Hear Nadine Benjamin and Nicole Panizza Perform

Last Thursday we were hoping to bring you a performance as part of our Big Tent, Live Event series streamed live from the historic Holywell Music Room with soprano, Nadine Benjamin and pianist, Nicole Panizza. Unfortunately we have had to postpone the event owing to COVID-19 restrictions. 

The planned programme of American Art Song in Recital will be rescheduled for a date later in the year, where Nadine and Nicole will share with you their unique performance of Emily Dickinson’s and Mary Oliver's poetry set to music by celebrated composers. To see the full programme, please visit the event page here.

A recent critic wrote: ‘The charismatic performances of Benjamin and Panizza act as powerful advocates for the American art song genre, firmly reinforcing its critical importance in the Anglo-American musical and literary performance realms.’

Although our event is unable to happen at the moment, we invite you to enjoy and listen to their performance of Nature, the gentlest mother by Aaron Copland from '12 Poems of Emily Dickinson' which forms part of their programme: Emergence - Emily Dickinson.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/z_KsSQSH0aE

To find out more about Nadine Benjamin and her work, visit her website here: https://nadinebenjamin.com/

To find out more about Nicole Panizza, visit her website here: https://www.nicolepanizza.com/

Together they have formed Emergence Music with the aim of bringing American composers to the recital circuit in the UK and abroad.

This event is supported by The Oxford Song Network.