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Louise Kirkby Lunn Kirkby Lunn Saint Saens Percy Pitt Henry Wood I Sang Herman Klein Greenwood Jacques Bouhy All Saints Church Covent Garden Carl Rosa Opera Company Metropolitan Opera 1890 1895 1896 1899 1900 1901 1902 1906 1909 1912 1914 1930
This is a further title recorded by Kirkby Lunn on 29 June 1909 with orchestra conducted by Percy Pitt. Kirkby Lunn is all but forgotten nowadays, yet no less an authority than Sir Henry Wood praised her as 'a singer with a glorious voice and an even tone throughout a compass of well over two octaves, a singer with whom I never found fault in so much as a quaver in all the years I worked with her, and who never sang out of tune.' Herman Klein referred to her 'warm rich notes of true contralto quality.' Kirkby Lunn was a stage name, adopted quite early in her career. She was born Louisa Baker, the daughter of Manchester confectioner W. H. Baker and his wife Mary Elizabeth Kirkby. Her cousin was James Baker, who sang professionally and made many popular recordings under the name Stanley Kirkby. From Wikipedia: Kirkby Lunn (pronounced Kirby Lunn) had her early vocal training in her native city of Manchester, at All Saints Church. She sang there in the choir under Dr J. H. Greenwood, the church's organist, and later appeared at concerts in the city. In 1890, she obtained a place at the Royal College of Music in London and studied for three years with Albert Visetti, also training for opera... She also studied for some time with Jacques Bouhy in Paris. In 1895, she appeared in the first season of Promenade concerts for Henry J. Wood. Augustus Harris gave her a five-year contract almost upon first hearing... [In 1896] she joined the Carl Rosa Opera Company, performing as principal mezzo-soprano in London and on tour in the provinces in Carmen, Mignon, Lohengrin, Rigoletto and other works... She remained with the Carl Rosa until 1899, the year in which she married W. J. Pearson. She was particularly active in the 1900–1901 Queen's Hall season with Wood... From 1901 to 1914, Louise Kirkby Lunn appeared regularly at the Covent Garden, and for several of those years also in the United States, especially at the Metropolitan Opera in the seasons of 1902–03, 1906–08 and 1912–14. She was particularly successful in Wagnerian opera parts... Before the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, Kirkby Lunn had been in great demand for oratorio appearances on the European Continent, and she sang frequently as far afield as Budapest. New York also heard her during this period. In 1912, she had made a tour of Australia with William Murdoch, the celebrated pianist who had made his London debut two years earlier.... She died in London on 17 February 1930.
Louise Kirkby Lunn Kirkby Lunn Trevalsa Henry Wood I Sang Herman Klein Greenwood Jacques Bouhy All Saints Church Covent Garden Carl Rosa Opera Company Metropolitan Opera 1890 1895 1896 1899 1900 1901 1902 1906 1912 1913 1914 1930
Louise Kirkby Lunn sings 'My Treasure,' recorded on 16 October 1913. Kirkby Lunn is all but forgotten nowadays, yet no less an authority than Sir Henry Wood praised her as 'a singer with a glorious voice and an even tone throughout a compass of well over two octaves, a singer with whom I never found fault in so much as a quaver in all the years I worked with her, and who never sang out of tune.' Herman Klein referred to her 'warm rich notes of true contralto quality.' Kirkby Lunn was a stage name, adopted quite early in her career. She was born Louisa Baker, the daughter of Manchester confectioner W. H. Baker and his wife Mary Elizabeth Kirkby. Her cousin was James Baker, who sang professionally and made many popular recordings under the name Stanley Kirkby. From Wikipedia: Kirkby Lunn (pronounced Kirby Lunn) had her early vocal training in her native city of Manchester, at All Saints Church. She sang there in the choir under Dr J. H. Greenwood, the church's organist, and later appeared at concerts in the city. In 1890, she obtained a place at the Royal College of Music in London and studied for three years with Albert Visetti, also training for opera... She also studied for some time with Jacques Bouhy in Paris. In 1895, she appeared in the first season of Promenade concerts for Henry J. Wood. Augustus Harris gave her a five-year contract almost upon first hearing... [In 1896] she joined the Carl Rosa Opera Company, performing as principal mezzo-soprano in London and on tour in the provinces in Carmen, Mignon, Lohengrin, Rigoletto and other works... She remained with the Carl Rosa until 1899, the year in which she married W. J. Pearson. She was particularly active in the 1900–1901 Queen's Hall season with Wood... From 1901 to 1914, Louise Kirkby Lunn appeared regularly at the Covent Garden, and for several of those years also in the United States, especially at the Metropolitan Opera in the seasons of 1902–03, 1906–08 and 1912–14. She was particularly successful in Wagnerian opera parts... Before the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, Kirkby Lunn had been in great demand for oratorio appearances on the European Continent, and she sang frequently as far afield as Budapest. New York also heard her during this period. In 1912, she had made a tour of Australia with William Murdoch, the celebrated pianist who had made his London debut two years earlier.... She died in London on 17 February 1930.
Louise Kirkby Lunn Kirkby Lunn Greenwood Jacques Bouhy Louise Homer Schumann Drury O Brien Massenet Gluck Clara Butt I Sang Henry Wood Carl Rosa Opera Company Covent Garden 1899 1901 1902 1904 1914 1921 1922
From Cantabile-Subito Louise Kirkby Lunn "She was born in Manchester and studied with J.H. Greenwood, afterwards with Alberto Antonio Visetti in London. Further studies with the renowned Jacques Bouhy in Paris (Louise Homer was also a student of him). She made her early debut as Margaretha in Schumann’s Genoveva at the Drury Lane Theatre in London. Later she appeared in Délibes’ Le Roi l’a dit (!). She considered her real debut as Nora in Charles Standford’s opera Shamus O’Brien. She also sang at the Harris Opera Theatre and at the Carl Rosa Opera Company. From the very beginning she loved to sing on the concert platform. After her marriage in 1899 she had planned to terminate her career, but in 1901 she continued singing and signed a contract with Covent Garden. She was an important member at this famous opera house until 1914 (and again in the season 1921/22). She participated in some first opera performances: Massenet’s Hérodiade, Saint-Saëns’ Hélène and Gluck’s Armide. In 1902 she was invited to the Metropolitan where she debuted as Ortrud. Within the next two years she also sang Brangäne and Amneris. She toured America in 1904 where she was heard as Kundry (first performances of the opera in English) and this role was one of her greatest achievements. She created the role of Dalila in Saint-Saëns’ opera Samson et Dalila in the first English performance at Covent Garden. Despite her great success on stage she made many concert appearances and she became even more popular on the concert platform than in opera. She became THE great British oratorio contralto besides Dame Clara Butt. She was not only heard at the festivals of Birmingham, Sheffield and Norwich but also toured widely (USA, Australia and New Zealand). Her last opera appearance (as Amneris) took place in 1922 at Covent Garden. She continued to give concerts and recitals. At the end of her career she became a renowned singing coach." “A singer with a glorious voice and an even tone throughout a compass of well over two octaves, a singer with whom I never found fault in so much as a quaver all the years I worked with her, and who never sang out of tune. Her Brangäne at Covent Garden, her fine acting and singing as Kundry in America, and a marvellous rendering of Isolde’s Liebestod ... are among my most cherished memories of her” Sir Henry Wood, conductor
Bach John Eliot Gardiner Stephan Loges Monteverdi Katharine Fuge Joanne Lunn Lunn Robin Tyson Daniel Taylor Steve Davislim Paul Agnew Solistas Barrocos Ingleses Monteverdi Choir Annenkirche Dresden 1724 1725 1734
J. S. Bach Cantatas: BWV 86 BWV 87 BWV 97 Works on This Recording: *Wahrlich, wahrlich ich sage euch, BWV 86 Performer: Stephan Loges (Bass) Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir Written: 1724; Leipzig, Germany Length: 12 Minutes 31 Secs. *Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen, BWV 87 Performer: Stephan Loges (Bass) Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir Written: 1725; Leipzig, Germany Length: 16 Minutes 36 Secs. *In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97 Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Orchestra/Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir Written: 1734; Leipzig, Germany Length: 22 Minutes 30 Secs. Katharine Fuge Joanne Lunn Robin Tyson Daniel Taylor Steve Davislim Paul Agnew Stephan Loges Panajotis Iconomou Coro Monteverdi Solistas Barrocos Ingleses John Eliot Gardiner Live recording at Annenkirche in Dresden, Germany
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