineau piano MALCOLM MARTINEAU He was a given an honorary doctorate at the Royal Scottish Family Connections Malcolm Martineau was born in , read Music at St Academy of Music and Drama in 2004, and appointed Catharine's College, Cambridge and studied at the Royal International Fellow of Accompaniment in 2009. Malcolm was the Charlotte de Rothschild soprano & Malcolm Martineau piano College of Music. Recognised as one of the leading Artistic Director of the 2011 Leeds Lieder+ Festival. He was made accompanists of his generation, he has worked with many of the an OBE in the 2016 New Year’s Honours. 1 Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847 Auf Flügeln des Gesanges 2.58 world’s greatest singers including Sir , Dame Janet 2 Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791-1864 The rare Flower 3.23 Baker, Olaf Bär, Anna Netrebko, Barbara Bonney, Dame Sarah 3 Reynaldo Hahn 1874-1947 A Cloris 3.06 Connolly, , , Thomas Hampson, , , Angelika 4 Louis Spohr 1784-1859 Nachgefühl 1.39 Kirchschlager, Dame , Christopher Maltman, Karita 5 Mathilde de Rothschild 1832-1924 Der Komet 1.39 Mattila, Dame , Anna Netrebko, Anne Sofie von 6 My Lady Sleeps 2.21 Otter, Joan Rodgers, , , Sarah Walker and . 7 Romance 2.33 8 Franz Liszt 1811-1886 S’il est un charmant gazon 2.39 He has presented his own series at the and the 9 Jacques Halévy 1799-1862 Canzonetta 2.55 Edinburgh Festival. He has appeared throughout Europe including London’s Wigmore Hall and the Barbican; La Scala, 10 Frédéric Chopin 1810-1849 Mazurka Op. 67 No. 4 2.28 ; the Chatelet, ; the Liceu, Barcelona; ’s 11 Giacomo Rossini 1792-1835 Mi lagnerò tacendo 1.45 Philharmonie and Konzerthaus; ’s Concertgebouw 12 Aragonese 3.51 and ’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein; North America including both New York’s Alice Tully and Carnegie Halls; 13 Vincenzo Bellini 1801-1835 Dolente immagine 2.45 Australia including the Sydney Opera House and at the Aix en 14 Samuel Barber 1910-1981 The Daisies 0.58 Provence, Vienna, Edinburgh, Schubertiade, and 15 Mathilde de Rothschild Sechs Lieder I Schmerzvergessen 1.29 Salzburg Festivals. 16 II Nicht nur, wenn uns're Pfade 1.30 Recording projects have included the complete Beethoven Folk 17 III Ein Herz in mir 0.47 Songs and Schubert, Schumann and English song recitals with 18 IV Wiegenlied 2.48 Bryn Terfel; Schubert and Strauss recitals with Simon Keenlyside plus the Grammy Award-winning Songs of War; 19 V Es grüsset dich aus fernem Land 1.46 recital recordings with Angela Gheorghiu, Barbara Bonney, 20 VI Als ich di.ch kaum geseh'n 1.09 Magdalena Kozena, Della Jones, Susan Bullock, Solveig 21 Luigi Cherubini 1760-1842 Canto d'Armida 2.40 Kringelborn , Anne Schwanewilms, Dorothea Röschmann and Christiane Karg; the complete Fauré songs with Sarah Walker 22 Franz Liszt Der du von dem Himmel bist 4.40 and ; the complete Britten Folk Songs; the complete 23 Samuel Barber The Monk & his cat 2.38 Poulenc songs and Britten Song Cycles as well as Schubert with 24 Francis Poulenc 1899-1963 A sa guitar 3.12 Florian Boesch, Reger with and the complete Mendelssohn songs. 25 Anton Rubinstein 1829-1894 Hüte dich 2.25 26 Where the bee sucks 1842-1900 Sir Arthur Sullivan 1.45 Total playing time 64.14 2 23 CHARLOTTE DE ROTHSCHILD After performing in Japan for over twenty years, Charlotte “Family Connections” was Charlotte de Rothschild’s first recorded a CD of classical Japanese songs "A Japanese professional recording. It was made early on in her career and Journey". She was the first foreigner to have recorded this music highlights the wonderful connections that the Rothschilds have in the native tongue and she has promoted the beauty of these had over the generations with so many famous musicians. songs all over the world, accompanied by the harp, piano or Charlotte’s career has since taken her all over the world. With orchestra. In 2016 Charlotte made a whole CD of specially her wide knowledge of the song repertoire, from different eras, commissioned orchestral arrangements of 19 very beautiful countries and genres, she has created some wonderful themed Japanese songs by various composers with the City of London programmes; the best-known being this “Family Connections” Sinfonia conducted by Michael Collins. This was released as which traces the musical history of her forebears with music by, “Hana Wa Saku – Flowers Will Bloom” and the Sinfonia, Michael and anecdotes about, the composers who were friends, and Charlotte toured Japan together in the Spring of 2017. Her teachers or ancestors of the during the 19th third CD of Japanese art songs, “Furusato”, was released in and 20th Centuries. Charlotte has presented this programme in January 2018. During her February tour in Japan, Charlotte had the U.S.A., Europe, Japan, India, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia the tremendous honour of performing some of these delightful and the U.K. songs for the new Emperor and Empress of Japan. Her recent concert schedule included concerts in Montenegro, Thailand, Other themes presented in major concert halls or Festivals Vietnam, Hong Kong, China and the U.S.A. include "A Bouquet of Flower Songs" (arranged by the season), "Women of the Old Testament" (with harpsichord and piano accompaniments), and "A Woman's Lot" (a humorous look at the passage of life). Charlotte put together a programme for the McMullen Museum of Art in Boston in conjunction with the art exhibition "Making History", from the Royal Society of Antiquaries, which included songs that reflect Antiquarian interest in in the 18th, 19th and early 20th Centuries and she repeated this recital in Yale and in London. Another programme, which she performed with the pianist Adrian Farmer in Boston and then in Newport, Rhode Island, was a celebration of the work of the stained-glass artist John La Farge called “Mirages: The Light and Life of John La Farge through Music.”

Charlotte is a Nimbus recording artist with whom she has released many CDs. These include “The Songs of Mathilde de Rothschild” which showcase the beautiful French and German songs of her talented ancestor who was a pupil of Chopin and a well-published composer in the 19th century, two Schumann albums, a Fauré album “Mirages and La Chanson d’Eve” and “The Songs of Roger Quilter”, plus three song albums for the Lyrita label, presenting Norman Peterkin, Cyril Scott and Miriam Hyde. 22 3 4 21 20 5 6 19 18 7 8 17 16 9 10 15 14 11 12 13 12 13 14 11 10 15 16 9 8 17 18 7 6 19 20 5 4 21 CHARLOTTE DE ROTHSCHILD After performing in Japan for over twenty years, Charlotte “Family Connections” was Charlotte de Rothschild’s first recorded a CD of classical Japanese songs "A Japanese professional recording. It was made early on in her career and Journey". She was the first foreigner to have recorded this music highlights the wonderful connections that the Rothschilds have in the native tongue and she has promoted the beauty of these had over the generations with so many famous musicians. songs all over the world, accompanied by the harp, piano or Charlotte’s career has since taken her all over the world. With orchestra. In 2016 Charlotte made a whole CD of specially her wide knowledge of the song repertoire, from different eras, commissioned orchestral arrangements of 19 very beautiful countries and genres, she has created some wonderful themed Japanese songs by various composers with the City of London programmes; the best-known being this “Family Connections” Sinfonia conducted by Michael Collins. This was released as which traces the musical history of her forebears with music by, “Hana Wa Saku – Flowers Will Bloom” and the Sinfonia, Michael and anecdotes about, the composers who were friends, and Charlotte toured Japan together in the Spring of 2017. Her teachers or ancestors of the Rothschild family during the 19th third CD of Japanese art songs, “Furusato”, was released in and 20th Centuries. Charlotte has presented this programme in January 2018. During her February tour in Japan, Charlotte had the U.S.A., Europe, Japan, India, Singapore, Taiwan, Australia the tremendous honour of performing some of these delightful and the U.K. songs for the new Emperor and Empress of Japan. Her recent concert schedule included concerts in Montenegro, Thailand, Other themes presented in major concert halls or Festivals Vietnam, Hong Kong, China and the U.S.A. include "A Bouquet of Flower Songs" (arranged by the season), "Women of the Old Testament" (with harpsichord and piano accompaniments), and "A Woman's Lot" (a humorous look at the passage of life). Charlotte put together a programme for the McMullen Museum of Art in Boston in conjunction with the art exhibition "Making History", from the Royal Society of Antiquaries, which included songs that reflect Antiquarian interest in England in the 18th, 19th and early 20th Centuries and she repeated this recital in Yale and in London. Another programme, which she performed with the pianist Adrian Farmer in Boston and then in Newport, Rhode Island, was a celebration of the work of the stained-glass artist John La Farge called “Mirages: The Light and Life of John La Farge through Music.”

Charlotte is a Nimbus recording artist with whom she has released many CDs. These include “The Songs of Mathilde de Rothschild” which showcase the beautiful French and German songs of her talented ancestor who was a pupil of Chopin and a well-published composer in the 19th century, two Schumann albums, a Fauré album “Mirages and La Chanson d’Eve” and “The Songs of Roger Quilter”, plus three song albums for the Lyrita label, presenting Norman Peterkin, Cyril Scott and Miriam Hyde. 22 3 MALCOLM MARTINEAU He was a given an honorary doctorate at the Royal Scottish Family Connections Malcolm Martineau was born in Edinburgh, read Music at St Academy of Music and Drama in 2004, and appointed Catharine's College, Cambridge and studied at the Royal International Fellow of Accompaniment in 2009. Malcolm was the Charlotte de Rothschild soprano & Malcolm Martineau piano College of Music. Recognised as one of the leading Artistic Director of the 2011 Leeds Lieder+ Festival. He was made accompanists of his generation, he has worked with many of the an OBE in the 2016 New Year’s Honours. 1 Felix Mendelssohn 1809-1847 Auf Flügeln des Gesanges 2.58 world’s greatest singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Janet 2 Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791-1864 The rare Flower 3.23 Baker, Olaf Bär, Anna Netrebko, Barbara Bonney, Dame Sarah 3 Reynaldo Hahn 1874-1947 A Cloris 3.06 Connolly, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Della Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika 4 Louis Spohr 1784-1859 Nachgefühl 1.39 Kirchschlager, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Karita 5 Mathilde de Rothschild 1832-1924 Der Komet 1.39 Mattila, Dame Ann Murray, Anna Netrebko, Anne Sofie von 6 My Lady Sleeps 2.21 Otter, Joan Rodgers, Michael Schade, Frederica von Stade, Sarah Walker and Bryn Terfel. 7 Romance 2.33 8 Franz Liszt 1811-1886 S’il est un charmant gazon 2.39 He has presented his own series at the Wigmore Hall and the 9 Jacques Halévy 1799-1862 Canzonetta 2.55 Edinburgh Festival. He has appeared throughout Europe including London’s Wigmore Hall and the Barbican; La Scala, 10 Frédéric Chopin 1810-1849 Mazurka Op. 67 No. 4 2.28 Milan; the Chatelet, Paris; the Liceu, Barcelona; Berlin’s 11 Giacomo Rossini 1792-1835 Mi lagnerò tacendo 1.45 Philharmonie and Konzerthaus; Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw 12 Aragonese 3.51 and Vienna’s Konzerthaus and Musikverein; North America including both New York’s Alice Tully and Carnegie Halls; 13 Vincenzo Bellini 1801-1835 Dolente immagine 2.45 Australia including the Sydney Opera House and at the Aix en 14 Samuel Barber 1910-1981 The Daisies 0.58 Provence, Vienna, Edinburgh, Schubertiade, Munich and 15 Mathilde de Rothschild Sechs Lieder I Schmerzvergessen 1.29 Salzburg Festivals. 16 II Nicht nur, wenn uns're Pfade 1.30 Recording projects have included the complete Beethoven Folk 17 III Ein Herz in mir 0.47 Songs and Schubert, Schumann and English song recitals with 18 IV Wiegenlied 2.48 Bryn Terfel; Schubert and Strauss recitals with Simon Keenlyside plus the Grammy Award-winning Songs of War; 19 V Es grüsset dich aus fernem Land 1.46 recital recordings with Angela Gheorghiu, Barbara Bonney, 20 VI Als ich di.ch kaum geseh'n 1.09 Magdalena Kozena, Della Jones, Susan Bullock, Solveig 21 Luigi Cherubini 1760-1842 Canto d'Armida 2.40 Kringelborn , Anne Schwanewilms, Dorothea Röschmann and Christiane Karg; the complete Fauré songs with Sarah Walker 22 Franz Liszt Der du von dem Himmel bist 4.40 and Tom Krause; the complete Britten Folk Songs; the complete 23 Samuel Barber The Monk & his cat 2.38 Poulenc songs and Britten Song Cycles as well as Schubert with 24 Francis Poulenc 1899-1963 A sa guitar 3.12 Florian Boesch, Reger with Sophie Bevan and the complete Mendelssohn songs. 25 Anton Rubinstein 1829-1894 Hüte dich 2.25 26 Where the bee sucks 1842-1900 Sir Arthur Sullivan 1.45 Total playing time 64.14 2 23 Family Connections Charlotte de Rothschild soprano Malcolm Martineau piano

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