One of the UK’s most distinguished mezzo-sopranos, Dame Sarah Connolly, takes the stage with a star of the next generation, Beth Taylor. Sarah was made a DBE in the 2017 Birthday Honours and has sung in most of the world’s leading opera houses and concert halls. Notable among her stellar career was her appearance as guest soloist at the BBC Last Night of the Proms in 2009.

Beth recently came to prominence in the grand final of the 2023 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, and since that moment has made debuts at Carnegie Hall and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and worked with conductors including Edward Gardner, Sir Simon Rattle and Kirill Petrenko.

No stranger to Temple Music, Julius Drake enjoys an international reputation as one of the finest instrumentalists in his field, collaborating with many of the world’s leading artists, both in recital and on disc. His passionate interest in song has led to invitations to devise song series for Wigmore Hall, London; The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; 92nd St Y, New York; and the Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin.

This Concert is sponsored by Rosamund Horwood-Smart KC.

Programme - TBC

Beth performs the Alto 2 Solo in Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 with the orchestra and choir of grand teatre de Liceu, conducted by Josep Pons in his final concert as music director.

Giuseppe Sammartini: Concerto G minor for Oboe, Strings and B. c. Op. 8 No. 5
Antonio Vivaldi: Motet «Filiae maestae Jerusalem» for Alto, Strings and B. c. RV 638
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto D major for Violoncello, Strings and B. c. RV 404
Johann Friedrich Fasch: Sonata D minor for two Oboes, Bassoon and B. c. FaWV N:d2
Christoph Schaffrath: Duetto G minor for Bassoon and B. c. CSWV F:23
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata «Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust» for Alto, Oboe d’Amore, Strings and B. c. BWV 170

Johann Melchior Molter: Sinfonia C major for two Oboes, Strings and B. c. MWV 7.13
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata «Widerstehe doch der Sünde» for Alto, Strings and B. c. BWV 54
Johan Helmich Roman: Sonata G minor for two Oboes and B. c. BeRI 101
Tomaso Albinoni: Sonata à 5 A major for Strings and B. c. Op. 2 No. 5
Arcangelo Califano: Trio Sonata A minor for two Oboes, Bassoon and B. c.
Antonio Vivaldi: «Stabat mater» for Alto, Strings and B. c. RV 621

Opera Gala Concert conducted by Derek Clark with special guest and honorary president, Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano.

Celebrating 50 years of Fife Opera, we present a Gala Concert of solos, ensembles and choruses from operas we have performed including works by Verdi, Puccini, Mozart, Bizet and Donizetti.

Beth makes her highly anticipated recital debut at the Edinburgh Festival on the theme of myriad perspectives on women and transformation.

Programme will include songs of Augusta Holmès, Hildegard von Bingen, Clara Schumann, Connie Converse, Cameron Biles-Liddell, Fanny Hensel, Stuart MacRae, Lili Boulanger and Germaine Tailleferre.

Afternoon delight will be provided by this starry concert, featuring some of Scotland's top operatic singers, in a programme of wonderful French opera highlights from Bizet, Berlioz, Debussy and Gounod. International stars Brian Bannatyne-Scott (bass) and Beth Taylor (mezzo-Soprano) are joined by three rising stars, Catherine Hooper (soprano), Magnus Walker (tenor) and Jonathan Kennedy (baritone). Providing the accompaniment is Michal Gajzler, the brilliant Scottish-based Polish pianist, who will conjure up the sounds of a full orchestra on the grand piano!

Beth performs a selection of Mozart concert arias with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentina Orchestra, conducted by Christophe Rousset.

• • • Felix Mendelssohn

    • Die erste Walpurgisnacht, Op 60

    • Anders Hillborg

    • Viola ConcertoLondon Premiere

    • Igor Stravinsky

    • The Rite of Spring

Performers

• Sakari Oramo

  conductor

• Lawrence Power

  viola

• Beth Taylor

  mezzo- soprano

• Benjamin Bruns

  tenor

• BBC Symphony Orchestra

• BBC Symphony Chorus

Stadtcasino Basel, Musiksaal, Konzertgasse 1, Basel, Schweiz

Miriam Feuersinger Sopran
Lea Müller Mezzosopran
Beth Taylor Mezzosopran
Jacob Lawrence Tenor
José Coca Loza Bass
La Cetra Barockorchester & Vokalensemble Basel
Andrea Marcon Leitung

Music by Corelli, Pez, Scarlatti & J. S. Bach Magnificat BWV 243

• Dunedin Consort

• Ed Lyon Belshazzar

• Nardus Williams Nitocris

• Beth Taylor Cyrus

• Matthew Brook Gobris

• Alexander Chance Daniel

• John Butt Director

Programme

• Georg Friedrich Händel

  Belshazzar. Oratorium in drei Teilen HWV 61 (1745)

Beth performs the role of The Angel in Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus, conducted by Sir Mark Elder.

Beth performs the role of The Angel in Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and chorus, conducted by Sir Mark Elder.

Beth performs a programme of French and Scottish songs alongside Anna Tilbrook.

Featured composers include Chisholm, Berlioz, Tailleferre, Respighi, Viardot, Chretien, George-Scott and many more.

RECITAL WITH KAROLINA KUBALKOVA (PIANO)

Pärt Kanon Pokajanen: Ode VII

MAHLER Symphony No.2, 'Resurrection'

Vasily Petrenko ConductorMiah Persson SopranoBeth Taylor Mezzo-sopranoPhilharmonia ChorusRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra

• R Schumann das Paradies und die Peri Listen 

The performers

• Edward Gardner conductor*

• Christiane Karg soprano

• Samantha Clarke soprano

• Beth Taylor mezzo-soprano

• Robert Murray tenor

• Lunga Eric Hallam tenor

• Thomas Oliemans baritone

• London Philharmonic Choir

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 3 (1 hour 36 mins)

Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Beth Taylor mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
London Symphony Orchestra

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No 3 (1 hour 36 mins)

Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Beth Taylor mezzo-soprano
London Symphony Chorus
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
London Symphony Orchestra

• London Symphony Orchestra

• Damen der Wiener Singakademie

• Wiener Sängerknaben

• Beth Taylor

• Sir Simon Rattle

Programm

• Gustav Mahler

  Symphonie Nr. 3 d-moll für großes Orchester, Altsolo, Knabenchor und Frauenchor (1893–1896)

REPERTOIRE INCLUDES

Bonis - Trois Femmes de légende (19’) Berlioz - La mort de Cléopâtre (21’) - Interval - Sibelius - Symphony No1 (38’)

CONDUCTOR

Edward Gardner

SOLOISTS

Beth Taylor - Mezzo-sopranoPaul Whittaker - BSL PerformerBig Noise Govanhill - Glasgow only

REPERTOIRE INCLUDES

Bonis - Trois Femmes de légende (19’) Berlioz - La mort de Cléopâtre (21’) - Interval - Sibelius - Symphony No1 (38’)

CONDUCTOR

Edward Gardner

SOLOISTS

Beth Taylor - Mezzo-sopranoPaul Whittaker - BSL PerformerBig Noise Govanhill - Glasgow only

REPERTOIRE INCLUDES

Beethoven - Sechs Lieder von Gellert Op48 Tailleferre - Trois chansons de Jean Tardieuplus songs by Haydn, Stanford, Chaminade and Sullivan -

SOLOISTS

Beth Taylor - Mezzo-sopranoMarcia Hadjimarkos - Piano

REPERTOIRE INCLUDES

Mahler - Symphony No3 (98’)

CONDUCTOR

Thomas Søndergård

SOLOISTS

Beth Taylor - Mezzo-sopranoMembers of RSNO Chorus Stephen Doughty - Director, RSNO ChorusRSNO Youth Chorus Patrick Barrett - Director, RSNO Youth ChorusesPaul Whittaker - BSL Performer

REPERTOIRE INCLUDES

Mahler - Symphony No3 (98’)

CONDUCTOR

Thomas Søndergård

SOLOISTS

Beth Taylor - Mezzo-sopranoMembers of RSNO Chorus Stephen Doughty - Director, RSNO ChorusRSNO Youth Chorus Patrick Barrett - Director, RSNO Youth ChorusesPaul Whittaker - BSL Performer