Artists
- Helen Charlstonmezzo-soprano
- Toby Carrlute
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Helen Charlston
Image credit: © Oscar Ortega
Battle Cry: she speaks
Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano; Toby Carr lute
- Date
- Fri 07 Mar 2025, 1.00pm
- Tickets
- £18 (concessions £16)
- Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
- Availability
Ticket bookings are subject to a £4.00 booking fee. This fee covers the whole booking and is not per ticket
Programme
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- Bonduca, or The British Heroine Z574:
- O lead me to some peaceful gloom
- Barbara Strozzi1619-1677
- L'Eraclito amoroso
- Robert de Viséec.1655-1732
- Prélude in E minor
- John Eccles1668-1735
- Restless in thought
- Owain Parkb. 1993
- Battle Cry
- Giovanni Girolamo Kapsbergerc.1580-1651
- Preludio Quinto
- Barbara Strozzi1619-1677
- La Travagliata Op. 2
- Claudio Monteverdi1567-1643
- Lamento d'Arianna: Lasciatemi morire SV22
- Robert de Viséec.1655-1732
- Sarabande in D
- Henry Purcell1659-1695
- Now that the sun hath veiled his light (An Evening Hymn on a Ground) Z193
Overview
Songs of war and lamentation, voiced by abandoned women and united in Owain Park’s heart-wrenching Battle Cry, form the backbone of Helen Charlston’s reflections on the turbulent emotions and pain unleashed by acts of betrayal.