Free Lunchtime Concert: Hugh Cutting (countertenor) & George Ireland (piano)
Schedule
Thu Sep 18 2025 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Howden Minster | Goole, EN
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Join us for our sixth lunchtime concert of the year featuring BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist countertenor Hugh Cutting and award-winning pianist George Ireland!"The fast-rising countertenor Hugh Cutting undoubtedly has an exceptional voice: lustrous and rounded, with power in reserve and immaculate intonation" – The Times
"A compelling recital... thought-provoking and musically inspiring... holding the full [audience] rapt throughout" – Edinburgh Music Review on Hugh and George's performance at the Edinburgh International Festival, August 2025
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PROGRAMME: MORPHEUS
Burgon: This lunar beauty
Cavalli: ‘Erme, e solinghe cime’ from La Calisto
Purcell: ‘One charming night’ from The Fairy Queen
Byrd: 'Agnus dei' from Mass for Four Voices (piano solo)
Britten: ‘I know a bank’ from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Schubert: Erlkönig
Rodney Bennett: 'Baby, baby, naughty baby’ from Songs Before Sleep
Hahn: Les rêveries du Prince Églantine (piano solo)
Hahn: Le rossignol des lilas
Hahn: L'énamourée
Gershwin: 'Andante con moto' from Three Preludes (piano solo)
Gershwin: Prelude: Novelette in Fourths (piano solo)
Bolcom: Song of Black Max
Weill: Lost in the Stars
Strozzi: Amor dormiglione
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Hugh Cutting is a graduate of the Royal College of Music where he was a member of the International Opera Studio. On graduating, he was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal, presented by King Charles III. In the autumn of 2021, Hugh became the first countertenor to win the Kathleen Ferrier Award and to become a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist (2022-24).
During his first professional season in 2022/23 Hugh made his debut at Opernhaus Zürich singing Monteverdi, made his debut at Wigmore Hall, and sang Bach's St Matthew Passion at Carnegie Hall with Bernard Labadie and the Orchestra of St Luke's, marking his US debut. In the 2024/25 season he made his debut at La Scala, Milan singing Corindo in Cesti's Orontea, his US opera debut in the title role of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, his Australian debut singing Tolomeo in Giulio Cesare for Pinchgut Opera, and appeared as Unulfo in Handel's Rodelinda at the Garsington Festival.
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George Ireland is in demand as a recital partner with some of the finest singers of his generation. From a working-class, non-musical home, he began to play the piano from scratch, self-taught at the age of 14. He is now 29 and recently graduated with distinction from the Royal College of Music.
George accompanied soprano Oksana Lepska’s winning recitals at the 2022 National Mozart Competition in London, and the Kathleen Ferrier Award-winning recitals of countertenor Hugh Cutting and soprano Jessica Cale in 2021 and 2020. With Hugh Cutting he has enjoyed live performances on Radio 3’s In Tune, recording at BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, a greatly-acclaimed recital at the Brighton Festival and a recital on the harpsichord at the Theatre Grévin in Paris.
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Advance booking for this concert is optional but recommended.
For concert and general enquiries, please email [email protected] or telephone Steven Goulden on 07743 448123.
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Where is it happening?
Howden Minster, Goole, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
