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Gibbons – Hosanna to the son of David
Sunday May 9th, 2010 Ian Hare (organ) |
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Rachel Little / soprano Rachel studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with Patricia MacMahon and at the Royal College of Music with Eiddwen Harrhy. An experienced oratorio singer, she has performed extensively in venues from The Royal Albert Hall and The Barbican to the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and St. Patrick’s Cathedral Dublin. She was the soprano soloist for a BBC Radio 3 recording of Haydn’s The Creation, conducted by Sir Philip Ledger, and the soloist for two BAFTA award-winning film sound tracks Transition and American Cousins, both composed by Donald Shaw. On the concert platform she has worked with internationally renowned conductors including Sir David Wilcocks, Peter Robinson and Tan Dun. Recent performances include Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate conducted by David Chapman, Handel’s Messiah with the Manchester Chamber Choir and the Haydn Harmonie Messe in St Asaph’s Cathedral, Wales. On the operatic stage Rachel has sung for three years with the critically acclaimed Opera Holland Park Chorus and performed in the British Premiere of Tan Dun’s opera Marco Polo with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. She has won several awards including the Jean Highgate Scholarship, the Jewish Choral Prize and the Hugh Sloane Memorial Award.Lucinda Stuart-Grant / mezzo-soprano Education: Opera Experience: Concert Experience: Recent Engagements:
Richard Pollock / tenor Richard Pollock was awarded a distinction in vocal performance and opera from the Royal Northern College of Music, as a pupil of Mr Patrick McGuigan and scholar of Sir Peter Moores. By that time he had also graduated in law and trained as a teacher. Richard thoroughly enjoys a broad oratorio concert repertoire, including the Evangelist in Bach St John and St Matthew Passions and Christmas Oratorio, Britten Saint Nicolas, Handel Samson, Messiah, and Acis and Galatea, Puccini Messa di Gloria, Dvorak Stabat Mater, Mozart Requiem, Solemn Vespers and Coronation Mass, Haydn Creation, Mendelssohn Elijah, Orff Carmina Burana, Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, and Bizet Te Deum, performing in cathedrals and concert halls across the country. In recital, Richard was the winner of the RNCM Cronshaw/Frost Song Cycle competition with Britten’s Winter Words. Despite no longer singing opera, he still enjoys the odd gala, both home and abroad. He and his wife celebrated the birth of their second child last year, with their elder son actively using his father’s musical scores to sooth his teething. Richard is currently the deputy headteacher of a school in Manchester, and somehow still finds time to go sailing, cook, watch rugby and walk his two dogs.
Benjamin Weaver / baritone Musical Education: Singing Teachers: Operatic Excerpts: Operatic Roles: |
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