Dec
20
7:30 PM19:30
Dec
11
6:00 PM18:00
Platinum Consort & Choristers: Festival of Lessons and Carols
Directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger
Free entry with retiring collection for the work of Platinum Choral Foundation
Dec
7
6:30 PM18:30
Trinity Laban Opera Scenes Autumn 2022
Miranda will play Mrs Cratchit in scenes from Thea Musgrave’s A Christmas Carol.
Wednesday 7th December, 18:30 & 20:00
Peacock Room, King Charles Court, Old Royal Naval College
Book free tickets here.
Nov
27
5:00 PM17:00
Nov
19
7:30 PM19:30
Platinum Consort: Handel Messiah
Directed by Scott Inglis-Kidger.
Image: Lidia Crisafulli
Nov
18
9:00 AM09:00
Album Launch: The Angel in the Forest
I was greatly privileged to be asked to record the mezzo lines in the chorus of Julian Marshall’s cantata The Angel in the Forest, along with one tenor and one bass colleague from The Rupa Ensemble. The piece was composed for tenor James Gilchrist, and is one of a series of works (The Welten Project) by Marshall inspired by the poetry of Gertrud Kolmar.
The Angel in the Forest
Julian Marshall
James Gilchrist (solo tenor)
Chamber Players of The Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Cello Sextet)
Members of The Rupa Ensemble
Orchid Classics Catalogue Number: ORC100209
Nov
13
11:15 AM11:15
Nov
9
11:00 AM11:00
Oct
27
10:00 AM10:00
Masterclass with Ailish Tynan
Miranda is excited to take part in a masterclass with soprano Ailish Tynan.
Oct
19
7:30 PM19:30
London Choral Sinfonia: Colourise
Richard Pantcheff Fantasia
Vaughan Williams Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes – No. 2 Rhosymedre
Richard Pantcheff For Lo, the Days Come
Richard Pantcheff Te lucis ante terminum
Vaughan Williams Concerto Accademico for Violin and Orchestra
Vaughan Williams Prelude on a Hymn by Orlando Gibbons
Vaughan Williams Five English Folk Songs
Berkeley Variations on a Hymn by Orlando Gibbons
Directed by Michael Waldron
Oct
16
11:15 AM11:15
Sep
3
6:30 PM18:30
Tête à Tête Opera Festival: Film Performance
Music: Luciana Perc
This work is a musical response to the short film Film (Samuel Beckett, Buster Keaton). The objects featured in Film are examined through sound-making physical actions while exploring interactions with cameras in performance, projecting live video on stage onto which live electronics and audio and video samples are superimposed. Each solo number focuses on a specific combination of objects featured in the short-film, from a newspaper and a hat to a fish tank and a bird cage. This vocal and electroacoustic work addresses the phenomenological enquiry around perception and self-awareness explored through the figure of the doppelgänger in Film, transposed to our daily interaction with cameras over the pandemic.
Photo © Claire Shovelton
Jul
17
2:30 PM14:30
Cancelled - Oxford Bach Soloists: Wake Up!
BWV 2, 7 and 20
Directed by Tom Hammond-Davies
Jul
16
5:00 PM17:00
Birthday Concert: Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
A private birthday concert of Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music, directed by Francis Bushell.
Jul
7
to Jul 8
Trinity Laban Opera: Strozzi!
Book tickets here.
Miranda will play Barbara Strozzi herself on 7th and 8th July, 19:30.
A pasticcio in words and music.
In Strozzi! Trinity Laban performers bring to life the intriguing world of seventeenth-century Venetian composer Barbara Strozzi. The drama uses Strozzi’s own music to illustrate the events of her extraordinary life, right from her childhood in a bohemian household, as a gifted young singer at L’Incogniti (one of Venice’s famed Academies), to the days of her celebrity and success as a published composer and society queen.
Set in a city famous for the pursuit of pleasure, the story also explores her alleged double life as a courtesan. Many colourful characters enter the stage in this ‘pasticcio’ - and the scandals, controversies and tragedies in Barbara’s power-packed life are featured against a backdrop of plagues, wars, poverty, carnival and celebration.
Cavalli, Monteverdi and the ghost of Gesualdo appear - and their stories are reflected in Strozzi’s ravishing music. The arrangements of the music, performed with a small instrumental ensemble, will echo the exotic and diverse influences which resonated in this cosmopolitan city. This is a passionate tale of poets, singers, artists, lovers, courtesans, aristocrats, entrepreneurs, villains and murderers - all dominated by an extraordinary woman who was far ahead of her time, forging her way forward in a male-dominated world.
Though Strozzi herself never wrote an opera, Jennifer Hamilton has woven together several of Strozzi's solo and ensemble works with an original libretto to tell the composer's extraordinary tale in operatic form. We cannot wait for you to come explore Strozzi’s fascinating life and music with us at Blackheath Halls. – https://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/whats-on/event/strozzi/
Apr
28
8:15 PM20:15
Trinity Laban Opera Scenes Spring 2022
Playing Selysette in Paul Dukas’ Ariane et Barbe-Bleue
Apr
17
11:00 AM11:00
Easter Day Mass: St Stephen's Gloucester Road
Directed by Chris Hamilton and Gregory Drott
Apr
3
6:30 PM18:30
Passion Meditation: St Stephen's Gloucester Road
Music and readings for Passiontide
Directed by Chris Hamilton
Mar
31
6:00 PM18:00
Rubythroat: Messiaen Cinq Réchants
Trinity Laban’s contemporary voice ensemble Rubythroat will perform Messiaen’s Cinq Réchants for twelve voices.
Directed by Linda Hirst.
Mar
13
6:00 PM18:00
Jan
15
7:30 PM19:30
Trinity Laban Opera: Edward Jessen 'Syllable' (world premiere)
Miranda created the role of Kael in Edward Jessen’s new operatic sonic theatre work, Syllable.
The production was directed by Joseph Alford and conducted by Gregory Rose, with set design by Molly Einchcomb, video design by Akhila Krishnan, and sound design by David Sheppard.
REVIEW: https://www.planethugill.com/2022/01/a-sense-of-ritual-edward-jessons.html
Edward Jessen’s Syllable has since been nominated for an Ivor Award (see https://twitter.com/IvorsAcademy/status/1582291060851585024)