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Villa Wolkonsky / British Embassy Rome: Music from England and Italy


Lotte gives a recital at Villa Wolkonsky, the official residence of the British Ambassador to Italy in Rome. The program features the world premiere performance of Raymond Yiu’s song cycle for piano and voice, “Love Songs”, commissioned by Sir Norman Rosenthal.

The programme, especially curated by Lotte, also includes works by Dowland, Monteverdi, Ades, Byrd, Britten, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Giuliani and Merula.

Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo soprano

Andrey Lebedev, guitar

Joseph Havlat, piano

Presented by the British Embassy, Rome / UK In Italy