Date/Time
Date(s) - 23/Apr/2016
Genre - Vocal Recitals
Charlotte de Rothschild, soprano
Mark Troop, piano
In a programme of lieder by Purcell; Schumann; Mathilde de Rothschild; Quilter; Britten and traditional Japanese songs
Charlotte de Rothschild‘s career has taken her all over the world. With her wide knowledge of the song repertoire, from different eras, countries and genres, she has created some wonderful themed programmes; the best known being the Family Connections programme which traces the musical history of her forebears with music by, and anecdotes about, the composers who were friends, teachers or ancestors of the Rothschild family during the 19th and 20th Centuries. Recently, Charlotte presented this programme in Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and the UK. Her most recent CD releases, accompanied by the fine pianist Adrian Farmer, include a double album called The Songs of Mathilde de Rothschild which showcase the beautiful French and German songs of her talented ancestor who was a pupil of Chopin and a well-published composer in the 19th century, an Intimate Recital of Schumann Lieder, a Gabriel Fauré album Mirages, The Songs of Roger Quilter and Christmas Lullabies, a beautiful selection of seasonal delights accompanied by the harp. After performing in Japan for over twenty years, she recorded a CD of classical Japanese songs called A Japanese Journey and was the first foreigner to have recorded this music in the native tongue.
Mark Troop, pianist, broadcaster and writer, is the founder of The Chamber Music Company, a creative performance group. He made his name first as a solo pianist, recording Beethoven for BBC Radio 3, but soon branched into chamber music and song, founding the Chamber Music Company (CMC) with his wife, soprano Patricia Rozario, in the 1990s. Mark Troop and Patricia Rozario have been encouraging interest in western music in India and have been running vocal courses under the Giving Voice to India banner. After four years, the group has started to produce its first operas with entire Indian casts, a first in the sub-continent, which generated real excitement. In 2012, Mark Troop was invited to become a guest lecturer in music at Goa University for a three year term.