Event Description
Artists
Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo soprano
Malcolm Martineau piano
Programme
Barber Three Songs Op.10
Debussy Chansons des Bilitis
Duparc Extase; L’invitation au voyage; Chanson triste; Au pays où se fait la guerre
Mahler Selection from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Britten A Charm of Lullabies
Bennett A History of the Thé Dansant
Dame Sarah Connolly is an Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society and was awarded The King’s Medal for Music in 2023, as an outstanding musician who has had a major influence on the musical life of the nation. She has sung at the Aldeburgh, Edinburgh, Lucerne, Salzburg and Tanglewood Festivals and the BBC Proms where, in 2009, she was a soloist at the Last Night.
Malcolm Martineau OBE has performed with singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Janet Baker, Florian Boesch, Elīna Garanča, Dame Sarah Connolly, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Sir Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Dame Felicity Lott, Anne Sofie von Otter, Günther Groissböck and Sonya Yoncheva. He is a Professor of piano accompaniment at the RAM and an Honorary Doctor and International Fellow of Accompaniment at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Images of Dame Sarah Connolly © Andrew Crowley & Malcolm Martineau © K K Dundas
