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2018 - 2019 Season

Bach: Mass In B minor

Saturday 18 May, 7.30 pm
St Cuthbert’s Church, Lothian Road, Edinburgh

Arguably Johann Sebastian Bach’s greatest single work, the towering Mass in B minor offers thrilling choruses, beautiful arias and dazzling virtuoso instrumental solos, providing enjoyment, enlightenment, solace and challenges to audiences and performers alike.

Edinburgh Pro Musica Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Bawtree
Soprano: Emma Morwood
Soprano: Katherine Crompton
Countertenor: Alex Chance
Tenor: Nathan Vale
Baritone: Edward Grint

Tickets: £18/£15 (£5 students) available from TicketSource (below) or on the door.

The Soloists

Emma Morwood - soprano
Emma Morwood studied at the Royal Northern College of Music where she was awarded the Dame Eva Turner Award and the Claire Croiza Prize for French Song. She has sung with many of Europe's finest orchestras and conductors.
She has sung with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy,
Opera Collective Ireland, Akademie für Alte Musik, Opera North, Scottish Opera, Northern Ireland Opera.

Katherine Crompton - soprano
Katherine was the winner of the Harriet Cohen Memorial Prize, the McCullough Prize for Opera and the Miriam Licette Prize. She was also the recipient of a Tutton Award, a Susan Chilcott Award and is a Britten-Pears Scholar.
She has since appeared as a soloist at many opera houses and music festivals throughout Europe and the UK.
Katherine adores the choral repertoire singing works from Bach's Passions to Will Todd's Jazz Mass.

Alex Chance - countertenor
Alexander has performed in various countries.
He sings regularly in Oxford with Tom Hammond-Davies and the Oxford Bach Soloists. He is a regular member of The Tallis Scholars and Vox Luminis.
Upcoming projects include recording with the Freiburger Barockorchester, singing solo songs by the 20th century Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi at the Salzburg Festival this summer, and a programme for solo countertenor by JC Bach and Schütz at the Musikfest Bremen this autumn.

Nathan Vale - tenor
Nathan is a winner of the London Handel Singing Competition and was awarded the Audience Prize.
He has performed with Harry Christophers, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale, the London Handel Society, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano conducted by Sir Neville Marriner, Luxembourg Opera, the English National Opera, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Bolshoi and the English Touring Opera.
He has also sung at the Hong Kong and the Glyndebourne Festivals.

Edward Grint - baritone
Edward was awarded the top prize at the 24e Concours Lyrique in Clermont Ferrand in 2015, Second Prize at the 3rd International Singing Competition Pietro Antonio Cesti in Innsbruck and was a finalist in the 2014 London Handel Competition.
Recent operatic engagements have taken Edward to many countries as well as performing in many of the UK's major concert halls. Future plans include the Salzburg Festival, Dido and Aeneas at the Royal Festival Hall, Bach's Mass in B Minor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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Season Overview

World War One Centenary Concert
Saturday 10 Nov 2018, 7:30pm
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh

Christmas with the Choral
Tuesday 11 Dec 2018, 7.30pm
Morningside Parish Church, Edinburgh

New Year Messiah
Wednesday 2 Jan 2019, 12 noon
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Conductor: Michael Bawtree

Come and Sing:
Jenkins "The Armed Man"
Saturday February 9th.
Venue: Stockbridge Parish Church.

Karl Jenkins: 75 Birthday Celebrations
Sunday 3 March 3.00 pm
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Conductor: Sir Karl Jenkins

Bach "Mass in B minor"
Saturday 18 May 2019, 7:30pm
St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh

Past Concerts