This spring, the Belvedere Singers welcome a very special soloist to their concert on 17th May.
Miro Treharne (previously Miro Vosper) is a mezzo-soprano who has been involved since her early school days with musical groups in Swanage. The connection to the Belvedere Singers is strong. She was a singing pupil with the Belvedere’s former Music Director, Helen Attfield, and has been performing at the choir’s concerts since she was a very young singer.
This May, Miro will perform three songs from Schumann’s 12 Gedichte von Justinus Kerner; Le Temps des Lilas from Chausson’s Poème de l’Amour et de la Mer; and the UK premier of the song cycle ‘Crossings’, written by the choir’s Music Director, Clive Watkiss, and his daughter, Arabella Watkiss.
Miro is currently studying at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and this September she will further her musical studies at the Royal Academy of Music. She has performed as a soloist with established organisations on numerous occasions, including in ‘Music For A While’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and regularly performs song recitals at the Old Naval College, St James Piccadilly and the Polish Hearth Club. Miro has a particular interest in English Song. Along with collaborative pianist Pietro Iacopini, she was the winner of the English Song Duo Competition in 2023 and the Elisabeth Schumann Lieder Competition in 2024.
The choir will perform its usual eclectic mixture of choral works, including Ubi Caritas by Ole Gjeilo; As Torrents in Summer by Edward Elgar; some beautiful madrigals; and lighter pieces inspired by Flanders and Swann, and Gilbert and Sullivan. There will be something for everyone
The concert will be held at 7.30 pm in St Mary’s Church, Church Hill, Swanage BH19 1HU. Tickets are £9 on the door or from choir members. Under 18s free. There will be a retiring collection for the Swanage Dementia Friendly Group.
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Photo by Neil Croft Photography
