Kathryn Rudge, soprano - (lunchtime concert): 4 July 2011

Kathryn Rudge, soprano and Daniel Browell, piano

Since her recital at the Festival in 2007, Kathryn has gone from strength to strength with her post-graduate studies at the RNCM culminating in her performance as Carmen. This summer she appears with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko and gives recitals at the Wigmore Hall and Spitalfields Festival.

“There is a precious talent here: her voice … is fluent and beautiful in any register.” Opera Magazine

Programme:

HANDEL Scherza Infida (Ariodante)
BRAHMS Feldeinsamkeit (Sechs Lieder Op 86 No 2)
BRAHMS Minnelied (Funf Gesange Op 71 No 5)
MANUEL DE FALLA Siete canciones populares Espanolas
COPLAND Boatman's Dance
COPLAND Simple Gifts
COPLAND Little Horses
COPLAND Long time ago
BIZET Habanera from Carmen (L)
BIZET Seguidilla (Carmen)
BRITTEN The Sally Gardens
BRITTEN Brisk Young Widow
BRITTEN Oliver Cromwell