Semi-Final | Somerset Song Prize
Programme to include Respighi, L. Boulanger, Britten, and Debussy with David Palmer, piano.
Tickets and more information here.
Carmina Burana | Amchor
Soprano soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana, presented by Amchor with the Thames Children’s Choir, Thames Voyces, and the percussionists of the British Sinfonietta.
More information and tickets: https://amchor.com/upcoming-concerts/.
American Songbook | Mendelssohn-Orchesterakademie
Programme TBC.
Tickets and more information here: https://www.gewandhausorchester.de/en/orchester/mendelssohn-orchestra-academy/
Von Leipzig in die Berkshires | Mendelssohn-Orchesterakademie
Soprano soloist in Lukas Foss’s Time Cycle with members of the Mendelssohn-Orchesterakademie.
More information and tickets available here: https://www.gewandhausorchester.de/en/orchester/mendelssohn-orchestra-academy/
Sopranos on the Edge: Demystifying the 'Mad Scene' | Opera Prelude
Lecture-recital on the musical and social history of the ‘mad scene,’ with programme to include Purcell, Handel, R. Strauss, Schubert, Bellini, Larsen, and Sondheim with JongSun Woo, piano.
More information and tickets here.
Leçons de ténèbres | The Queenes Chappell
Couperin’s Trois leçons de ténèbres.
More information here: https://www.queeneschappell.com
Overseas Award | Royal Over-Seas League
Programme to include Schubert, Stravinsky, Handel, Nystroem, and Lili Boulanger with David Palmer, piano.
Sopranos on the Edge: Demystifying the 'Mad Scene' | Opera Prelude
Lecture-recital featuring works by Handel, Bellini, R. Strauss, Schubert, Larsen, and Sondheim presented alongside pianist JongSun Woo.
More information and tickets: https://operaprelude.org/henley-events/sopranos-on-the-edge-demystifying-the-mad-scene
Mendelssohn's Elijah | London Symphony Orchestra
Semi-chorus in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano.
Tickets and more information: https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/hope-faith-and-courage-mendelssohns-elijah-31-january/
Mendelssohn's Elijah | London Symphony Orchestra
Semi-chorus in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano.
Tickets and more information: https://www.lso.co.uk/whats-on/hope-faith-and-courage-mendelssohns-elijah-28-january/
Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor | Islington Choral Society
Soprano II soloist for the Mozart C Minor Mass with the Islington Choral Society and Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra.
Tickets and more information: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/events/landing/47937
Tanglewood Music Center Vocal Arts Program Concert
More information: https://www.bso.org/events/tmc-vocal-music-july-9
Master's Recital
Works by Schubert, Schumann, L. Boulanger, and Sondheim. Accompanied by Luke Lally Maguire, piano. Free and unticketed.
Lunchtime Recital
Works by Schubert, Schumann, L. Boulanger, and Stephen Sondheim. Accompanied by Luke Lally Maguire, piano.
Voiceworks: Creative Minds in Song
Free and unticketed. More information : https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/voiceworks-creative-minds-in-song.
Jonah (Narrator cover)
The world premiere performance of Ian Fletcher’s oratorio Jonah, based on the biblical story. Bridget covers the role of the Narrator.
More information and tickets available here: https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/jonah-theme-of-the-sea/
Lunchtime Recital
A programme of contemporary English-language song themed around nature and climate change. Works by Copland, Barber, Knussen, and more. Joined by David Palmer, piano.
Guildhall Studio Orchestra: The Unsung Voices of the Great American Songbook
Guildhall Studio Orchestra and the American Songbook Company present a tribute to the unsung composers, arrangers and lyricists responsible for creating the Great American Songbook – a collection of some of the most influential American popular songs, musical theatre and jazz standards of the early 20th century.
Tickets available online: https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/guildhall-studio-orchestra-the-unsung-voices-of-the-great-american-songbook
Lamentations (The Queenes Chappell)
Works by Couperin and Cavalieri.
More information and tickets can be found here: https://www.queeneschappell.com/lamentations?fbclid=IwAR2IrOzRU9neFvfGqqVK3czOO7rAKhEhEC34064IWUyMSwzgcp74NsZ6nUo.
Songs at Six: Graham Johnson
Graham Johnson, Senior Professor of Accompaniment at Guildhall School, leads a Song Guild recital, which incorporates the Paul Hamburger Prize for Voice and Piano Duo.
Featuring songs by Brahms, Schubert, Robert Schumann, and Wolf.
Free and unticketed. More information: https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/songs-at-six-graham-johnson
Guildhall School English Song Prize Competition Final
An annual competition for singers and pianists, celebrating song in English.
Free and unticketed. More information: https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/english-song-prize
Creators in Concert: Canadian and U.S. Crossover with Musique 3 Femmes
Excerpts from Plaything, libretto by Maria Reva, composed by Anna Pidgorna. In collaboration with Musique 3 Femmes and Opera America.
LSO Discovery Friday Lunchtime Concert
Songs by Libby Larsen and Gladys Davenport
https://lso.shorthandstories.com/fltc-25-nov-2022/index.html
Guildhall Cantata Project
Students from the Historical Performance and Vocal departments are accompanied by Head of Historical Performance, Christopher Suckling, in a programme of solo and duo cantatas by Handel.
The programme includes the charming Cantata Spagnuola, one of the earliest pieces Handel wrote for the great soprano Margarita Durastante.
https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/guildhall-cantata-project
St James's Church Picadilly Lunchtime Recital
Bridget Esler, soprano, Caroline Bourg, soprano, David Palmer, piano, and Gabriel Francis-Dehqani, cello present works by Libby Larsen, Barber, Weill, and Heggie.
https://www.sjp.org.uk/music-arts-ideas/lunchtime-recital-david-palmer-piano-caroline-bourg-soprano-bridget-esler-soprano/
Solo Master’s Recital
Bridget Esler, soprano and David Palmer, piano present Deità silvane, Ottorino Respighi, Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, Francis Poulenc, and Try Me, Good King, Libby Larsen.