Lunchtime Recital - Paint, Stone and Sound.

Programme

Paint, Stone and Sound

Mezzo: Eva Stone-Barney

Piano: Paul St-Georges

Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Le Travail Du Peintre, FP 161 (1956)

1. Pablo Picasso

2. Marc Chagall

3. Georges Braque

Jake Heggie (1961 -): Statuesque (2005)

1. Henry Moore: Reclining Figure of Elmwood

2. Pablo Picasso: Head of a Woman, 1932

3. Hapshetsut: The Divine Potter

Alban Berg (1885 - 1963): Four Songs for Voice and Piano (Op. 2) (1910)

I. Schlafen, schlafen, nichts als schlafen!

II. Schlafend trägt man mich in mein Heimatland

III. Nun ich der Riesen Stärksten überwand

IV. Warm die Lüfte, es spriesst Gras auf sonnigen Wiesen

Jake Heggie (1961 -): Statuesque (2005)

4. Alberto Giacommetti: Standing Woman #2

5. Winged Victory: We’re Through

Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Le Travail Du Peintre, FP 161 (1956)

4. Juan Gris

5. Paul Klee

6. Joan Miró

7. Jacques Villon

Biographies

Eva Stone-Barney:

Eva Stone-Barney is a Canadian mezzo-soprano currently pursuing her Advanced Artist Diploma in Vocal Studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She holds degrees from Guildhall, McGill University and the University of Toronto. Recent highlights include Cenerentola in La Cenerentola (Glass Light Opera), and Emma in Emma or Emily (Tête à Tête Opera / Moon Kim Theatre), Dorabella in Così fan tutte (Glass Light Opera and Merry Opera Company), chorus in Giustino (Royal Ballet and Opera), chorus in La Traviata (Festival Lyrique-en-Mèr), Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro (Goodenough College Opera), and Medusa in the premiere of Goi Chern and Jessica McNulty’s Medusa (Vertebrae Theatre). She also covered the role of Taller Sister in Guildhall Opera’s production of Proving Up (Mazzoli/Vavrek). In concert, she has recently performed Vivaldi’s Gloria (Lexden Choral Society) and Handel’s Dixit Dominus (Amersham Choral Society).

Passionate about art song and recital programming, Eva has participated in song projects at Guildhall led by pianists Iain Burnside and Bretton Brown; was a 2025 SongEasel young artist; and has recently toured her recital ‘Reflets,' with her duo partner, in London, Newcastle, and Venice, Italy. She has performed major choral works with professional ensembles across Canada, twice represented Québec in the National Youth Choir, and is a choral scholar at St Pancras Church. Beyond performance, Eva is a music journalist.

Paul St-Georges

After building a successful career as a data scientist and actuary, Paul made the bold decision to follow his true passion: music. He has completed with Distinction a Master in Collaborative Piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He is currently continuing his studies at Guildhall in the highly selective Advanced Artist Diploma program under the guidance of the renowned professors Bretton Brown and Carole Presland, Julius Drake and Sam Armstrong. Paul works with both vocalists and instrumentalists across a wide and diverse repertoire. Paul is based in London, Walthamstow and coaches and accompanies singers and instrumentalists in and around London. Over the past years, Paul has performed at some of the UK's most iconic venues, including Wigmore Hall and Milton Court, and performed internationally in Belgium, Austria and Canada. Highlights include the Fauré Song Masterclass with Malcolm Martineau at Wigmore Hall, a self curated recital celebrating the life of the Boulanger sisters, and an intensive summer at the Franz Schubert Institut in Austria with full scholarship after winning the Lied competition at Guildhall, where he studied with internationally acclaimed artists such as Roger Vignoles, Julius Drake, Helmut Deutsch, Robert Holl, Wolfram Rieger and Elly Ameling. He has also participated as a selected duo in the Udo Reinemann International Masterclass, working on Lieder and mélodie repertoire with artists such as Roger Vignoles, Gerold Huber, Anne Sofie von Otter and Christoph Prégardien. He was also honoured to be a finalist for the Jubilee Accompaniment Prize two years in a row (2025-2026). Paul has been recently selected as a Britten Pears Young Artist for 2026-2027-