Evening of Chamber Music with Mezzo-Soprano, Piano & Viola
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Join us for an enchanting evening of chamber music featuring mezzo-soprano, piano, and viola. Free entry at Forsyth Music Shop.
Join us for an enchanting evening of chamber music featuring performances by Imogen Garner (mezzo-soprano), John Gough (piano), and Benedict Holland (viola).
Imogen Garner
Mezzo-soprano Imogen studied at the RNCM and performs opera, song, and oratorio across the NW and nationally. Imogen has sung with ENO, Scottish Opera, Birmingham Opera, and at the Buxton Festival. Roles she has performed include Carmen, Orlofsky, Marcellina, Florence Pike, Dorabella, Orfeo, Mrs. Grose, Third Lady, Katisha, and Berta.
John Gough
John combines solo work, chamber music, and his role as an accompanist. John has given recitals at the Wigmore Hall, the Carnegie Hall, and the Bridgewater Hall. John has been involved in many BBC broadcasts often featuring the works of John Ireland, and has also enjoyed giving live broadcasts of the complete piano quartets of Brahms, Dvorak, and Fauré.
Benedict Holland
A versatile chamber musician, Ben was a founder member of the Matisse Piano Quartet and the Music Group of Manchester. He is currently a member of the virtuoso chamber ensemble I Musicanti, and together with friends David Greed, Heather Wallington, and Jen Langridge, of the Victoria Quartet. In addition, he pursues a busy recital programme throughout the UK with both piano and organ. He is a Professor of violin at the RNCM and a visiting artist at Trinity Laban Conservatoire.
Programme:
Two Shakespeare Songs Op. 9
Benjamin Dale (1885-1943)
-- O Mistress Mine
-- Come Away Death
Evening Song
Gounod (1818-1893)
Two Songs with Viola Op. 91
Brahms (1833-1897)
-- Gestillte Sehnsucht (Longing stilled)
-- Geistliches Wiegenlied (Sacred Lullaby)
Three Northumberland Folk Songs for Viola & Piano
Margot Wright (1911-200)
-- Billy Boy
-- Blow the Wind Southerly
-- The Keel Row
Three Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
-- Far, far from each other
-- Where is it that our soul doth go?
-- Music, when soft voices die
Three Songs
Winifred Bury (1897-1980)
-- Come to Me in My Dreams
-- Over The Sea
-- Go, Not Happy Day
Dansons la gigue
Charles Loeffler (1861-1935)
Location
Forsyth Music Shop
126 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2GR
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