Matinée Concert

Violetta Gawara (mezzo-sporano), Lorena Mac (oboe)
& Asako Ogawa (piano)

Programme:

Violetta Gawara (mezzo-soprano) & Asako Agawa (piano):

Georges Bizet – Habanera (Carmen)
Gaetano Donizetti – ‘O Mio Fernando’ Leonora’s aria from La Favorita
Camille Saint-Seäns – ‘Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix’ Delila’s aria from Samson et Delila
Giuseppe Verdi – ‘O Don Fatale’ Eboli’s aria from Don Carlo

Lorena Mac (oboe) & Asako Ogawa (piano):

Tomaso Albinioni – Concerto in D minor op.9

Asako Ogawa (piano):

Sergey Rachmaninov – The Variations on the theme of Corelli

Biographies:

Violetta Gawara (mezzo-soprano)
The Polish mezzo-soprano made her London debut singing Proserpina in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo for the English Bach Festival. She now specialises in dramatic mezzo roles, such as those by Verdi, Donizetti, Tchaikovsky and Saint-Saëns.

Lorena Mac (oboe)
Lorena graduated from the Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland, and is one of the most talented Polish oboists of her generation.

Asako Ogawa (piano)
Pianist and harpsichordist Asako Ogawa is a performer with a wide-ranging repertoire, from early baroque to contemporary music. She is equally at home at the keyboard of the modern piano as she is at a fortepiano, chamber organ and harpsichord, and has performed throughout Europe and Japan. She works as a staff accompanist and also teaches a baroque repertoire class for postgraduate accompanists at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.