Lunchtime Recital: Lotte Betts-Dean & Andrey Lebedev: Voice and Guitar recital at St Bartholomew-the-Less Church, London on Wednesday 19th September 2018

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Lunchtime Recital: Lotte Betts-Dean & Andrey Lebedev

Voice and Guitar recital

Part of the 2018-19 Lunchtime Recital Series at St Bart's the Less

Add to my Calendar 19-09-2018 13:00 19-09-2018 15:00 36 Lunchtime Recital: Lotte Betts-Dean & Andrey Lebedev Acclaimed duo Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano) and Andrey Lebedev (guitar) give the first recital of our 2018-19 Lunchtime Recital Series at St Bart's the Less. Alongside flourishing solo careers, Lotte and Andrey perform together regularly around the UK and beyond. Performing at the 2017 Buxton International Festival, the duo were hailed by The Guardian as “an unexpected highlight” and praised for their “irrepressible sense of drama and extraordinary self-assurance”. In recent seasons they have also performed at Gower Festival, Lewes Festival of Song, Brickwall Music Society, and toured their native Australia taking in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, and Mildura Summer Festival. Their programme will include songs by Dowland, Britten, Brett Dean, Manuel de Falla, as well as some toe-tapping ‘bossa nova’ tunes. Lotte and Andrey joined the CMF Artist Programme in 2017 and 2015 respectively. __________________________________   Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano) Praised for her “urgent musicality” (The Guardian), Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean enjoys a career encompassing opera, oratorio, contemporary music, art song, early music, and non-classical collaborations. After graduating from the Conservatorium of Music at Melbourne University and the Australian National Academy of Music, Lotte moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music. She is the recipient of the 2017 Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award and is an Associate Aritst of Southbank Sinfonia. Recent concert appearances include Wigmore Hall and St John’s Smith Square, as well as Cheltenham and Buxton Festivals. Lotte is also a member of Ensemble x.y. Andrey Lebedev (guitar)Andrey Lebedev is an acclaimed Australian classical guitarist with an insatiable curiosity to explore new avenues of music making. He is the laureate of top international competitions including the 2017 ARD Competition and the 2018 Guitar Foundation of America. In 2014, he was the first young guitarist invited by Julian Bream to perform for the Julian Bream Trust, premiering Trust commissions by Harrison Birtwistle and Leo Brouwer at St John’s Smith Square. Andrey has performed at the Hong Kong Altamira International Guitar Symposium, Cultura Artistica Serie de Violao (Brazil), and Buxton International Festival. St Bartholomew-the-Less Church, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Bartholomew-the-Less Church
Giltspur St
City of London
London
EC1A 7BE
England

Wednesday 19th September 2018
1:00 PM

Programme

John Dowland – Come Again Sweet Love
John Dowland – Fantasia no.7
John Dowland – In Darkness Let Me Dwell
John Dowland – Can she excuse my wrongs
Benjamin Britten – Songs from the Chinese, Op.58
Brett Dean – Gertrude Fragments
Manuel de Falla – Canciones Populares Españolas
Antonio Carlos Jobim – Chega de Saudade

Performers

Lotte Betts-Dean – mezzo-soprano
Andrey Lebedev – guitar

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Programme Note

Acclaimed duo Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano) and Andrey Lebedev (guitar) give the first recital of our 2018-19 Lunchtime Recital Series at St Bart's the Less.

Alongside flourishing solo careers, Lotte and Andrey perform together regularly around the UK and beyond. Performing at the 2017 Buxton International Festival, the duo were hailed by The Guardian as “an unexpected highlight” and praised for their “irrepressible sense of drama and extraordinary self-assurance”. In recent seasons they have also performed at Gower Festival, Lewes Festival of Song, Brickwall Music Society, and toured their native Australia taking in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, and Mildura Summer Festival.

Their programme will include songs by Dowland, Britten, Brett Dean, Manuel de Falla, as well as some toe-tapping ‘bossa nova’ tunes.

Lotte and Andrey joined the CMF Artist Programme in 2017 and 2015 respectively.

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Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo-soprano)

Praised for her “urgent musicality” (The Guardian), Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean enjoys a career encompassing opera, oratorio, contemporary music, art song, early music, and non-classical collaborations. After graduating from the Conservatorium of Music at Melbourne University and the Australian National Academy of Music, Lotte moved to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music. She is the recipient of the 2017 Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award and is an Associate Aritst of Southbank Sinfonia. Recent concert appearances include Wigmore Hall and St John’s Smith Square, as well as Cheltenham and Buxton Festivals. Lotte is also a member of Ensemble x.y.

Andrey Lebedev (guitar)
Andrey Lebedev is an acclaimed Australian classical guitarist with an insatiable curiosity to explore new avenues of music making. He is the laureate of top international competitions including the 2017 ARD Competition and the 2018 Guitar Foundation of America. In 2014, he was the first young guitarist invited by Julian Bream to perform for the Julian Bream Trust, premiering Trust commissions by Harrison Birtwistle and Leo Brouwer at St John’s Smith Square. Andrey has performed at the Hong Kong Altamira International Guitar Symposium, Cultura Artistica Serie de Violao (Brazil), and Buxton International Festival.

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