Susanna MacRae (Voice) & Petra Hajduchova (Piano)

Join Royal College of Music trained soprano Susanna MacRae, accompanied by pianist Petra Hajduckova for an intimate lunchtime concert in the stunning setting of Northwood House's Ballroom. You can join us for lunch directly after the concert, served in the Drawing Room. Select from our three options when buying tickets.

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If you would like to join us for lunch afterwards, please pre-order by the end of the Monday, two days before the concert.

Welcome to Wight Proms Wednesdays! We would like to bring you a bit of the Wight Proms throughout the year and not just in August, and so we launched this lunchtime concert series. Taking place at 12:30 on Wednesdays and each lasting 40 minutes, they are the ideal addition to your lunch break.

Programme
- Fear a' Bhàta (O my Boatman) - Trad. Gaelic Folk Song
- I dreamt my love was singing, from Breton Folk Songs - Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)
- Volksliedchen - Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
- Down by the Salley Gardens - Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
- Nature the gentlest Mother - Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
- Auch Kleine Dinge, from Italienisches Liederbuch - Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
- The Spring is at the Door - Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
- Quando spieghi i tuoi tormenti, from Orlando - Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
- The Hummingbird, from An Amherst Bestiary - Julian Philips (b. 1969)
- To a Little Red Spider - Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)
- The Last Rose of Summer - Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Biographies
Susanna MacRae is a graduate of the Royal College of Music, London. Recent career highlights include touring various literary festivals with her curated song recital, “Words of Women”, created alongside pianist Claire Habbershaw. She also made her debut as Dorinda in Liberata Collective’s sold-out production of Handel’s Orlando at the Buxton International Festival, in collaboration with Ensemble Hesperi and Adrian Butterfield. Susanna reprised the role of Dorinda this season at both the Beaumaris Festival and the Stour Early Music Festival. In addition to her performing career, Susanna is the Managing Director of Liberata Collective CIC. Baroque Gesture is central to the collective’s productions, and their current production of Handel’s Orlando tours several major U.K. festivals during the 2023/24 season. This tour is supported by Arts Council England, The Maria Bjӧrnson Memorial Fund, The Fidelio Trust, and The Golsoncott Foundation.

Petra Hajduchova completed her studies at Trinity College of Music in London and was awarded a TCM Scholarship and the Raymond Russel Prize. Since then she has pursued a busy and varied career and has recently accepted a scholarship from Canterbury Christ Church University to research life of Bohemian and Moravian cantors of Baroque period for her doctoral thesis. She is known for her radio and television work, including a live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and has recorded with The Harmonious society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen. Petra has been in high demand as a soloist, accompanist, orchestral and chamber musician and regularly performs at venues such as Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, St Martin in the Fields, St James Piccadilly and St John’s Smith Square.