Life as a freelance musician has changed dramatically since the outbreak of COVID-19.
In order to continue making and sharing music I have been holding live online concerts throughout lockdown. I have been joined many times by conductor and pianist, Finn Downie Dear, as well as other friends including harpist Olivia Jageurs, pianist Gamal Khamis and baritone Kieran Rayner. We have been so grateful for the opportunity to bring live music from our homes to yours.
How it works:
Buy your virtual ticket for this week by sending a donation (minimum donation £5.00) via this PayPal link: paypal.me/oliviawarburton. Remember to enter your email address in the notes section. Please get in touch via the contact form if you have any queries or would prefer to make a BACS payment.
I will email your ticket to you as an invitation to join the concert through Zoom. If you have made a donation but haven’t received a ticket within 24 hours please email me. Zoom can be downloaded in advance on your phone, tablet or computer. I am encouraging people to leave their videos on so it can feel as close to a normal concert as possible. The audience microphones will be muted so as not to disturb the performance. Looking forward to seeing you online!
Previous concert programmes:
Sunday, 14th February 2021
Programme of love songs with pianist Finnegan Downie Dear
Sunday, 24th January 2021
Live from Paris with pianist Johan Barnoin.
Sunday 31 May, 2020
With soprano Olivia Warburton and pianist Finnegan Downie Dear
Programme
Tornami a Vagheggiar (Alcina) -G.F. Handel
Solveig’s Sang (Peer Gynt) - E. Grieg
En Svane - E. Grieg
Serenade - C. Gounod
Ye banks and braes - R. Quilter
Love’s Philosophy - R. Quilter
Somewhere over the Rainbow - H. Arlen
By Strauss - G. Gershwin
Encores:
Smoke gets in your eyes - Jerome Kern
Kitty my love - Herbert Hughes
A percentage of this week’s proceeds a went to Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of my Nanna, Noreen Craddock who passed away in April. Thank you so much for your generous contributions.
Sunday 7th June, 2020
With soprano Olivia Warburton, pianist Finnegan Downie Dear and guest speaker Jack Furness
Programme
Liebst du um Schönheit - G. Mahler
Filomena Abbandonata - J. Haydn
Nuit d’étoiles - C. Debussy
Villanelle des petits Canards - E. Chabrier
Laudamus te - W.A. Mozart
Ave Maria - F. Schubert
People will say we’re in Love - Rogers and Hammerstein
If I were a bell - F. Loser
Encore:
Somewhere - L. Bernstein
Sunday, 14 June 2020
With soprano Olivia Warburton and pianist Finnegan Downie Dear
Programme
An Chloe - W.A. Mozart
Ombra mai fu - G.F. Handel
C’est ainsi que tu es - F. Poulenc
Fantoches - C. Debussy
Auch kleine Dinge - H. Wolf
Ein Traum - E. Grieg
The Little Horses - A. Copland
Song to the Seals - G. Bantock
Una voce poco fa - G. Rossini
Encore:
I love a piano - I. Berlin
Sunday, 21 June 2020
With soprano Olivia Warburton, pianist Finnegan Downie Dear and guest speaker Javier Mondragon Sanchez
Programme
Deh vieni non tardar - W.A. Mozart
Gelosia tu gia rendi l’alma mia - A. Vivaldi
From Siete canciones populares españolas - M. Da Falla
1. El paño morino
3. Asturiana
4. Jota
6. Canción
Alt Spanisch - E. Korngold
Come to me in my dreams - Bridge
I bought me a cat - Copland
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered - Rodgers and Hart
Let’s call the whole thing off - G&I. Gershwin
Encore:
Yellow - Coldplay
Sunday, 28 June 2020
With soprano Olivia Warburton, harpist Olivia Jageurs and guest speaker Sally Schweizer
Programme
Voi che sapete - W.A. Mozart
Lascia Ch’io pianga - G.F. Handel
B. Britten:
The Salley Gardens
Come you not from Newcastle
Oliver Cromwell
Ständchen - R. Strauss
Morgen - R. Strauss
Mandoline - G. Fauré
Dans les ruines d’une abbaye - G. Fauré
All the things you are - J. Kern
My favourite things (The sound of music) - Rodgers and Hammerstein
Encore:
Fields of Gold - Sting/Eva Cassidy
Sunday, 5 July 2020
With soprano Olivia Warburton, baritone Kieran Rayner, pianist Gamal Khamis, and guest speakers Richard Stokes and Penny Downie
Programme
Tornami a vagheggiar (Alcina) - G.F. Handel
Come un'ape ne' giorni d’aprile (Cenerentola) - G. Rossini
Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen (Die Zauberflöte) - W.A. Mozart
Wohin? (Die schöne Müllerin) - F. Schubert
Gretchen am Spinnrade - F. Schubert
Reverie - D. Lilburn
The Trellis - J. Ireland
Love went a riding - F. Bridge
My what a beauty (The Cunning Little Vixen) - L. Janáček
Dunque io son (Il barbiere di Siviglia) - G. Rossini
Someone to watch over me - G&I. Gershwin
Just another Rhumba - G. Gershwin
Encore:
Tonight - L. Bernstein
Many thanks to Bob and Elizabeth Boas for providing this week’s beautiful venue.
Sunday, 12 July 2020
With soprano Olivia Warburton, pianist Finnegan Downie Dear and guest speaker Richard Shaw
Programme
Scoglio d’immota fronte (Scipione) - G.F. Handel
Ach ich fühls (Die Zauberflöte) - W.A. Mozart
Liebst du um Schönheit - G. Mahler
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - G. Mahler
If there were dreams to sell - J. Ireland
Siren - S.Rachmaninov
V molchani nochi taynoy - S. Rachmaninov
O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) - G. Puccini
I could have danced all night - (My fair lady) - Frederick Loewe
Encore
I love to Rhyme - G&I. Gershwin
Sunday, 19 July 2020
An evening in Italy with soprano Olivia Warburton and pianist Finnegan Downie Dear
Programme
Scoglio d’immota fronte - G.F. Handel
Vedrai carino - W.A. Mozart
Mandoline - G. Faure
Apres un rêve - G. Faure
St Mark’s Square (Songs of Venice) - M. Head
Gondelfahrer - F. Schubert
Il fervido desiderio - V. Bellini
Sogno - P. Tosti
Bel raggio lusinghier - G. Rossini
Sunday, 26 July 2020
With soprano Olivia Warburton, flautist Hannah Black and pianist Finnegan Downie Dear
Programme
Scoglio d’immota fronte - G.F. Handel
Ich folge dir gleichfalls - J.S. Bach
La flûte enchantée (Shéhérazade) - M. Ravel
The flower duet (Lakmé) - L. Delibes
Romance - C. Saint Saens
The Ashgrove - Arr. B.Britten
Ye banks and braes - Arr. R. Quilter
Malorous qu'o uno fenno - L. Berio
Azerbaijan Love Song - L. Berio
Lo! Hear the Gentle Lark - H. Bishop
The Lonely Goatherd - Rodgers and Hammerstein
Sunday, 2 August 2020
Favourites from the series so far with soprano Olivia Warburton and pianist Finnegan Downie Dear
Programme
Ombre vane, ingiusti orrori (Griselda) - A. Vivaldi
Scoglio d’immota fronte (Scipione) - G.F. Handel
Serenade - C. Gounod
Villanelle des petits canards - E. Chabrier
Ein Traum - E. Grieg
Siren - S. Rachmaninov
V molchan'i nochi tajnoj - S. Rachmaninov
Azerbaijani Love song - L. Berio
Song to the Seals - G. Bantock
Jota - M. De Falla
Bel Raggio - G. Rossini
People will say we’re in Love (Oklahoma) - Rodgers and Hammerstein
A Bushel and a Peck (Guys and Dolls) - F. Loesser
Encores:
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Rodgers and Hart
I love to Rhyme - G&I Gershwin