Stephen
Goss
is lecturer in composition at the University of Surrey. Before joining the
music department at Surrey, Steve was head of academic studies (and football
coach) at the Yehudi Menuhin School. Recent commissions have included the
orchestral song cycle Dreamchild for Jane Manning, Pooh for
the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and Looking Glass Ties for
Allan Neave; a CD of his Carmen Fantasy was released by Hallmark in
1999. He holds a PhD from the University of London and his music is
published in the UK, in Germany and in the USA.
As
a guitarist, he has recorded on the Decca, Carlton and Conifer labels and and
has toured extensively with the TETRA Guitar Quartet and various
contemporary music ensembles. He has broadcast on BBC2, GMTV, BBC Radio 3,
Radio 2 and Classic FM.
Jenevora
Williams
studied
at Bristol University and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She has
sung frequently for Welsh National Opera with roles in Cosi fan Tutte, The
Magic Flute, Electra, Iphigenie and Idomeneo. Most recent operatic roles
include Susanna in The Marriage of
Figaro with Neath Opera and Euridice
in Orpheus in the Underworld.
Recordings
include The Housewife in Britten's
Gloriana and Kate in Pirates of
Penzance, both with Sir Charles Mackerras and Welsh National Opera as well
as Suky Tawdry in the Beggar’s
Opera for Hyperion; she has made many TV and radio broadcasts.
Jenevora
is an established artist in the field of oratorio and appears regularly as a
soloist all over the country. She has performed in all the major festivals
and concert halls with leading orchestras such as the Bournemouth
Sinfonietta.
She
works extensively with her husband, the guitarist Stephen Goss, giving
concerts worldwide including recent tours of Holland and Italy as well as in
the UK. They have recorded a CD of ‘Songs from Britain and America’.
As
well as her performing commitments, Jenevora is in great demand as a singing
teacher. She teaches the choristers at St Paul’s Cathedral, at Surrey
University and is teacher-in-residence on National Youth Choir courses. Her
specialisation in the teaching of Treble voices has led to her being a
consultant for recording companies such as Decca and Hyperion, and the Royal
Opera House for their work involving child performers.
PROGRAMME |
Henry Purcell
Music for a while
Sweeter then roses
If music be the food of love
Mozart
Das Veilchen
Abendempfindung
Schubert
Heidenröslein
Ave Maria
Gilbert
Biberian
Six Haiku
John
Cage
The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs
Folksong
Settings Arr. Stephen Goss
Dafydd y garreg wen
I will give my love an apple
Arr. Benjamin
Britten
O waly, waly
The Salley Gardens
Sailor-boy
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PROGRAMME |
John Dowland
Come again! Sweet love doth now invite
Come
heavy sleep
I
saw my lady weep
Stephen
Goss
Under Milk Wood Songs
Polly Garter
Lily Smalls
Rosie Probert and Captain Cat
Oh, what’ll the neighbours say
Pretty Polly hums and longs
Heitor
Villa-Lobos
Prelude No.4 in E minor
Charles
E. Ives
The Side Show
Memories
a. very pleasant
b. rather sad
In the Alley
Jerome
Kern
All the things you are
George
Gershwin
ey
can’t take that away from me
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