Women in Song

We hope you will enjoy this evening of songs composed mainly by and for women. It is presented by Polish Mezzo Soprano and opera singer, Hanna Hipp, with experienced accompanist Emma Abbate at the piano. The programme is as follows:

Clara Schumann – Sechs Lieder

Robert Schumann – Frauenliebe und Leben

Pauline Viardot – Hai Luli, Havanaise, Les Filles de Cadix

Francis Poulenc – Huit Chansons Polonaises

Amy Beach – Three Browning Songs

Madeleine Dring – Shakespeare Songs

                                  Take, o take those lips away

                                  It was a lover and his lass

Hanna is having a remarkable operatic career. Since her initial Jette Parker Award at the Royal Opera House, she has performed roles worldwide, and in the UK at Glyndebourne, Opera North, Scottish Opera, Garsington and English National Opera.

Lyrics and translations will be available.