About the program

A showcase of the theatrical capabilities of singers today which contribute to the vast palette of possibilities available to composers of opera. 

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This concert includes Judith Weir's King Harold's Saga a monodrama for solo soprano. Dame Judith Weir was Master of the Queen's Music in the United Kingdom from 2014-2024, appointed by the Queen herself and the first woman to hold the title. 

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The program also included Oliver Knussen's Four Late Poems and an Epigram of Rainer Maria Rilke for unaccompanied soprano and Stripsody by Cathy Beberien. 

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Between these theatrical unaccompanied voice pieces are two pieces for solo flute: Masks by Oliver Knussen and Voice by Toru Takemitsu.