Programme:
Hndel Giulio Cesare (Venera Bella)
Mozart Ridente la calma KV 152
Ravel 5 mlodies populaires grecques (L-bas, vers l'glise; Tout gai)
Macmillan Scot's Song
Mozart La Clemenza di Tito, KV 621 (Saltro che lagrime)
Handel Let the bright Seraphim
Mozart Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, KV 520
Johann Strauss Die Fledermaus (Mein Herr Marquis)
Robert Burns Rowan Tree
Interval
Handel Comfort Ye
Mendelssohn Das Erste Veilchen
Mendelssohn Suleika
Rhys Jones Cilfan y Coed
Charles Gounod LAbsent
Donizetti Una Furtiva Lagrima
Handel O ma belle rebelle
Burns My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose
Betty RoeThe Music Tree
Ian Venables Midnight Lamentation
Catriona Arthur is a Scottish Soprano currently in her first-year masters at The Royal Northern College of Music under the tutelage of Yvonne Howard. She is a recent graduate of Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she studied under the teaching of Joan Rodgers and Robert Botreill. Before her Undergraduate studies she was taught under Patricia MacMahon. Catriona has a love for opera particularly early opera and oratorio and thrives and enjoys singing this repertoire. She has a passion for performance and bringing music to places where it isnt as accessible, through this she has put on multiple concerts around Scotland bringing classical music and opera to care homes and dementia patients.
Lewis Menzies is a classical singer from Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. His musical journey began in 2020 when he competed in the Rotary Young Musician of the Year, winning both the school and county rounds. This early success fuelled his passion for singing, leading him to pursue vocal studies at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester.
Simon Callaghan performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, in parallel with a highly successful career as a recording artist. A favourite performer at the internationally-renowned Husum Festival of Piano Rarities in Germany, Callaghans recent sell-out concert was praised by VAN Magazine as a cleverly curated recital full of discoveries and by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as technically brilliant. Callaghan has developed a wide following and appears on a regular basis in the UKs major concert halls, and on tours to Asia, North America and Europe.
Includes Arrival Drink & Canapes