Apparition - music for voice, flute and piano

Seasons and cycles of life and death resonate through this spring Songbook concert, centred around the rarely-performed Apparition, George Crumb's remarkable and powerful work for voice and amplified piano to the poetry of Walt Whitman.

Devised and brought to life by a trio of formidable musicians formed for the occasion, the programme features work from New Zealand composers Jasmine Lovell-Smith, Gemma Peacocke, Gillian Whitehead, and the premiere of Ihlara McIndoe's The Green Fig Tree, alongside music by André Caplet and John Corigliano's Irish Folk Songs.

BARBARA PATERSON soprano

HANNAH DARROCH flute

GABRIELA GLAPSKA piano