Dame Sarah Connolly Mezzo-soprano; Dame Imogen Cooper Piano by Schubert, Loewe, C., Schumann, Duparc, Henri, Schoeck, Webern, A., Mozart, From (2024/2024), Wigmore Hall, London, United Kingdom

Two musical Dames at the very tops of their respective professions – Dame Sarah Connolly received The King’s Medal for Music in 2023, whilst Dame Imogen Cooper received the late Queen’s Medal for Music in 2019 – once again join together in recital as they previously have to considerable acclaim at such venues as the Cheltenham Festival and the Oxford International Song Festival. ‘The warm relationship between both performers came across in their performance and the audience was delighted’, wrote the Henley Standard. The programme includes songs both familiar and unfamiliar, including Loewe’s setting of texts better known from Schumann and examples by the neglected Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck.