Oratorio Arias
Robert Medina - Baritone, Lizzy Humphries - Soprano, Jo Ramadan – Piano
Sunday January 5th, 4pm
Programme
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“Großer Herr” – J.S. Bach from Christmas Oratorio “Mein teurer” – J.S. Bach from St John Passion “Laudamus Te” – J.S. Bach from B minor Mass “Farewell ye limpid” – G.F. Handel from Jephtha |
“Graceful consort” F.J. Haydn from The Creation “Lord God of Abraham” – F. Mendelssohn from Elijah “Hostias” – G.U. Fauré from Requiem “Der Stern von Bethlehem” – J.G. Rheinberger from Maria |
4pm-5pm. Tickets: adults £6.00, concessions £5.00, children £2.00. Tickets available at the door. Crèche facilities available.
Robert Medina
Robert graduated from the University of York in 2016 and has since worked professionally as a singer across the UK. Recent operatic roles include Antonio in The Marriage of Figaro (Matchbox Opera), Der Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte (Opera Kensington) and The Foreman in Trial by Jury (Forbear Theatre Opera). Upcoming roles include Marco in Gianni Schicchi (Southgate Youth Opera). Alongside opera, Robert enjoys putting on recitals across London. He has recently performed in his home borough of Enfield with accompanist Jo Ramadan and has a list of churches lined up for future engagements.
As a choral singer, Robert held the Bass Choral Scholarship at St. Martin-in-the-Fields for 2018/19 where he sang twice a week in a variety of services as well as many concerts. While at university, he sung with The 24 under Robert Hollingworth and Schola Cantorum of Oxford under James Burton. He has also sung in numerous live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4 with the BBC Daily Service Singers and in 2017, sang the part of Pontifex I in St. Matthew Passion, live on the Radio 3 Good Friday broadcast under Nicholas Kraemer accompanied the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
Robert is also a keen educator and has enjoyed building up a successful portfolio of private tuition in singing and piano over the past three years to a wide variety of ages and abilities. Away from music, Robert is an ardent fan of Manchester United, his parents’ kitten Merlin and is an eager (but largely unsuccessful) home baker.
Lizzy Humphries
Lizzy Humphries recently graduated from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with a Distinction in a Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Studies, where she was supported by a Harold Hyam Wingate Scholarship. Prior to this she graduated with First Class Honours in Music from The University of Manchester. While at university, Lizzy was awarded a place on The Sixteen’s young artist programme, Genesis Sixteen, and has since performed on a freelance basis with both The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia Voices and The Kings Consort. She has extensive experience in solo and oratorio singing, performing arias at the London Handel Festival with the Trinity Laban Baroque Orchestra, Monteverdi’s Lamento della Ninfa in the NCPA in Mumbai and as a regular soloist at St Martin-in-the-Fields where she has been accompanied by orchestras such as the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and Brandenburg Sinfonia. She also regularly sings solos for choral societies across the country and in 2020 will perform recitals in Southwell Minster and London.
Lizzy regularly records live services for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, returning to Manchester to perform as part of the BBC Daily Service Singers. She was also a member of the Fellowship octet programme of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and also the VOCES8 Scholars programme, both for 2017/18 which has led to her leading workshops and running rehearsals with children from schools and choirs in the UK and abroad. Lizzy is delighted to be one of Making Music UK’s Selected Artists for 2019/20 allowing her to be booked by choral societies across the UK for solo and education work.
When she is not performing, Lizzy teaches singing in a secondary school in Tower Hamlets and volunteers caring for animals at Vauxhall City Farm, where her favourite animal is Daffodil the Sheep.
Robert graduated from the University of York in 2016 and has since worked professionally as a singer across the UK. Recent operatic roles include Antonio in The Marriage of Figaro (Matchbox Opera), Der Sprecher in Die Zauberflöte (Opera Kensington) and The Foreman in Trial by Jury (Forbear Theatre Opera). Upcoming roles include Marco in Gianni Schicchi (Southgate Youth Opera). Alongside opera, Robert enjoys putting on recitals across London. He has recently performed in his home borough of Enfield with accompanist Jo Ramadan and has a list of churches lined up for future engagements.
As a choral singer, Robert held the Bass Choral Scholarship at St. Martin-in-the-Fields for 2018/19 where he sang twice a week in a variety of services as well as many concerts. While at university, he sung with The 24 under Robert Hollingworth and Schola Cantorum of Oxford under James Burton. He has also sung in numerous live broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4 with the BBC Daily Service Singers and in 2017, sang the part of Pontifex I in St. Matthew Passion, live on the Radio 3 Good Friday broadcast under Nicholas Kraemer accompanied the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
Robert is also a keen educator and has enjoyed building up a successful portfolio of private tuition in singing and piano over the past three years to a wide variety of ages and abilities. Away from music, Robert is an ardent fan of Manchester United, his parents’ kitten Merlin and is an eager (but largely unsuccessful) home baker.
Lizzy Humphries
Lizzy Humphries recently graduated from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with a Distinction in a Postgraduate Diploma in Vocal Studies, where she was supported by a Harold Hyam Wingate Scholarship. Prior to this she graduated with First Class Honours in Music from The University of Manchester. While at university, Lizzy was awarded a place on The Sixteen’s young artist programme, Genesis Sixteen, and has since performed on a freelance basis with both The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia Voices and The Kings Consort. She has extensive experience in solo and oratorio singing, performing arias at the London Handel Festival with the Trinity Laban Baroque Orchestra, Monteverdi’s Lamento della Ninfa in the NCPA in Mumbai and as a regular soloist at St Martin-in-the-Fields where she has been accompanied by orchestras such as the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields and Brandenburg Sinfonia. She also regularly sings solos for choral societies across the country and in 2020 will perform recitals in Southwell Minster and London.
Lizzy regularly records live services for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4, returning to Manchester to perform as part of the BBC Daily Service Singers. She was also a member of the Fellowship octet programme of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and also the VOCES8 Scholars programme, both for 2017/18 which has led to her leading workshops and running rehearsals with children from schools and choirs in the UK and abroad. Lizzy is delighted to be one of Making Music UK’s Selected Artists for 2019/20 allowing her to be booked by choral societies across the UK for solo and education work.
When she is not performing, Lizzy teaches singing in a secondary school in Tower Hamlets and volunteers caring for animals at Vauxhall City Farm, where her favourite animal is Daffodil the Sheep.
Location
Acton Hill Church
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
Corner of Woodland Avenue, High Street, Acton, Greater London, W3 9BU
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We are on the corner of the Uxbridge Road and Gunnersbury Lane, W3, opposite Acton police station. Ten minutes walk form Acton Town tube station – District (Ealing Broadway) and Piccadilly lines. Front main entrance is on Gunnersbury Lane, turn right and walk down to the T-junction, turn right and the church is a twenty yards on your right.
Parking in Morrisons’ car park diagonally opposite (up to 1 hour before 4pm and unlimited thereafter). Street parking on Steyne Road (opposite), limited parking in Woodlands Avenue down the side of the church. Beware of the dropped curb at the end as parking tickets are issued on Sundays! |
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