Friday 8 May 2026
1pm
Milton Court Concert Hall
Voiceworks: Contemporary Collaboration
mentored by Harriet Burns, Paul Newland & Stephen Plaice
Programme
Please note ‘I’ve never seen an eel in my life’ contains descriptions of violence, references to sexual violence and descriptions of violence towards animals.
Printània Forever
Music by Yuyang Li
Text by Stuart Lee
Georgia Tolson | mezzo-soprano
Jinglei Li | piano
I’ve never seen an eel in my life
Music by Molly Arnuk
Text by Ariella Stoian
I. Interview
II. Memory
Niamh Kearney | mezzo-soprano
Sophie Naden-Johns | cello
The Great White Bear and Me
Music by Pernille Faye
Text by Sophia Trewick
Jiho Park | soprano
Woon Ngee Ng | double bass
The Fire that took Peter
Music by Willem Buurman
Text by Stuart Lee
Owen Ravden | countertenor
Xin Jiang | piano I
Willem Buurman | piano II
In the Fingers of Your Gut We Swim
Music by Lucy Holmes
Text by Ariella Stoian
I. Space
II. Soil
III. Gut
IV. Galaxy
Calla Knudson-Hollebon | soprano
Thomas Pinnell | horn
Hannah Shimwell | clarinet
Ji Hong Kim | cello
Will Reply
Music by Andre Serra
Text by Bess Still
Part 1: Almaviva
Part 2: Replace
Part 3: Fragment 1
Part 4: Between
Part 5: Fragment 2
Will Jowett | baritone
Xin Jiang | piano
Forthcoming Events
Introduction to Opera
11 & 13 May 2026
Silk Street Music Hall
A semi-staged performance of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, in an arrangement by Linnhe Robertson. Led by Linnhe Robertson and John Ramster, and performed in French.
Voiceworks at Six: Old, New, Borrowed and Blue Song Project with Iain Burnside
15 May 2026
Milton Court Concert Hall
Iain Burnside leads a project exploring song written over the past half century in an intimate programme for voice and piano.
Junior Guildhall Voice Prize Final
13 June 2026
Milton Court Concert Hall
Hear performances from talented young singers in the final of the 2026 Junior Guildhall Voice Prize.
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