Concert of Songs and Arias

Friday 26th April 2019

Lauren Fagan, soprano and Fiachra Garvey, piano

6.30 pm  Pimms  7.00 pm  Concert

8.30 pm Spring Supper with Chocolate Puddings

Tickets for the recital only will be available on the door

£10 for Pimms and Concert only

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£25 for Pimms, Concert and 2-course supper with wine – SOLD OUT

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Programme

Clara Schumann: Three Lieder, Op. 12

Rachmaninoff: Six Romances, Op. 38 (selections)

Grieg: Six Songs, Op. 48 (selections)

Poulenc: Deux Poems de Louis Aragon

Schubert: Ganymed, D. 544

Alfred Hill: “I thought I heard a magpie call” / “A Little Town”

Strauss: Three Songs

Puccini: “Senza Mamma” from Suor Angelica

Gounod: “Dieu! Quel frisson…” from Romeo & Juliette

LAUREN FAGAN,  SOPRANO

Australian soprano and rising international star Lauren Fagan is one of 20 finalists in this year’s BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition.

She was nominated best ‘Young Singer’ of the year in 2018’s International Opera Awards, and her role debut as Violetta for the UK’s Opera Holland Park last year saw her described by The Guardian as “one of today’s finest young sopranos” and “exceptional throughout.” In 2020 she will return to Opera Holland Park as Tatyana (Eugene Onegin)

Lauren Fagan is a previous member of the Royal Opera House’s renowned Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, and a graduate of London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

See more at www.laurenfagan.com

FIACHRA GARVEY,  PIANO

Fiachra is the Founder and Artistic Director of the West Wicklow Festival, Ireland, and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Dublin International Piano Competition.

He has won prizes in London, Italy, Dublin, Prague and Paris and made his Fazioli Auditorium and Wigmore Hall debuts in 2013.  He has also performed in Japan, China, Germany and Switzerland and in London.

His current concert series in Dublin National Concert Hall of the complete works by Beethoven and Bach for cello and piano in 2019 is sold out.

See more at www.fiachragarvey.com