Olive MURRAY (Soprano) accompanied by Christopher FOREMAN (Piano)
Wednesday 12 July 2023 – 1 pm to 1:45 pm
On Wednesday 12 July, we were very pleased to welcome Olive Murray & Christopher Foreman to Brentwood Cathedral for a lunchtime Recital. Wonderful singing from Olive Murray with excellent accompaniment on the piano by Christopher Foreman. |
Programme
J. S. Bach BWV 541 (1685-1750) | (a) Mein Glaubiges Herzen
(b) Et Exultate (from the Magnificat) |
Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856) | (a) Lied eines Schmiedes
(b) Widmung |
Frank Bridge (1879 – 1941) | (a) Come to me in my dreams
(b) Love went a Riding |
Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875) | Ouvre ton Coeur |
Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) | (a) Morgen
(b) Cacilie |
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943 | (a) Lilacs
(b) How fair this spot (Здесь хорошо) |
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) | Petrarch Sonnett II |
Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828) | (a) Heimliches Lieben
(b) Heidenroslein |
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 1901) | Sempre Libera ( La Traviata) |
Biography
OLIVE MURRAY
She has gained considerable experience as a recital and oratorio soloist in Britain and abroad singing with many choral societies appearing at Southwark Cathedral, St.James Piccadilly, Fairfields Hall, in Germany and more recently recitals in Montreal. Her oratorio and concert performances include ‘C’ Minor Mass, Coronation Mass and Requiem (Mozart); Nelson Mass (Haydn); Jubilee Cantata (Weber); Messiah (Handel); Solemn Vespers (Mozart); Paukenmesse (Haydn) and Vivaldi’s Gloria; recitals at St.James’ Piccadilly and St.Martin’s-in-the-Field, recently singing there the Pergolesi Stabat Mater. She made her debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall singing the Handel ‘Dixit Dominus’ and the Bernstein Mass. CHRISTOPHER FOREMAN
He has given piano solo and duo recitals in London and elsewhere in the UK, including 11 concerts at St.James Piccadilly with an international violinist as well as organ recitals in Thuringia, Germany and at various venues in North London. Christopher has been an organist and choirmaster at several London churches. Whilst Director of Music at Shernhall Methodist Church, London he organised, trained the choir and played the organ for 12 full length choral concerts which attracted the pick of young operatic soloists from all over the UK. Since 2012 he is the organist and choirmaster at St. Paul’s, Winchmore Hill with a working repertoire of over 3,000 organ pieces. In April 2017 he conducted a local choir in a performance of Fauré’s Requiem in Winchmore Hill. Christopher has a strong interest in lesser-known British music and has written several articles on the subject for the British Music Society. He is the leading authority on the music of Benjamin Dale, and the author of “Benjamin Dale—A Reassessment”, an extensive four-part essay. |
Cathedral photos – Andrew Wright & Richard Nott
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