Percy Bysshe Shelley was a most unusual man. He was born to privilege in a wealthy family. He began writing poetry very young and published his first novel while at Oxford University. After less than a year he was thrown out of the University for his atheistic views. At the age of 19 he eloped to Scotland […]
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Brecht and Weill
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
At first thought it might seem strange that an English woman living in Belgium should be singing the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. In fact, I have been mad about Brecht ever since studying “Mutter Courage” for A-level German at school. In Kurt Weill he found the perfect composer for his ideas. Anna is […]
Concerts this Week
Monday, November 5, 2007
This week there will be three performances of Pierre Bartholomée’s Requiem. The Laudantes Consort (with whom I shall be singing) and the talented instrumentalists of Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles will be performing Bartholomée’s Requiem in première at the Brussels Conservatory in Belgium on Thursday November 8th at 20:30. Concerts in Nivelles and Sint Truiden follow on Friday November […]
