In honour of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, Hayden and Francis perform the first narrative song-cycle where the distance from the poet's beloved is great and his longing intense. He is no longer satisfied with merely the sound of his lover's name, but frustrated by the pain that physical separation by mountains and plains causes.

Hayden and Francis end the recital with three theatre songs by American composer Ben Moore, written as one-off pieces added to different stage shows he was working on.

Executive Producer: Judith Neilson AM