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Helen Charlston
Image credit: © Oscar Ortega

Archived Event

Battle Cry: she speaks

Helen Charlston mezzo-soprano; Toby Carr lute

Date
Fri 07 Mar 2025, 1.00pm
Tickets
Archived Event
Duration

This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval

Availability

Artists

  • Helen Charlstonmezzo-soprano
  • Toby Carrlute

Programme

  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Bonduca, or The British Heroine Z574
        :
      • O lead me to some peaceful gloom
  • Henry Purcell
    1659-1695
      • Now that the sun hath veiled his light (An Evening Hymn on a Ground) Z193

Overview

Songs of war and lamentation, voiced by abandoned women and united in Owain Park’s heart-wrenching Battle Cry, form the backbone of Helen Charlston’s reflections on the turbulent emotions and pain unleashed by acts of betrayal.

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