Classical singer Julia Bullock was on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour ahead of her UK performances with the Philharmonia Orchestra—with whom she performs on her album Walking in the Dark—next week, culminating with the mixed-media project History’s Persistent Voice, which shines a light on the words, work, and experiences of Black artists, at Queen Elizabeth Hall. You can hear her conversation with Woman's Hour presenter Anita Rani here.
Classical singer Julia Bullock was on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour ahead of her UK performances with the Philharmonia Orchestra—with whom she performs on her album Walking in the Dark—next week. Bullock and the orchestra perform Berlioz's Les nuits d’été at Bedford Corn Exchange on Wednesday and London's Royal Festival Hall on Thursday, followed by the mixed-media project History’s Persistent Voice, which shines a light on the words, work, and experiences of Black artists, at Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday. You can hear her conversation with Woman's Hour presenter Anita Rani at about nineteen minutes into the episode below via Spotify and Apple Podcasts. For concert details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
Julia Bullock's solo recording debut, Walking in the Dark, was nominated for a BBC Music Magazine Award earlier this week, and is up for the Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album. On the album, Bullock and the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Christian Reif, perform Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and a song from John Adams’s El Niño. She is joined by Reif, on piano, for a traditional spiritual and songs by Oscar Brown, Jr., Billy Taylor, Sandy Denny, and Connie Converse. Bullock is “one of the singular artists of her generation,” says the New York Times, “a singer of enveloping tone, startlingly mature presence and unusually sophisticated insight into culture, society and history.” You can get it and hear it here.
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