José and Rafton Smallwood Masterclass Series III
Thu 30 Apr
|Royal Northern College of Music
Richard Hageman scholar Nico de Villiers joins pianist and composer David Owen Norris for the final of three lecture recitals entitled “The songs of Richard Hageman and other screen-struck European exiles: Wilhelm Grosz, Jaroslav Ježek, Kurt Weill & P.G. Wodehouse”.
Time & Location
30 Apr 2026, 19:00 – 22:00
Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9RD, UK
About the event
This lecture celebrates Hageman’s career on stage and in Hollywood and its influence on his song composition. In addition to a selection of songs by Yvette Guilbert (sung in Ezra Pound’s translations), this lecture features songs by some of the most important American theatre and stage composers Jerome Kern and German-born American composer Kurt Weill. In addition to the presentation, exhibits from the Richard Hageman Society Archive will be on display.