Newsletter no 14 – Funding – A lovely way to spend an evening – Noël Coward

by Elizabeth Mucha

Great news! We are extremely grateful to have received funding for a second time from the Marchus Trust for the development of our latest Art Sung project, Art Sung – Edith Sitwell, Behind her Façade. We now have 3 confirmed performances for ‘Edith’: London Song Festival on Friday 24th November 2023. The Barnes Festival on Thursday 14th March, 2024. Music

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Elizabeth MuchaNewsletter no 14 – Funding – A lovely way to spend an evening – Noël Coward

Newsletter no 13: Clara Schumann revival – London Song Festival award – actress Lucy Stevens

by Elizabeth Mucha

On Monday July 10th at the Buckingham Summer Music Festival, we will be shining the spotlight on Clara Schumann. Until quite recently, she was mainly remembered as a distinguished pianist and the spouse of the quintessential Romantic composer Robert Schumann. However, the bicentenary of her birth in 2019 prompted new research and interest in her compositions and her life including

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Elizabeth MuchaNewsletter no 13: Clara Schumann revival – London Song Festival award – actress Lucy Stevens

Newsletter no 12: The London Piano Duo – Façade – Renishaw Hall and Gardens

by Elizabeth Mucha

“Shall we play piano duets?” asked pianist and London Song Festival director Nigel Foster after the successful premiere of ‘Art Sung – Clara Schumann’. This was at the end of 2019 so it took a while for us to get going as sitting next to someone at a piano keyboard wasn’t an option for quite some time! Scroll forward a

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Elizabeth MuchaNewsletter no 12: The London Piano Duo – Façade – Renishaw Hall and Gardens

Newsletter No 11: New project Edith Sitwell – painting by Roger Fry – The influence of Erik Satie’s ‘Parade’ – Revival of Art Sung Clara Schumann

by Elizabeth Mucha

Spring of 2023 brings an exciting new project for Art Sung. We are exploring the amazing life of the gloriously eccentric poet Dame Edith Sitwell. Despite her notorious and iconic literary status on the world stage for much of the 20th century, she has become largely overlooked in recent years. Her collaboration with the young composer William Walton on her

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Elizabeth MuchaNewsletter No 11: New project Edith Sitwell – painting by Roger Fry – The influence of Erik Satie’s ‘Parade’ – Revival of Art Sung Clara Schumann

Newsletter no 10: Tenor Christopher Lemmings – Le Dit des Jeux du Monde by Arthur Honegger – Roxani Eleni Garefalaki

by Elizabeth Mucha

I’m over the moon that tenor Christopher Lemmings has agreed to join us for Art Sung-Jane Bathori at the London Song Festival.  Christopher and I were students together at GSAMD back in the day! It’s a great pleasure to be working with him again. He is rarely heard these days in the UK as he has forged a very impressive

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Elizabeth MuchaNewsletter no 10: Tenor Christopher Lemmings – Le Dit des Jeux du Monde by Arthur Honegger – Roxani Eleni Garefalaki

Newsletter No 9: Funding – Mezzo soprano Olivia Ray – Actor Chandrika Chevli – Composer André Caplet – Video

by Elizabeth Mucha

We are THRILLED to have received funding towards the visual work for Art Sung – Jane Bathori from the Golsoncott Foundation whose mission is to support excellence in performance. It feels like a pat on the back after the hard work that everyone has put in over the years! Art Sung is delighted to welcome two new faces for this

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Elizabeth MuchaNewsletter No 9: Funding – Mezzo soprano Olivia Ray – Actor Chandrika Chevli – Composer André Caplet – Video

Newsletter No 8: New project – Jane Bathori – Théâtre du Vieux Colombier – Prof. Barbara Kelly

by Elizabeth Mucha

2021 brings a new collaboration for Art Sung – our third to date! We’re exploring the life of mezzo soprano Jane Bathori, who dedicated her life and talents to promoting the music of her contemporaries: Debussy, Ravel and Satie as well as being hugely influential in the development of Les Six, a group of Paris based composers in the early

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Elizabeth MuchaNewsletter No 8: New project – Jane Bathori – Théâtre du Vieux Colombier – Prof. Barbara Kelly

Newsletter No 7: short film ‘Clara goes to Paris’ – Actress Gabriella Freeman

by Elizabeth Mucha

Art Sung has gone digital! We are embracing the new normal and producing visual online content for you as it seems that it may still be a while before we can meet again in a concert hall. Following the success of Art Sung – Clara Schumann last autumn we have produced a short film of a scene which had to

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Elizabeth MuchaNewsletter No 7: short film ‘Clara goes to Paris’ – Actress Gabriella Freeman

Newsletter No 6: London Song Festival 2019 – Torte á la Wieck – Artist Hannah Crooks

by Elizabeth Mucha

The premiere of Art Sung – Clara Schumann in November at the London Song Festival was enjoyed by a record audience and we were very flattered to receive the following warm words from Barry Millington, the critic of the Evening Standard: The Songs and Life of Clara Schumann, devised by Elizabeth Mucha with a skilful audio-visual presentation by Art Sung,

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Elizabeth MuchaNewsletter No 6: London Song Festival 2019 – Torte á la Wieck – Artist Hannah Crooks

Newsletter No 5: Baritone Malachy Frame – Composer Johannes Brahms – Variations on a theme of Schumann

by Elizabeth Mucha

We are delighted to welcome Belfast-born baritone Malachy Frame. He has come on board with an abundance of energy and enthusiasm and, of course, a gorgeous voice! He was Northern Ireland Opera’s ‘Voice of 2016,’ and that same year was a finalist in the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards at the Wigmore Hall. In 2018, he was a Garsington Opera Alvarez Young Artist

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Elizabeth MuchaNewsletter No 5: Baritone Malachy Frame – Composer Johannes Brahms – Variations on a theme of Schumann
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