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About the show
Join Papagena as they perform a contemporary new work for upper voices composed by Liz Dilnot Johnson. Passia is a reimagining of the story of Good Friday, sung from the perspective of five women at the foot of the cross: Mary, Christ's mother; sisters Martha and Mary; Veronica; and Mary Magdalen. Sung by renowned international group Papagena, with Encoro and the University of Warwick Upper Voice ensemble, Passia explores universal themes of motherhood, loss and love as experienced by the women present with music of profound tenderness. The concert, which will also include Lenten music sung by Papagena, begins at 7.30pm and will last one hour (without interval).
Featuring
Papagena
Papagena is a rarity in the UK, an all-female consort of five professional singers set up to explore music from medieval times to the present day written specifically for female voices. The group’s programming defies pigeonholing; drawing richly on traditional folk music and women’s working songs from around the world, Papagena juxtaposes these pieces with more classical repertoire from Kassia and Hildegard of Bingen to Imogen Heap and Katy Perry, as well as writing its own material and commissioning from an eclectic range of composers including Errollyn Wallen, Oliver Tarney, Janet Wheeler, John Duggan, Liz Dilnot Johnson and Jim Clements. Medieval, classical, folk and contemporary music is interwoven into intriguing programmes such as Love, Legends and Lullabies, Nuns and Roses, The Darkest Midnight, Still Moving and A Winter’s Dawn which fascinate diverse audiences and the group also undertakes education projects involving both school and adult voices.
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