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A Love Letter To Liverpool
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Alisdair Hogarth (piano)
The result is musically satisfying and rather touching, and Johnston lends her warm, communicative mezzo to a range of idioms…The most intriguing parts of the disc are the new works; no fewer...
A Love Letter To Liverpool
Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Alisdair Hogarth (piano)
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The result is musically satisfying and rather touching, and Johnston lends her warm, communicative mezzo to a range of idioms…The most intriguing parts of the disc are the new works; no fewer...
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The long-awaited debut solo album of one of the UK’s brightest classical music stars, ‘A Love Letter To Liverpool’ is Jennifer Johnston’s heartfelt tribute to her home city, with piano accompaniment from Alisdair Hogarth.
Jennifer is Artist in Residence with the world-renowned Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra until the end of 2020, who appear on the disc alongside their Choir and the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Company. The disc was recorded at the Friary and the Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool and will be released by Rubicon Classics.
Jennifer Johnston comments: “I am thrilled that my debut album is a tribute to my home city, its music and its people. I am proud to be a Scouser, and still make Liverpool my home, so becoming Artist in Residence with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is a huge honour.”
All profits from the album will be donated equally to two outstanding charitable organisations: Alder Hey Children's Hospital and Charity supports the work of one of the world’s leading specialist children’s hospitals, and money raised by the album will contribute to the construction of a critically important in-patient mental health unit for under-13’s; and the Liverpool Phil’s Youth Company, which encourages the development of the next generation of young musicians and composers from across Merseyside. Jennifer is especially proud that this album contains the works of seven of the Liverpool Phil’s young composers, all of whom are at the beginning of their careers. Jennifer gratefully acknowledges the support of the album’s principal sponsors; Simon Yates & Kevin Roon, the Rushworth Foundation and Amion Consulting.
Contents and tracklist
- Jennifer Johnston, Alisdair Hogarth
- Jennifer Johnston, Ruby Johnston Thomas
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Ian Tracey
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Jennifer Johnston's Love Letter To Liverpool
24th Oct 2019
The mezzo talks to Katherine about her eclectic tribute to her home city, released last month on Rubicon and featuring music by Ives, Bantock, The Beatles, The Spinners, and seven young Liverpool composers.
Awards and reviews
November 2019
The result is musically satisfying and rather touching, and Johnston lends her warm, communicative mezzo to a range of idioms…The most intriguing parts of the disc are the new works; no fewer than eight, all specially commissioned for the occasion...The cause is good, and the musical content is as intriguing as it is enjoyable. Don’t hold back.
15th September 2019
Johnston’s eclectic tribute to her native city integrates traditional, popular and classical into a seamless musical panorama, exquisitely sung throughout. A beauty.
15th September 2019
This is a fierce, big-hearted and atmospheric tribute to Johnston’s home city, celebrated in rewardingly unsoupy arrangements of popular romantic, traditional and Beatles songs – Johnston handles them all with rich colours, elegance and feeling.
Opera Now October 2019
Her mezzo really is plush, quite grand when she chooses. Johnston offers a huge selection of numbers, 21 in all, which I felt could have been trimmed down a bit. Along with old favourites (You’ll Never Walk Alone is inevitable but worth it) she offers numbers by seven of the Liverpool Philharmonic’s young composers – a nice touch.
