Holding the Night: Dring’s Last Decade
Thu, Jun 26
|Performance Hall, Royal College of Music
An evening of song celebrating the English composer Madeleine Dring (1923-1977). Her ‘Four Night Songs’ (written during the last year of her life) are at the heart of this programme.
Time & Location
Jun 26, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Performance Hall, Royal College of Music, Prince Consort Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2BS, UK
About the event
An evening of song celebrating the English composer Madeleine Dring (1923-1977). Her ‘Four Night Songs’ (written during the last year of her life) are at the heart of this programme, which will also feature her ‘Five Betjeman Songs’ and ‘Love & Time’.
Madeleine Dring was a wonderfully creative composer and musician. She studied composition, piano, violin, singing, and ‘dramatic’ at the Royal College of Music from 1933-45. Her output includes many art songs, chamber works and solo instrumental works, as well as works written for the stage, TV and radio.
Sopranos:
Gigi Casey
Carys Davies
Emma McClean