Lunchtime Recital: Helen Charlston with Toby Carr

On Wednesday 14th November 2018, mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston (2018 CMF Artist), with lutenist Toby Carr, gave the third recital in our 2018-19 Lunchtime Recital Series at St Bart’s the Less.

Hailed as a “rather special mezzo” (MusicWeb International), Helen Charlston’s warm and distinctive tone has cemented her as a key performer in the next generation of British singers. Her recital, titled ‘Lettera Amorosa’, paired the solo vocal works (a voce sola) of two great Italian composers: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) and Barbara Strozzi (1619-77). The programme included Monteverdi’s Lettera Amorosa (published 1619) and his Lamento d’Arianna, the only surviving fragment of his 1608 opera, L’Arianna. For full details, please download the programme below.

A sketch made during the recital by Jane Northcote