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A Note from Home

Part of the Songs from the Viaduct 2025 Series

Add to my Calendar 24-07-2025 18:30 24-07-2025 20:30 36 A Note from Home This recital celebrates the rich emotional nature of folk song through the lens of both Scottish tradition and the refined artistry of Maurice Ravel in honour of his 150th birthday this year. The program tells the story of life through love, from secretive midnight meetings to the untimely pain of heartbreak.   Hailing from Scotland, Karla and Abhisri present a programme of a Scots song, from Robert Burns,  George Francis Scott and Lady John Scott, featuring arrangements written by Abhisri performed for the first time here at Holy Sepulchre Church. We journey through the Mediterranean where Ravel’s cinq mélodies populaires grecques capture the landscapes and rhyming dances of Greece. In an ode to death, we venture to Ravel's Hebrew songs before returning to Scottish soil with the beloved Words of Robert Burns with music from Britten and Quilter.    Threaded through the program is a subtle nod to the drone - a continuous note that hums throughout like a grounding that sing quietly from home. Holy Sepulchre Church (Musicians’ Church), London DD/MM/YYYY

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Holborn Viaduct
Holborn, City of London
London
EC1A 2DQ
England

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– Piano
 – soprano

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This recital celebrates the rich emotional nature of folk song through the lens of both Scottish tradition and the refined artistry of Maurice Ravel in honour of his 150th birthday this year. The program tells the story of life through love, from secretive midnight meetings to the untimely pain of heartbreak.  

Hailing from Scotland, Karla and Abhisri present a programme of a Scots song, from Robert Burns,  George Francis Scott and Lady John Scott, featuring arrangements written by Abhisri performed for the first time here at Holy Sepulchre Church. We journey through the Mediterranean where Ravel’s cinq mélodies populaires grecques capture the landscapes and rhyming dances of Greece. In an ode to death, we venture to Ravel's Hebrew songs before returning to Scottish soil with the beloved Words of Robert Burns with music from Britten and Quilter.  

 Threaded through the program is a subtle nod to the drone - a continuous note that hums throughout like a grounding that sing quietly from home.

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