Lorna Anderson,Soprano
Malcolm
Martineau, Piano
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Programme
Frauenliebe und
leben Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Maria Stuart Lieder Robert Schumann
(1810-1856)
3 Chansons De Federico Garcia Lorca
Francis Poulenc(1899 - 1963)
3 Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin Francis
Poulenc(1899 - 1963)
2 Children's Songs Francis
Poulenc(1899 - 1963)
Medley George Gershwin
(1898-1937)
Lorna Anderson has appeared in opera, concert and recital with major orchestras and festivals throughout Europe and elsewhere. As a renowned performer of the baroque repertoire she has sung with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Les Arts Florissants, The Sixteen, The English Concert, St. James Baroque, London Baroque, Collegium Musicum 90, The King’s Consort, London Classical Players, La Chapelle Royale and the Academy of Ancient Music under conductors which include William Christie, Harry Christophers, Richard Egarr, Trevor Pinnock, Richard Hickox, Nicholas McGegan, Robert King, and Sir Charles Mackerras.
In opera she has sung Morgana (Alcina) at the Halle Handel Festival, Sevilla (La Clemenza di Tito) with the Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra, Handel Theodora with Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Handel Riccardo Primo at the Göttingen Festival with Nicholas McGegan, Purcell The Fairy Queen with the English Concert and Monteverdi’s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda with Netherlands Opera which was also filmed.
Lorna Anderson has also established an important reputation in the standard concert repertoire, having sung with the BBC Orchestras, the Bach Choir, London Mozart Players, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Israel Camerata, RAI Turin (Les Noces), New World Symphony in Miami, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Washington Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain under Pierre Boulez, London Sinfonietta under Sir Simon Rattle and at the Salzburg, Edinburgh and Aldeburgh Festivals among others. She has recently toured in Libya and China with the Academy of Ancient Music.
Her numerous recordings include; The Fairy Queen under Harry Christophers, Haydn Masses under Richard Hickox, a disc of Portuguese love songs and for Hyperion she has recorded Britten Folksong settings with Malcolm Martineau, Handel’s L’Allegro with Robert King and is an artist on Graham Johnson’s complete Schubert Edition. Recent releases include part of a long term project to perform and record all of Haydn’s Scottish song arrangements for voice and piano trio with Haydn Trio Eisenstadt. The fifth and final set of discs were released in October 2008 as a prelude to the bicentenary celebrations of both Haydn and Robert Burns in 2009 when performances were given throughout the year in Europe as well as New York and Washington. Most recently, a recording of ‘Lament for Mary Queen of Scots’ which was commissioned from James MacMillan, has been released and Lorna Anderson is also part of the complete Poulenc song cycle, with Malcolm Martineau.
Future plans include performances in the UK, Spain and Mexico.
Malcolm Martineau
'Malcolm Martineau’s piano playing here was outstandingly eloquent, stage-managing the emotional drama of a lover’s dawn song, or a huntsman’s heartsick soul-storm.'
Hilary Finch, The Times, 27th January 2010
Recognised as one of the leading accompanists of his generation, he has worked with many of the world’s greatest singers, including Sir Thomas Allen, Dame Janet Baker, Olaf Bär, Barbara Bonney, Ian Bostridge, Angela Gheorghiu, Susan Graham, Thomas Hampson, Della Jones, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Magdalena Kozena, Solveig Kringelborn, Jonathan Lemalu, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Karita Mattila, Lisa Milne, Ann Murray, Anna Netrebko, Anne Sofie von Otter, Joan Rodgers, Amanda Roocroft, Michael Schade, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, and Sarah Walker.
He has presented his own series at St. John’s Smith Square (the complete songs of Debussy and Poulenc), the Wigmore Hall (a Britten and Poulenc series broadcast by the BBC) and at the Edinburgh Festival (the complete lieder of Hugo Wolf). He has appeared throughout Europe (including London’s Wigmore Hall, Barbican, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Opera House; La Scala, Milan; the Chatelet, Paris; the Liceu, Barcelona; Berlin’s Philharmonie and Konzerthaus; Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and the Vienna Konzerthaus and Musikverein), North America (including in New York both Alice Tully Hall, and Carnegie Hall), Australia (including the Sydney Opera House) and at the Aix-en-Provence, Vienna, Edinburgh, Schubertiade, Munich and Salzburg Festivals.
Recording projects have included Schubert, Schumann and English song recitals with Bryn Terfel (for Deutsche Grammophon); Schubert and Strauss recitals with Simon Keenlyside (for EMI); recital recordings with Angela Gheorghiu and Barbara Bonney (for Decca); Magdalena Kozena (for DG); Della Jones (for Chandos); Susan Bullock (for Crear Classics); Solveig Kringelborn (for NMA); Amanda Roocroft (for Onyx); the complete Fauré songs with Sarah Walker and Tom Krause; the complete Britten Folk Songs for Hyperion; and the complete Beethoven Folk Songs for Deutsche Grammophon.
This season’s engagements include appearances with Sir Thomas Allen, Susan Graham, Simon Keenlyside, Angelika Kirchschlager, Magdalena Kozena, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Kate Royal, Michael Schade, and Bryn Terfel.
He was given an honorary doctorate at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 2004.
More Information
Malcolm Martineau - Official Web site
Malcolm Martineau - Wikipedia