Concert Series – Nancy Holt, Mezzo-soprano & Ashley Beauchamp, Piano
January 16 at 6:30 pm
Free – £60.00
An evening of Opera & Song
Nancy Holt & Ashley Beauchamp
Nancy Holt – Mezzo-soprano Nancy Holt made her debut at The Royal Ballet and Opera in Like Water for Chocolate and is currently covering Hebe in HMS Pinafore at English National Opera. A graduate of the National Opera Studio and Guildhall School, Nancy is a current Young Artist with Oxford International Song Festival and Britten Pears, and a recipient of the Musicians’ Company Salomon Seelig Award. Recent highlights include her Wigmore Hall debut, second prize at The Ashburnham English Song Awards, and the Simon Sandbach Award at Garsington Opera.
Ashley Beauchamp – British pianist and conductor Ashley Beauchamp trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has a longstanding association with Glyndebourne Opera, conducting the world premiere of glass human and assisting on productions including L’elisir d’amore and Pay the Piper. In 2024/25, Ashley returns to Glyndebourne as assistant conductor for La Traviata, Il barbiere di Siviglia, and the premiere of Jonathan Dove’s Uprising.
Live Concerts at Netherby Hall are hosted in conjunction with Absolute Classics, a charity connecting individuals with the world’s finest music.
Programme:
First Half
L’incoronazione di Poppea – Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
“Disprezzata regina”
Orfeo ed Euridice – Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
“Che farò senza Euridice?”
Serse – George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
“Ombra mai fu”
Les Nuits d’été – Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
I. Villanelle
II. Le Spectre de la rose
VI. L’Île inconnue
Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
Reflets
Trois Mélodies Op. 23 – Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
I. Les berceaux
Trois Mélodies – Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
I. Pourquoi?
II. Le sourire
III. La fiancée perdue
Alcina – George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
“Sta nell’ircana”
Second Half
Romeo et Juliette – Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
“Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle?”
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen – Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
I. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
II. Ging heut’ Morgen über’s Feld
Emily Hazrati (1998–)
The Sick Rose
Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)
Cradle Song
Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
Tiger, Tiger
Come to me in my dreams
Songs of Travel – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
II. Let Beauty Awake
All You Who Sleep Tonight – Jonathan Dove (1959–)
XIII. All You Who Sleep Tonight
Trouble in Tahiti – Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
“What a movie!!”
Paper Wings – Jake Heggie (1961–)
IV. A Route to the Sky
Tickets and More Info
Friday 16 January, 6:30pm
Tickets £20 for adults, Free for under 26's.
Pre-booked 2 Course Dinner available - Additional £40 per head. Dinner tickets are available up until midday, one week before the concert.
Menu for Pre-booked dinner will be sent by email prior to the concert.
On-site car parking is provided.
Pre-booked Dinner Menu
Our 2 Course Menu for pre-booked dinner for the evening is as follows:
Haggis, neeps and tatties
whiskey and mustard sauce
Vegetarian haggis, neeps and tatties (v)
whiskey and mustard sauce
Followed by Raspberry cranachan or cheese selection.
Catering provided by Bespoke Catering Cumbria