Gemma Lois Summerfield, Sarah Berger

A performance of Frauenliebe und Leben, Schumann’s iconic cycle of a woman’s life and love, and other songs by women composers, with readings from the diaries and journals of famous and infamous lesbians throughout history, including Virginia Woolf, Vita-Sackville-West, and Radclyffe Hall, Josephine Baker and others.

Sung by soprano Gemma Lois Summerfield, winner of the 2015 Kathleen Ferrier Award, 'A show-stopper – pure vocal champagne' (Rupert Christiansen: The Daily Telegraph), with Sarah Berger (reader) and Nigel Foster (piano).