Deborah enjoys performing solo and as part of ensembles. The French and Russian romantic repertoires are particularly special to her, though she also loves the baroque music of Bach, Handel, Schütz and others.
She has performed as a soloist in many London venues, including St John’s, Smith Square, the Painted Hall and Royal Naval Chapel, Greenwich, St James’s, Clerkenwell and also more intimate recital venues such as Lauderdale House in Highgate. She has also performed as soloist in other parts of the UK, including Durham Castle, The Commandery, Worcester and at Newby End Arts Festival near Penrith.
She has performed solo songs and arias as part of bigger presentations, such as the British Library’s celebration of Pushkin’s 200th birthday in 1999, and lectures on 17th century music. The Kathleen Ferrier centenary in 2012 prompted a lecture with songs for Dalton History Society as well as solo contributions to larger concerts, including the Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Celebration in Ulverston, pictured left.
Examples of performed repertoire:
Solos in Sacred Works with Choir & Orchestra
Handel: Messiah, Israel in Egypt, Judas Maccabaeus, Samson (Micah), Athalia (Athalia), Belshazzar (Cyrus), Deborah (Jael)
JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat, Mass in B minor, St Matthew Passion, St John Passion, Mass in A, Mass in F, Mass in G, Mass in G minor
Mendelssohn: Elijah, Lobgesang
& smaller works by JS Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Carissimi, Biber, Schütz
Solos in Romantic Works with Orchestra
Berlioz: Nuits d’Été
Chausson: Poeme de l’amour et de la mer
Elgar: Sea Pictures
Songs & Arias with Piano
by Borodin, Cui, Gretchaninov, Medtner, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky
Bizet, Chabrier, Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, Gounod, Hahn, Ravel, Saint-Saëns
Brahms, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss
Rossini, Granados, Turina, Dvořák, Viardot, Eben
Barber, Bernstein, Quilter, Parry, Stanford, Vaughan Williams
Theatricals
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore
Britten: Peter Grimes