Relaxed Lunchtime Recital: Kitty Whately and Natalie Burch

Relaxed Lunchtime Recital

Kitty Whately mezzo–soprano
Natalie Burch piano

Tickets: £15, £13 (unwaged/disabled)
FREE (U30/students)

Kitty Whatley and Natalie Burch present a typically inventive programme placing different settings of the same texts side by side. The writer Romain Rolland cited Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis as the most perfect example he knew of French word-setting. The lyrical songs of Rita Strohl, full of mysticism and symbolism further explore the dreamworld of Bilitis. The sound-world and choice of poetry selected by Rebecca Clarke and Samuel Barber make for fascinating comparisons, writing, as they were, on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

Everyone is welcome at this one-hour concert presented in an informal and friendly setting. There will be a relaxed attitude towards making noise, moving around the space, or reacting to what you see or hear on stage within the auditorium.

This performance is suitable for everyone especially for those looking from a more informal performance environment including people living with disabilities, autism, dementia, or other sensory and/or cognitive impairments.

Please arrive expecting:

A warm welcoming atmosphere
Friendly performers
No bright lights or darkness
No sudden loud noises
A range of seating options from chairs to cushions and no pressure to stay still throughout the performance
Open doors in case people wish to leave and return to the auditorium during the performance
A quiet area outside the performance space
A British Sign Language Interpreter

This concert will also be signed by a British Sign Language interpreter.

Madeleine Dring
It was a lover and his lass
Take, O take those lips away

Erich Korngold
Four Shakespeare Songs

Claude Debussy
Chansons de Bilitis

Rita Strohl
from Chansons de Bilitis
La flûte de Pan
La chevelure
Roses de la nuit

Rebecca Clarke
God made a tree
Infant Joy
June twilight

Samuel Barber
The Crucifixion
St Ita’s vision
Nocturne