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May 2011 Mendelssohn Elijah
Mendelssohn Elijah
Saturday 14th May 2011, St. Edmund's Church, Shipston-on-Stour
soloists:
- Soprano - Sarah Power
- Mezzo Soprano - Sofie Almroth
- Tenor - Richard Dowling
- Baritone - Jeremy Huw Williams
With the Cherwell Orchestra
Sofie Almroth
Swedish mezzo-soprano Sofie Almroth began her musical training at two of Scandinavia's most renowned music schools, receiving awards of musical excellence from both institutions. She later moved on to studying musicology at the Stockholm University before commencing her full-time vocal studies with Dr. Rudolf Piernay at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she is supported by Stiftelsen Emma & Erik Granes Minne, Anna Whitlocks Minnesfond and Rune Ljungdahls Stiftelse.
Richard Dowling
Richard is well known to Stour Singers, having performed in Benjamin Britten's "St Nicholas" in 2010
Jeremy Huw Williams
The Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams is a principal singer with Welsh National Opera
The Cherwell Orchestra
is based on players in the Banbury and Brackley area and was founded in 1985 under its present director, mainly to provide an orchestra to accompany local choral societies. They have played for choirs based in Banbury, Bloxham, Brackley, Chipping Norton, Eynsham, Stanton Harcourt, Northampton, Shipston-on-Stour and Wellingborough.