Songs & Stories from the British Isles with Lewis K. Peart & Sophie Clarke

PROGRAMME:

Michael Head,

· Sweet chance, that lead my steps abroad

R. Vaughan Williams,

· Silent Noon

· The Watermill

· The Sky Above the Roof

Thomas Dunhill,

· The Cloths of Heaven

Rebecca Clarke,

· The Cloths of Heaven

Stephen Hough,

· Madam and her madam

Noël Coward,

· A Bar on the Piccola Marina

Gilbert & Sullivan,

· Little Maid of Arcadee

Ivor Novello,

· My Dearest Dear

· And Her Mother Came Too!

· We’ll Gather Lilacs

Lewis Kingsley Peart enjoys a busy life as a working musician: organising projects as both soloist and collaborator, he programmes a wide variety of music from the traditional classical canon, right through to jazz and the avant-garde. With a strong background in theatre, his appearances are never without verve.

Lewis made his debut at St. John’s, Smith Square in March 2018 in a programme of music celebrating the 75th birthday of the American composer, Stephen Montague. In the summer of 2021, he had the privilege of working with British concert pianist and composer, Sir Stephen Hough, on his third piano sonata, "Trinitas", for the Trinity Laban New Lights Festival of Contemporary Music. Highlights of the 2022 season included a concert for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at St. Mary’s Cathedral, and his debut recital at London’s St. Martin-in-the-Fields. In November 2023 Lewis made his concerto debut with the Wimbledon Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488. Highlights of the 2024 season included two performances of Grieg's Piano Concerto, and also his European debut with two solo recitals in Lanzarote. In March of this year Lewis played Beethoven's "Emperor" concerto with the Angel Orchestra, and in April he gave the world premiere of Stephen Montague's "Scherzo in the Vienna Woods" - a new work that Lewis commissioned for solo piano. Lewis looks forward to future engagements both as recitalist and concerto soloist.

Lewis is a Chethams School of Music alumnus and graduate of London's Trinity Laban Conservatoire where he studied with Philip Fowke and Alisdair Hogarth.

Sophie Clarke is a mezzo-soprano from Liverpool, United Kingdom. Praised for her “beautiful storytelling”, she has performed as a soloist at major UK concert halls including the Royal Festival Hall, Cadogan Hall, and Bridgewater Hall. Her international solo performances span the globe from the Netherlands and Norway to Spain and Brazil. In September 2026, Sophie was invited to the Vatican to receive the Vexillum Sciacca International Award for Music.

Sophie’s recordings have reached over 5 million listeners across 120 countries, with radio airplay in Australia, the Americas, and throughout Europe. She has built a social media following of over 150,000 where she shares content on sacred music, music history, concert performances, and educational videos teaching her followers Gregorian

chant and more. She is deeply committed to preserving and promoting the sacred and classical music traditions.

She holds a Master of Music and a Postgraduate Diploma with Distinction in Classical Singing and Opera from the Royal Northern College of Music. Her studies were generously supported by the international Gilbert & Sullivan Society and Peter Snook.

Sophie sings for numerous charity concerts and events every year. She is an ambassador for the children’s charity Liverpool Heartbeat, where she has developed a schools’ classical singing programme to introduce children of all ages to classical music.

https://www.lewiskingsleypeart.com/

https://www.sophieclarkesinger.co.uk/