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Music on Mondays: GAYLE WALKER & GAVIN ROBERTS
Classical Soprano and Piano
Free Concert Series, retiring collection
March 9 @ 1:00 pm – 1:40 pm
Programme
A Postcard from Juliet‘For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo…’
This programme inspired by the Bel Canto tradition explores the lyrical melodies of
Mozart, Verdi and Bellini to the film scores of Legrand and Bernstein,
recounting the infamous tale of the two star crossed lovers.
Charles Gonoud (1818-1893) –
Libretto Jules Barbier (1825-1901) and
Michel Carré (1821-1872)
Je Veux Vivre from Roméo et Juliette
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) –
Libretto Felice Romani (1788-1865)
O quante volte from I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) –
Libretto Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749- 1838)
‘Deh vieni non tardar’ from Le Nozze di Figaro
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Sonnett 116 ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds’
Michel Legrand (1932-2019) –
Lyrics Alan Bergman (b.1925) and
Marilyn Bergman (1928-2022)
Where is it Written from Yentl
Michel Legrand (1932-2019)
On My Way to You
Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Se from Cinema Paradiso
Cy Coleman (1929-2004)
Lyrics Ira Gasman (1942-2018)
He’s No Good from The Life
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) –
Libretto Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
I Have a Love from West Side Story
Somewhere from West Side Story
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) –
Libretto Arrigo Boito (1842-1918)
based on William Shakespeare’s play,Otello
‘Ave Maria’ from Otello
Gayle Walker currently studies with lyric soprano Madeleine Holmes and has attended masterclasses in Cambridge with Katharina Megli and with Sarah Leonard at Benslow Music. More recently she was delighted to have the opportunity to attend the Veneto Opera Summer School with Melofonetica performing as part of the Arte Lirica Festival 2024.
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Gayle Walker – photo credit: Natasha Jay Photography
Gayle is a classical soprano with a broad range of choral and solo experience; she has performed with The Gabrieli Choir Budapest, Oxford based chamber ensemble The Cherwell Singers, and has also had the pleasure of joining a larger group performing alongside BBC Elstree Concert Band at Dorchester Music Festival in 2017. She holds a bachelor of music degree with honours from Aberdeen University and has had private vocal lessons since the age of 14. As a soloist, her repertoire is diverse ranging from popular operatic arias, art song, musical theatre ballads and American Songbook standards. She is excited to explore these genres further in upcoming performances this year. More details :www.gayleesoprano.com
Gavin Roberts – photo credit: Felipe Tozzato >
Gavin Roberts enjoys an extraordinarily varied
career as a pianist, organist and conductor. He has appeared at venues and festivals in the UK and abroad. He is a professor and staff pianist at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and is the Artistic Director of Song in the City. Gavin has collaborated with numerous singers, conductors, instrumentalists and ensembles including The BBC Singers, The Academy of Ancient Music, The National Youth Choir and Constanza Chorus, often appearing on radio broadcasts and recordings.
Gavin is an experienced and creative concert programmer, including five successful seasons as Artistic Director of The St Marylebone Festival. His work is often characterised by collaborations with other artistic disciplines. Recent work includes a choreographed performance of Schubert’s Wintereise at RAMBERT, and a London Fashion Week show for designer Patrick McDowell at Guildhall School. He has been Artistic Director of Song in the City since 2011 for which he has devised more than 150 concerts, and has pioneered ‘Creative Minds in Song’ commissioning composers to create new songs on the poems of mental-health service users. Passionate about working with composers he has given numerous premieres of new works. More details: www.gavinroberts.org
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Free Entry, retiring collection in aid of Soundwell Music Therapy Trust Oxfordshire, a charity chosen by the musicians.
