Lunchtime Song Recital: Metropolis Song Cycle from Songs for Our Times, at St. Bride's Church London on June 24th 2025

Hello! We are having a recital of the Metropolis song cycle from album Songs for Our Times, at St. Bride's Church London on June 24th 2025 at 1.15pm. Please come and let soprano Isabelle Haile and pianist Asako Ogawa, take you on a musical journey through the emotions and events shaping our lives. I can't wait to share my songs with you!

The Programme

Isabelle Haile – soprano
Asako Ogawa – piano

Francis Poulenc

from Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101
Fleurs
Violon

Priez pour paix, FP 95

from Trois Novelettes
1. Novelette in C major, FP47

Bernard Hughes

Metropolis
– Song cycle for soprano and piano
(Lyricist: Chinwe D John)
1. Metropolis
2. The Shepherds
3. Call Home
4. When Apart
5. A Bedtime Tale
6. The River’s Course