Tickets: Adults $35| Concession $25| Family of 4 $80|

This is a Festival Pass event.

Performers

Genevieve Dickson (mezzo soprano) and Ross Fiddes (piano)

Rising star, mezzo-soprano Genevieve Dickson now calls Newcastle home. She is a member of the Pacific Opera’s Young Artist Program, and has performed with Lyric Opera of Melbourne, Melbourne CitiOpera, and the Operation Quartet. Her recital will include delightful songs by Australian novelist Henry Handel (Ethel Florence) Richardson (famous for The Fortunes of Richard Mahony and The Getting of Wisdom), and compositions by Rachmaninov, Brahms, Elgar, Quilter and Ross Fiddes.

Program

Henry Handel RICHARDSON

The Irishman’s Song

Dregs

Regret Not Me

Erster Verlust

Lad Vaaren komme (Let Spring Come)

Sergei RACHMANINOV

Music

The Muse

The Poet

So Many Hours, so many fancies

Johannes BRAHMS

Meine Lieder (My Songs)
Ruhe, Sussliebchen (Rest thee, my love)
Von ewiger Liebe (Love Lasts for Ever)

Ross FIDDES

I’m a Girl (from “Abelard and Heloise”)
The Crucifixion (Spiritual – arrangement)
I Had No Human Speech

Roger QUILTER

Music When Soft Voices Die

Edward ELGAR

The Poet’s Life