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"A warm lyric soprano with a glorious voice and a particular gift for communicating"

 

 

 

"magic, just magic"

 

 

 

"captivating"

 

 

 

"a wonderfully atmospheric performance"

 

 

 

 

 

"truly memorable"

 

 

 

 

Recitals

Alice has a particular love of performing the classical song repertoire. She has given many recitals in London and the South East, frequently being asked back for repeat visits.

Her ever-growing repertoire is wide and varied, enabling her to put together rewarding recital programmes that are much enjoyed by audiences. If desired, programmes can be arranged around particular themes.

Her interest encompasses songs by contemporary composers and she recently gave the first performance of an extensive song cycle by St Johanser.

Alice's song repertoire includes songs by:

English Bantock, Barber, Bridge, Britten, Clarke, Dowland, Dring, Gurney, Hageman, Head, Lehmann, Purcell, Quilter
German Brahms, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Wolf
French Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, Hahn, Poulenc
Lighter Style Coward, Gershwin, Kern, Lehrer, Porter, Rodgers, Weill

Oratorio

Alice's oratorio repertoire ranges from the baroque through the romantic and into contemporary music.

Recent engagements as soprano soloist have included performances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Haydn's Little Organ Mass, Respighi's Lauda Sion, the Rutter Requiem, Chilcott's Jubilate and a recording of a new oratorio by St Johanser.

Other repertoire includes:

Bach Matthäus Passion
Bruckner Mass in F minor
Elgar The Light of Life
Fauré Requiem
Handel The Messiah
Haydn The Creation
Medelssohn Elijah
Mozart Requiem
Rossini Messe Solennelle

Orchestral Songs/Opera

Recent performances have included Strauss - Four Last Songs.

Her operatic repertoire includes arias from:

Bizet Carmen
Leoncavallo Pagliacci
Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Cosi Fan Tutte
Puccini Madame Butterfly, Turandot, La Boheme

Special Occasions

Make your wedding celebration special and delight your guests with some beautiful music as part of your service.  Or take time to remember a loved one whilst listening to a well-loved classic.

Sacred/wedding repertoire includes the following songs, but these are only a few examples. If your choice is not listed please do ask:

Ave Maria Bach/Gounod or Schubert or Caccini
Be thou with me Bach
Devotion/Widmung Schumann
My heart ever faithful Bach
One hand, one heart Bernstein
Panis Angelicus Fauré
Pie Jesu Fauré

Listen

Here are the songs on her demo disc for you to download.  The pianist is Anna Le Hair.  All these tracks were recorded live at a recital given for Guildford URC Music Society in November 2005.

  Song Composer   Type of File
Down by the Salley Gardens Clarke Windows Media
Der Nussbaum Schumann Windows Media
An die Nachtigall  Brahms Windows Media
Mausfallensprüchlein Wolf  Windows Media
Die Verlassene Mägdlein  Wolf Windows Media

Allerseelen

Strauss Windows Media

Cäcilie

Strauss Windows Media

If you have difficulty downloading the song or don't have the ability to handle Windows Media (.wma) files, contact Alice for a demo CD.

Telephone: 07906 123720

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