On 6th June Liz performed as part of an opera gala, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Stoke-on-Trent becoming a city, live on BBC Radio 3. It featured Liz singing arias and duets by Mozart, Rossini and Puccini, including her first time singing the beautiful Si, mi chiamano Mimì. It is on BBC Sounds for a month at:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002d1kp

In May, Liz performed Mahler Symphony No 4 once again, with the wonderful Residentie Orkest and Jun Märkl in The Hague. The concerts were a huge success and will be broadcast on NPO Klassiek on 24th June.

https://www.npoklassiek.nl

Rather than give flowers at the end of the performance, the Residentie Orkest have commissioned beautiful linocut prints as gifts, as pictured.

Liz has stepped in at the last minute for a recording of Telemann’s fiery and exciting cantata Ino with the baroque ensemble Florilegium. Working without a conductor, Liz had just a few days to prepare, and found herself writing ornaments on the train as well as in the studio! There were many times when Liz said to herself, “I just wish I-knew it” (niche joke, when you know the cantata is pronounced I-know). The whole rollercoaster ride will be released in March, with a Wigmore Hall concert to celebrate the launch.

Catch me on BBC Sounds singing Mozart concert arias in Lausanne with the almighty Christian Zacharias. The arias are split over a couple of days and some groups of songs added from a few years back. Here is a link to the first broadcast to get you going… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0026xs1