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"Vivid storytelling...It is meticulously researched and brilliantly executed."
BBC Radio 3 "Record Review"
“This is an unusual and enchanting thing – not just an album but an embracing narrative experience…”
Gramophone
Mezzo- soprano Joanna Harries and pianist Sholto Kynoch weave together a treasure trove of Scandinavian song with nineteenth century travel writing.
A love letter to all things Nordic, Letters from Scandinavia is both song recital and historical audio travel guide, a weaving together of music and text that follows in the footsteps of intrepid nineteenth century women journeying in the ‘wild north’. The songs are drawn from the golden age of Scandinavian song, interspersed with readings which are underscored and brought to life by specially-commissioned new music from composer Peter Facer.
"…Harries knows how to project with an intimate expressiveness, while Kynoch emphasizes the richness of harmonic colour.”
Sonograma
Thanks to support from: Arts Council (DYCP Award), International Opera Awards, Nicholas Boas Trust.
Mezzo-soprano Joanna Harries and pianist Jong Sun Woo present a new programme inspired by birdsong and Howell’s beautiful song King David.
At its heart is a new song cycle created with composer Alex Groves and participants from Goodmayes Hospital in Ilford, in partnership with Hospital Rooms.
The album will be released on CRD Records.
Founded in 2019 by singers Joanna Harries & Jess Dandy, SongPath is a mental health initiative that encourages creative connection to the world around us through walking, talking and music-making in nature.
SongPath has travelled Cumbria, Oxfordshire, Yorkshire, London and West Sussex for events with Oxford International Song Festival, Leeds Lieder, Brighton Early Music Festival, the London Handel Festival, Beverley Early Music Festival and Ulverston International Music Festival.
Inspired by the historic 18th century North Wing at St Bartholemew’s Hospital, this new sound installation weaves together 18th century music and spoken word from patients at St Bart’s. Led by mezzo-soprano Joanna Harries and members of Ensemble Augelletti this new sonic tapestry brings together past and present to explore the hospital experience.
In partnership with St Bart’s Heritage
