News from Kathleen Ferrier Society
Kathleen Ferrier - her life, music and letters
Sunday 25th July 2010 at 6pm
At The Forge, Camden
Diana Moore - mezzo soprano & Peter Wilkinson - Piano
Tickets: £15
The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street Camden NW1 7NL Tel: 07508 437228
http://www.forgevenue.org/whats-on/
A recital designed to celebrate one of England’s best-loved singers, through Ferrier’s personal letters, diary entries, reflections from her friends and family, and performances of the music for which she was so loved. A moving and intimate journey through her brief but spectacular life, which captures much of her celebrated humour.
An evening to remember.
Programme to include works by Bach, Handel, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Gluck, Quilter, Frank Bridge and folk song settings.
Following studies at the University of Birmingham and the Royal Academy of Music, Diana Moore manages a varied and international career in opera, oratorio and concert performances and is a popular soloist at many major music festivals. With a combination of musicianship and beauty of tone, coupled with her trademark presence and ability to communicate, she has established herself at the forefront of a new generation of British singers.
Do you have any Ferrier programmes or memorabilia?
The Society is currently compiling a performance chronology of Kathleen Ferrier in written form with the addition of photographs, letters and articles from the Society's own archive; this we hope to complete by 2012, the Centenary of Kathleen's birth, when it will be on sale to members.
Through one of our members, Anthony Shuttleworth, a web-based database is also being established.
If anyone has any programmes from Kathleen's performances, reviews, newspaper articles or photographs of Kathleen, the Society would love to hear from you. (We would only require copies/scans.)
If you can help us in any way with Kathleen's performance history please contact us.
2012 - 100th Anniversary
2012 will be the 100th anniversary of Kathleen's birth in Higher Walton, and the Society is currently planning its own events, as well as contacting and holding meetings with interested individuals and organizations. As events are finalized they will be posted on a 2012 page on this web-site.
MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (The Resurrection): Ferrier/Vincent/Klemperer/Concertgebouw Orchestra.
12 July 1951.
A broadcast from the Holland Festival.
Reference: New Campion KF 173.
The late Andre Achtien, one of the founding members of the Kathleen Ferrier Society, gave the tape from which recording is derived to the Society some years ago. To ensure its greater accessibility the Kathleen Ferrier Society has donated it to Music Preserved.
This recording is available as a download from Music Preserved mplive@musicpreserved.org.uk
55th Kathleen Ferrier Awards
The results are as follows:
First Prize: Njabulo Madlala (£10,000)
Second Prize: Sarah Power (£5,000)
Song Prize: Laurie Ashworth (£4,000)
Accompanist's Prize: Anna Cardona (£3,000)
Over 24 KFS members were at the final on Friday 23rd April and were thrilled to witness the baritone, Njabulo Mandlala (2003 Bursary Joint 2nd Prize winner) win the prestigeous 2010 Kathleen Ferrier Award.
It was a wonderful evening and the prize could have gone to any of the finalists they were all excellent but naturally we are delighted that Njabulo won.
2010 Weekend
The 2010 weekend will be held on 30th-31st October 2010 in Blackburn.
Sotheby’s Auction 8th December 2009 Lot 43
Ten letters from Kathleen to her friend and principal contact in the Netherlands, the music impresario, Peter Diamand were up for Auction. With less than 24 hours to go the KFS, Blackburn Museum and over a dozen members, for whom we had email addresses, pledged sums of money to enable us to bid for these letters. I can report we were successful and the letters have been secured for the archive in Blackburn Museum.
A big THANK YOU to all who donated at such short notice.
Read the full account in the next Newsletter.
Below is a section of one of the letters
Kathleen Ferrier Plaque
The Plaque to Kathleen Ferrier was been rededicated and rehung in the University College Hospital London on 21st December 2009. It was unveiled by the music impresario, Victor Hochhauser whose son, Professor Daniel Hockhauser is the current holder of the Kathleen Ferrier Professorial Chair of Oncology UCHL. Victor Hockhauser and Prof. Daniel Hockhauser are seen here beside the newly unveiled plaque.
A full report will be in the next Newsletter
Newsletter
The Society always welcomes people’s memories of Kathleen, and articles about any activities connected with Kathleen Ferrier for our members Newsletter.