Voices of Hope
December 2015
Friday 4 December 2015Interval in the evening concertRadio broadcastBBC Radio 3 Interview by Sarah Mohr-Pietsch with Agustín Fernández and Sean O’Brien, including extracts from Notes from Underground recorded by Royal Northern Sinfonia, Voices of Hope and Benjamin Appl, conducted by Clark Rundell.
Notes from Underground
My latest project is Notes from Underground, a song cycle for baritone, chamber choir and large chamber ensemble. The words are by Sean O’Brien, an award-winning poet also based in the Northeast of England, and also a professor at Newcastle University. The work is a commission from Durham Book Festival […]
October 2015
15 October 2015 at 1900Gala Theatre, Durham Notes from Underground (première)(words by Sean O’Brien)Commissioned by Durham Book FestivalRoyal Northern SinfoniaConductor: Clark RundellVoices of Hope, directed by Simon FidlerBaritone: Benjamin Appl Programme also includes:Britten, Hymn to St CeciliaMahler, three movements from Das Lied von der Erde (Schoenberg’s version)
August 2013
Friday 23 August 2013at 1900 and 2000 Hatton GalleryNewcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne Admission Free to ticket holdersTickets in person from Hatton Galleryor in advance from Lyn.Hagan@gmail.com Prison Letters a short opera based on a concept by Lyn Hagan Bonnie Shaw, sopranoRob O’Connell, bass-baritoneVoices of Hope, chamber choirDov Goldberg, clarinetsJenny Chang, violinJames […]
June 2013
Collier’s Rant22 June 2013 at 1900The Great Hall, Discovery MuseumNewcastle upon TyneVoices of Hope, Chamber Choir, Femme Chorale, conducted by Alan FearonPart of Festival of the NortheastTickets from The Sage Gateshead box office