The Hearn Recital Room
Took place on Mon 6 Feb 2023, 1.10pm

Music

Lunchtime Recital: Sarah Gilford and Rebecca Cohen

£10
60 minutes
The Hearn Recital Room
Took place on Mon 6 Feb 2023, 1.10pm

Sarah Gilford soprano
Rebecca Cohen piano

Songs by Mahler, Richard Strauss, & Johanna Müller-Hermann

English Songs by Grainger, Britten, Muriel Herbert & Madeleine Dring

British soprano Sarah Gilford was a Song Prize finalist at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021 and an alumnus of the prestigious Opernstudio at the Bayerische Staatsoper. Next June she will make her debut at Royal Opera House Covent Garden as Sophie in Massenet’s Werther under the baton of Antonio Pappano, next to Jonas Kaufman in the title role.

Rebecca Cohen has appeared in recital alongside some of Britain’s finest singers including Joan Rodgers CBE, Benedict Nelson, Claire Barnett-Jones, James Newby, Ema Nikolovska and Harriet Burns at venues including Wigmore Hall, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, National Concert Hall Dublin, Mozarthaus Vienna and on BBC Radio 3.