{"id":12105,"date":"2025-01-24T12:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T12:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.camruss.com\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=12105"},"modified":"2025-03-05T20:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T20:39:34","slug":"spring-romance","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/camruss.com\/en\/events\/spring-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"An Evening of Spring Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Join us for a delightful spring evening filled with a heady bouquet of Russian romances, performed by mezzo-soprano Jessica Lawrence-Hares<\/strong> and pianist Olga Elbourn<\/strong>. Experience the themes of love, loss, joy, and nature through the captivating works of Dargomyzhsky, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When: <\/b>Sat 8 March, 19:00-21:00
\n<\/span>Where:<\/b> The Chapel at Churchill College, Churchill College, University of Cambridge, Storey\u2019s Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DE, UK
\nTickets: <\/strong><\/span>\u00a310 CamRuss members & concessions\/students; \u00a315 Standard
\nPlease book\u00a0via\u00a0AllEvents<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Concert Programme<\/b><\/p>\n

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
\n<\/span>Oh, do not sing to me, fair maiden, Op. 51, No. 2<\/em>
\nBarcarolle
\n<\/span>The Lark<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Alexander Dargomyzhsky <\/span>(1813-1869)
\nMy sister\u2019s garden
\n<\/span>A mad one, I still love him
\n<\/span>I loved you<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)
\n<\/span>I loved him<\/span>
\n<\/span>Come to me <\/span>
\n<\/span>Song of the golden fish<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

C\u00e9sar Cui (1835-1918)
\n<\/span>A statue in Tsarskoye Selo, Op. 57, No. 17<\/span>
\n<\/span>My desire, Op. 57, No. 25<\/span>
\n<\/span>I touched the bloom lightly, Op. 49, No. 1<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
\n<\/span>Night, Op. 8, No. 2<\/span>
\n<\/span>My dreams, Op. 40, No. 3
\n<\/span>The swift parade of clouds, Op. 42, No. 3<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Interval<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
\n<\/span>Lullaby, Op. 16, No. 1<\/span> <\/em>
\nAt the ball, Op. 38, No. 3
\nWhy?, Op. 6, No. 5\u00a0<\/em>
\nAgain, as before, alone, Op. 73, No. 6
\n<\/span>Indoors, the lights were being put out, Op. 63, No. 5
\n<\/span>None but the lonely heart, Op. 6, No. 6<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
\n<\/span>April, a festive spring day<\/span>
\n<\/span>In the silence of the secret night, Op. 4, No. 3
\nA dream, Op. 8, No. 5<\/em>
\nOh, do not sing to me, fair maiden, Op. 4, No. 4
\n<\/span>My child, you are as beautiful as a flower, Op. 8, No. 2
\n<\/span>A dream, Op. 38, No. 5
\n<\/span>The night is mournful, Op. 26, No. 12
\n<\/span>Spring waters, Op. 14, No. 11<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Jessica Lawrence-Hares<\/p><\/div>\n

Jessica Lawrence-Hares<\/b>, received her BM magna cum laude and her MM in voice performance from Boston University. Her operatic roles include Mercedes (<\/span>Carmen<\/span><\/i>) and Nicklaus (<\/span>Hoffmann\u2019s Erz\u00e4hlungen<\/span><\/i>) with the Komische Kammeroper M\u00fcnchen, Lady with a Hat Box (<\/span>Postcard from Morocco<\/span><\/i>) and the Sea (<\/span>Before Night Falls<\/span><\/i>) with the Boston University Opera Institute, as well as Mad Margaret (<\/span>Ruddigore<\/span><\/i>), the Third Lady (<\/span>The Magic Flute<\/span><\/i>), and Marcellina (<\/span>The Marriage of Figaro<\/span><\/i>) with the Cambridge Operatic Society.
\n<\/span>She has been a featured soloist in performances of Aaron Copland\u2019s <\/span>In the Beginning<\/span><\/i> and Mozart\u2019s <\/span>Requiem<\/span><\/i> in the Boston area, as well as Beethoven\u2019s <\/span>Ninth Symphony<\/span><\/i> in Tuscany. Jess has also performed in the premieres of several new operas, including <\/span>Are Women People?<\/span><\/i> (Mother, 2014) and <\/span>Porcelain and Pink<\/span><\/i> (Lois, 2015) by Kate Waring, as well as <\/span>Strange Ghost<\/span><\/i> (Ka Cox, 2015) by David Earl.
\n<\/span>Her concert repertoire includes <\/span>Sea Pictures<\/span><\/i> and excerpts from <\/span>Der Rosenkavalier<\/span><\/i> with the Cambridge Sinfonietta, and performances of <\/span>The Music Makers<\/span><\/i>, Rossini\u2019s <\/span>Petite Messe Solennelle<\/span><\/i>, Vivaldi\u2019s <\/span>Gloria<\/span><\/i>, Mendelssohn\u2019s <\/span>Elijah<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Dido and Aeneas<\/span><\/i>, and <\/span>The Canterbury Pilgrims<\/span><\/i> with Choir2000. In 2019, she performed in the premiere of <\/span>Peddars Way<\/span><\/i>, a new work by Kevin Flanagan.
\n<\/span>Most recently, Jess joined the Lepetit Ensemble for a concert featuring women composers at Hughes Hall and sang Saint-Sa\u00ebns\u2019 <\/span>Oratorio de No\u00ebl<\/span><\/i> with the Haslingfield Choir and Orchestra.
\n<\/span>Visit Jessica\u2019s website<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

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Olga Elbourn<\/p><\/div>\n

Olga Elbourn<\/b> graduated in 2004 with highest honours from the State Conservatoire in St Petersburg, Russia, as a concert pianist, piano teacher, accompanist, and chamber ensemble player. After completing a postgraduate course at the St Petersburg Conservatoire in 2006, she held a position there for the next nine years as a Senior Accompanist for opera singing and Russian folk instrument classes, working with some of the best-known opera singers and folk instrumentalists.
\n<\/span>On the concert platform, she has collaborated with soloists from leading opera theatres worldwide and has been a member of numerous chamber ensembles in Russia and Europe. She is a prize-winner of several international competitions and, in 2007, was awarded the prestigious “Richard Wagner Stipendienstiftung” scholarship in Germany.
\n<\/span>Since 2014, Olga has lived permanently in the UK, in Cambridge, where she continues her extensive performing and teaching career. She is the Principal Accompanist of the St Ives Choral Society, regularly collaborates with various instrumentalists and singers for performances, and teaches a large class of piano students.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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