Benjamin Britten’s final vocal work, the dramatic cantata Phaedra, Op.93, for mezzo-soprano and small orchestra, Handel’s cantata Lucrezia, Gorecki’s Concerto for Harpsichord and Strings and two trio sonatas for two violins by Handel and Vivaldi are all in the line up in a performance conducted by Sarah Penicka-Smith featuring award-winning soprano Hester Hannah and early music ensemble Thoroughbass directed by harpsichordist…
Love and Lamentations Sophia Mitchell’s Farewell Concert Ferguson Hall, St Stephen’s church Macquarie Street 24 May 2014 Mezzo-soprano Sophia Mitchell is following the well-trodden path of promising young Australian singers and in September she and her family, including a young child, will be re-locating to London. Having already obtained her first degree at the…
Mezzo-soprano Sophie Mitchell is re-locating to London later this year to pursue a Master of Music in Historical Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Before she leaves, she is performing Love and Lamentations: A Farewell Concert, an afternoon of exquisite sacred and secular music, spanning Medieval to Baroque, on period instruments. Sophia studied…