Event 1 / She Represents

Feast your eyes and ears, as fashion and song intersect in this lieder recital like no other. Turning the defiant mindset of the 1920s New Objectivity movement towards today’s social attitudes, Rowan Hellier explores the role of symbolism and sensuality in the modern female identity. Her programme unites music by Rita Strohl, Kurt Weill and Cathy Berberian with outfits created by stage and costume designer Rebekka Dornhege Reyes. 

Rowan Hellier is a Scottish mezzo-soprano celebrated for ‘the lovely richness of her tone’ (Opera Today) and her ‘focus, drama and clarity’ in performance (The Herald). She presents this programme with renowned American pianist Jonathan Ware, who appears regularly in the world’s leading recital venues. Juxtaposing radical philosophies with the historic setting of the cathedral, She Represents challenges you, the audience, and invites questions on the link between sexuality, seduction and power.

Event 1

£14 / £10 / £7

Thu 19 September 2024
19:00 – 20:10

QUIRE, Glasgow Cathedral
Castle Street
Glasgow G4 0QZ

Young Women / Mädchen

Francis Poulenc Voyage à Paris from Banalités, FP 107.4
Hôtel from Banalités FP 107.2
Rita Strohl La chevelure
Bilitis from Douze chants de Bilitis
Cathy Berberian Stripsody
Kurt Weill Seeräuber-Jenny from Die Dreigroschenoper (Three Penny Opera)
Vom ertrunkenen Mädchen from Das Berliner Requiem

Androgyne / Garçonne

Mischa Spoliansky Maskulinum Femininum
Arnold Schoenberg Der genügsame Liebhaber
Seit ich viele Weiber sah from Brettl-Lieder (Cabaret Songs)
Francis Poulenc Sanglots from Banalités FP 107.5

Femme Fatale / Thinker / Poet

Kurt Weill Buddy on the Night Shift from Lunch Time Follies
Complainte de la Seine from Trois Chansons
Nannas Lied
Mischa Spoliansky Ich bin ein Vamp from the operetta 100 Meter Glück