hearing voices
We invite you to immerse yourself in a powerful and moving experience for your eyes and ears.
Hearing Voices explores the work and memory of those before us, told dramatically by three powerful voices. Manchester Camerata – Kantos Chamber Choir and Karen Cargill.
From Purcell to Pärt, with Britten’s Phaedra as a centrepiece, the evening will tell the story of obsession, forbidden love and death.
Scottish mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill is one of the most renowned singers of her generation. Winner of the 2002 Kathleen Ferrier Award, Karen has gone on to be nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Operatic Recording as part of the Metropolitan Opera’s recording of Dialogues des Carmélites.
The Music
Henry Purcell - Hear my Prayer
Arvo Pärt - In Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Arvo Pärt - Da Pacem Domine
Benjamin Britten - Phaedra
Nick Martin - Falling
Sally Beamish - Showings
Michael Tippett - Corelli Fantasia
Henry Purcell - Dido’s Lament & With Drooping Wings
artists
Conductor Simone Menezes
Karen Cargill Mezzo-Soprano
Kantos Choir
Manchester Camerata Orchestra