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Zoe Gilbert (novelist), Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano)

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Zoe Gilbert (novelist), Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano)

‘Magnificent’ soprano Claire Booth has been widely acclaimed for her ‘radiant, rapturous, wonderfully nuanced performances’ and voice of ‘piercing purity and luscious richness’. Claire won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Singer Award this year.
Programme
6.30pm – Writer Zoe Gilbert talks about writing words for music.

7.30pm – Claire Booth (soprano) and Andrew West (piano) will perform music by Schumann, Brahms, Richard Strauss, Ravel, Stravinsky and much more; plus the first performance of John Woolrich and Zoe Gilbert’s new song cycle.

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The Green Room

The Grand Hotel, The Leas,
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