This Woman’s Work: a Concert by Papagena

The UK’s flagship female voice ensemble Papagena presents an uplifting programme celebrating the lives, loves and works of women with music sacred and profane, tender, witty and urbane. Ranging from medieval and renaissance works by Hildegard of Bingen and Leonora d’Este to contemporary pieces by Caroline Shaw and James MacMillan, Papagena’s recital vividly juxtaposes diverse styles and genres. Throw into the mix a Ukrainian lullaby, Bulgarian, Canadian and English folk music, Monteverdi, and a new arrangement of Kate Bush’s This Woman’s Work and you have something for everyone!

 

“extraordinary voices” (BBC Radio 3)   “a breath of fresh air” (Norman Lebrecht)

18:00 Sunday 2 March 2025
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Papagena

Sopranos: Elizabeth Drury, Imogen Ram-Prasad, Suzzie Vango

Altos: Shivani Rattan, Sarah Tenant-Flowers

 

In a field dominated by male and mixed voices ensembles, Papagena is a rarity in the UK, an all-female professional consort of singers set up to explore music from medieval times to the present day. 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 medieval, classical and contemporary 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 and Jim Clements.

 

Formally launched in 2015, the group has performed throughout the UK including at the Edinburgh, Brandenburg Choral and Three Choirs Festivals. The group has released three albums including The Darkest Midnight (November 2018, SOMM) which reached No 1 in the classical download charts and Hush! (March 2020, SOMM)  which received stunning reviews in all major journals including Gramophone.

 

Papagena made its live BBC debut in 2018, since when it has given several more performances on the BBC, on both In Tune (Radio 3) and Woman’s Hour (Radio 4). In 2018 Papagena was one of Making Music’s Selected Artists and in the same year began a fruitful collaboration with the Orchestra of the Swan with whom it regularly performs in Stratford on Avon and at the Birmingham Royal Conservatoire. Forthcoming projects include performances in Manchester, Southwell, Winterton, a tour to the Netherlands and the devising of a major new work for Passiontide 2026.

 

For more information, visit: www.papagena.co.uk   @Papagenasingers

Speakers

Chine McDonald
Rupert Shortt
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Jem Bloomfield
Carys Davies
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