The 2026-27 season of the Bliss Song Series at Pembroke College, Cambridge is announced. Soprano Véronique Gens with Artistic Director and pianist Joseph Middleton open the season with a concert of French melodies. Performance Date: Nov. 5, 2026 Soprano Fatma Said and Middleton perform Schumann’s “Dichterliebe” and a collection of Spanish and Egyptian Song. Performance Date: Nov. 14, 2026 Mezzo-soprano {…}
The Bliss International Song Series announces its 2024-25 season, curated by Musician in Residence and Bye-Fellow at Pembroke College, Cambridge, Joseph Middleton. All performance take place in the Auditorium at Pembroke College, and start at 7.30 p.m. Tenor Ian Bostridge CBE and Middleton present an all-Schubert program to open the season. Performance Date: November 7, 2024 Baritone Huw Montague Rendall {…}
(Photo credit: Marco Borggreve, Christopher Pledger, & Robert Workman) The recently updated 200-seat chamber hall at Pembroke College Cambridge welcomes baritone Sir Simon Keenlyside on Oct. 5 and mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly on Nov. 1. Keenlyside opens the Bliss International Song Series with Schubert’s “Winterreise.” Connolly follows with selections by Brahms, Mahler, Frank Bridge, and Edmund Rubbra. Artistic Director Joseph {…}