Jennifer France Soprano
In preparation for a concert in the autumn, I’ve been immersing myself in Dutilleux’s Correspondances, in a recording by Barbara Hannigan, and George Walker’s Lilacs, sung by Nicole Cabell – both are conducted by Simon Rattle. These pieces are new to me as a performer and are both really beautiful but very contrasting. They are such interesting works, as they are dense in their subject matter and emotionally very complex, and Lilacs isn’t like anything I’ve ever heard before.
Shortly before we got married, my husband and I listened back to a lot of music that meant a lot to us, and one of our favourite songs is ‘Beyond’ by the American singer-songwriter
