Video project with Westlands Male Voice choir
Emma was delighted to collaborate with the famous Westlands Male Voice Choir and conductor Hans de Wit and pianist Martin van Broekhoven in a video project organised by Arum Uitvaartzorg.
British Remembrance Day 2021
Thiepval Monument to the Missing
On 11th November, Emma sang for the Royal British Legion’s ceremony of remembrance at the CWGC Memorial to the Missing of the Battle of the Somme in Thiepval, France. This huge edifice has the names of more than 72,000 soldiers who were reported missing during the Battle of the Somme. It has become a place of pilgrimage. Emma led the hymns and anthems, and sang the poignant song “Danny Boy” in which a mother laments that her son has gone away to war and may never return.
Commemorating the soldiers in the Wellington Tunnels
On 10th November, Emma will sing during a remembrance ceremony in Arras, France, to commemorate the troops who fought in the Battle of Arras in 1917.
Underneath the beautiful city of Arras there is a network of tunnels over 12 km long, sometimes 20 m deep. Some are natural, others were mined by, amongst others, the New Zealand soldiers during the First World War. Over 20,000 soldiers stayed there in preparation for the Battle of Arras.
Emma will also give a short concert on 11th November for Remembrance Day.
For more information, please click here.
Monument to Second World War Airmen
Emma was honoured to sing during the unveiling of a monument Mariapeel, Limburg, the Netherlands.
The monument, which can be seen in the video, commemorates twenty-one young British airmen who died during the Second World War, fighting for the liberation of the Netherlands.
The remains of five different aircraft were found by two local gentlemen who would go for walks in the beautiful nature reserve with their metal detectors. It is thanks to their work and the initiative of the community that the monument exists today.
A new mass!
Emma is delighted to announce she will be recording Dutch composer Jannum Kruidhof‘s setting of the mass for mezzo-soprano and piano, together with pianist David Vaamonde. Kruidhof has a background in classical violin and jazz. His music blends genres seamlessly, creating a musical world that is both refreshingly new and at the same time has comforting, familiar elements. His new setting of the mass is sometimes intimate, sometimes challenging, and very refreshing. Watch this space for more information!
The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace
On Saturday, 23rd October, Emma will sing as a guest soloist in ‘The Armed Man’ in the famous St. Jan church in Gouda, the Netherlands, together with Het Nederlands Projectkoor and Brassband Gelderland. The conductor is Martin van der Brugge.
Tickets are available by following this link.
Saturday, 23rd October, 2021, 16:30, Sint-Janskerk, Gouda, the Netherlands.
Songs for Peace
Emma has been invited to sing in the Hooglandse Kerk in Leiden, the Netherlands, in a special service for the younger members of the community. She will perform two songs in Dutch and Afrikaans together with pianist and organist Willeke Smits as part of the Sunday morning service.
Sunday, 24th October, 2021, 10:00, Hooglandse Kerk, Leiden, the Netherlands