By Day or Night
Kathleen Ferrier Award Showcase

William Thomas bass
Michael Pandya piano

Programme to include:

Rachmaninov  Sud’ba (Fate), Noch Pechal’na (Sad is the Night), Utro (Morning), Mi otdokhnyom (We Shall Rest)

Tchaikovsky Nam Zvezdï Krotkie siyali (The mild stars shone for us), Nyet, tol’ko tot, kto znal (Only one who knows longing), Den’ li tsarit  (By day or night)

Wolf Fußreise, Der Gartner, Um Mitternacht, Gebet, Der Tambour from Mörike-Lieder

Allitsen The Lute Player

Harrison Give me a Ticket to Heaven

Sullivan  The Lost Chord

Continuing our recent tradition of showcasing a Kathleen Ferrier Award winner, it is with special pleasure that we provide a platform to winner of the First Prize 2018 British bass William Thomas.

In addition to his triumph at the Ferrier Awards, at which his pianist Michael Pandya scooped the coveted Accompanist’s Prize, William went on to win the 2018 John Christie Award for his debut at Glyndebourne, placing his star firmly in the firmament.

“Thomas has a ‘real’ bass voice: full and ringing right at the bottom; layers of colour that blend smoothly and thickly; sonorous roundness without heaviness.” Opera Today on William Thomas at Wigmore Hall

Tickets: £15, £13 (conc) / free (U26/students)