Illuminate Women’s Music Season II Concert

Thursday 7th November, 1:15pm

Soul Zisso (soprano) and the Illuminate string quartet: Clarice Rarity and Christine Cornwell (violins), Katherine Clarke (viola), and Cecelia Bignall (cello)

Illuminate Women’s Music’s performers in residence the Illuminate string quartet with soprano Soul Zisso present a programme of six new works by women composers commissioned by Illuminate. These composers are Caroline Bordignon, Soul Zisso, Joanna Ward, and the Illuminate composers in residence Angela Elizabeth Slater, Sarah Westwood and Blair Boyd. These new works will feature alongside a wealth of historical works by composers such as Rebecca Clarke, Barbara Strozzi, Vivian Fine and Ruth Crawford Seeger, giving a rich context to the strong but neglected tradition of women’s music.

Illuminate Women's Music 2019 seasons II concerts are supported by Ambache Charitable Trust and RVW Trust.

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