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Anna Huntley

Date
Date
Friday 30 September 2016, 1.05pm - 1.55pm

Anna Huntley (mezzo-soprano) Jonathan Ware (piano)

Johannes Brahms:
Ständchen Op 106/1
Spanisches Lied Op 6/1
O kühler Wald Op 72/3
Von ewige liebe Op 43/1

Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und –leben

Kurt Weil: The Saga of Jenny
Flanders & Swann: The Warthog
Jerome Kern: Bill
Murray Grand: What’s a Lady like me?

Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Anna studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music International Opera School. An outstanding lieder singer recent highlights include recitals at Wigmore Hall, the Palais Eschenbach, Klavierfest Herten, Bath and St. Magnus Festivals. She made her debut with the Wiener Symphoniker at the Konzerthaus, performed Beethoven’s Symphony No.9 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (broadcast by Radio 3) and Haydn’s Harmoniemesse with the Oxford Philharmonic conducted by Andras Schiff.

Anna is joined by pianist Jonathan Ware who studied at the Eastman School of Music, The Juilliard School and at the Hochschule für Musik ‘Hanns Eisler’ Berlin, where he now teaches. He won the Pianist’s Prize at Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song and Das Lied Competitions, and in 2014 1st Prize in the International Hugo Wolf Competition. Recent engagements include recitals at Wigmore Hall with Benjamin Appl, Ann Murray DBE, Michael Collins, Robin Tritschler and Ailish Tynan. He has recorded for BBC Radio 3 with Peter Moore, was resident at the Verbier Festival Academy, and a mentor at the Heidelberger Frühling Festival Academy.

Admission Free

Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall