CMIM Voice 2022 - Semi-final: Michael Lafferty

Baritone Michael Lafferty (United Kingdom, 1996) performs ‘Gruß’ from Edvard Grieg’s Sechs Lieder, Op. 48; ‘Chera mi vstretilis’ from Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 15 Romances, Op. 26; ‘Ae Fond Kiss’ from Healey Willan’s Songs of the British Isles; ‘Chanson du petit cordonnier’ and ‘Chanson de la grenouillére’ from Malcolm Forsyth’s Three Métis Folk Songs from Saskatchewan; ‘La lune blanche luit dans les bois’ from Gabriel Fauré’s song cycle La bonne chanson, Op. 61; and Francis Poulenc’s Quatre poémes de Guillaume Apollinaire, FP. 58, during the semi-finals of the Art Song division of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2022 (CMIM). This performance was recorded at the Bourgie Hall of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. (23 min)