Felix Gygli (baritone) and Jong Sun Woo (piano)
Friday 22 May 2026
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Join us for a recital of German Lieder, tracing the fragile thread of the human experience of love, loss, and longing. Schumann’s Tragödie and Op. 40 songs reveal intimate dramas—fleeting tenderness, dreamlike innocence, and the stark shadows of betrayal and fate. Korngold’s 6 Einfache Lieder then open a palette of cinematic warmth, where whispered letters, wandering nights, and quiet heroism unfold. Finally, Zemlinsky’s Op. 8 songs rise with striking intensity—vigils, lamentations, and the stern song of the watchtower.
Schumann Tragödie Op. 64, No. 3
Schumann Op. 40
Korngold 6 Einfache Lieder, Op. 9
Zemlinksy Turmwächterlied und andere Gesänge, Op. 8
Felix Gygli baritone
Jong Sun Woo piano
Swiss baritone Felix Gygli won the Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2023, the Lied Prize of the Queen Sonja Competition 2024 and was the inaugural winner of the Eastbourne International Singing Competition 2024. Highlights of the 2025/26 season include a house and role debut as Schaunard in La bohéme for Theater St. Gallen, a return to Zürich Opera House for Graf Dominik in Arabella and St Matthew’s Passion with Gli Angeli Genève, alongside recitals with Sholto Kynoch.
Felix is a passionate Lieder singer and regularly performs in recitals in the UK, France, and Switzerland with pianists JongSun Woo and Tomasz Domanski. He made his US debut performing Schubert’s Winterreise with pianist Pierre-Nicolas Colombat at the Boston Text and Tone Festival.
Felix is a Samling Artist and was a National Opera Studio Young Artist 2022/23. He received his training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
Described as ‘poetic and characterful’ (The Guardian), Jong Sun Woo recently won the Pianist Prize at Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition 2024 and with baritone Giacomo Schmidt, the 1st prize at Wolf International Art Song Competition 2024 in Stuttgart, 2nd prize and the Audience Prize at Schubert Lied Duo Competition 2023 in Dortmund. Jong Sun also received the Gerald Moore Award from the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2022.
Jong Sun has participated in many prestigious young artist programmes, including Heidelberger Frühling Lied Akademie 21/22, Wigmore French Song 23/24, Carnegie Hall SongStudio 2025. She is also a Samling Artist and Britten-Pears Artist.
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| Fri 22 May | 1:00 PM | £10 | Book |
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