Friday 29th April - Jess Dandy and Martin Roscoe

Part of the Leeds Lieder 2022 Festival at Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
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Jess Dandy contralto
Martin Roscoe piano
Amy Beach
Three Songs of Robert Browning
Lili Boulanger
Reflets
Attente
Dans l’mmense tristesse
Le retour
de Falla
Songs from Siete canciones españolas populares
Wolf
Er ist’s
Verborgenheit
Nixe Binsefuss
Der Feuerreiter
Tchaikovsky
It was early in Spring
Why?
The Bride’s Lament
Can it be day?
Likened to Kathleen Ferrier by The Times, the newspaper went on to describe today’s rare contralto voice as ‘stunning… Jess Dandy offered sumptuous tone and beautiful legato. She’s a name to watch.’ Cumbrian born Dandy has been praised for her instrument of velvety plangent timbre, and her artistic maturity of remarkable immediacy. A number of important débuts recently have included performances at the First Night of the BBC Proms, Wigmore Hall recitals and work with a range of the finest conductors.
Jess is co-founder of the mental health initiative, SongPath, which encourages creative and restorative connection on therapeutically curated musical walking trails in beautiful surroundings.
Click here for more information on our collaboration with SongPath this year.
A love of nature and walking in the Lake District has strengthened the special partnership Dandy has with Martin Roscoe, unarguably one of the UK’s finest and most popular pianists.
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As the Times tells us ‘stunning’, she has a unique voice yes but I don’t think she should be compared with Kathleen Ferrier, she is a singer in her own right. My favourite that she sings is ‘music’ by Purcell.