Event
Scenes from Childhood
- Date: Friday, 14 August 2026, 7pm
- Venue: Harold Lobb Concert Hall, Newcastle Conservatorium of Music — Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, Laman St, Newcastle, NSW
- Tickets: Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
Lyric mezzo-soprano Linda Barcan trained in theatre and singing voice at the University of Newcastle, the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. She has performed in opera, oratorio, chamber music and art song in Australia, Europe and the USA, with companies such as Opéra de Lyon, Sydney Chamber Opera, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Opera Australia. With pianist Coady Green, Linda will perform Mahler’s song cycle with themes of mortality and the persistence of nature, as well as works by Schumann, Rosenthal and Fiddes.
Featured non-Australian music: Kinderszenen (Solo Piano) / Robert Schuman -- Kindertotenlieder / Gustav Mahler -- Chansons du Monsieur Bleu / Manuel Rosenthal
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
| As children play : mezzo-soprano voice with piano (1971) by Ross Fiddes — performed by Coady Green and Linda Barcan | |
| Christina's Lullaby : for female voice(s) with piano (2009) by Ross Edwards — performed by Linda Barcan and Coady Green |
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| The Maroubra song cycle (female voice with piano) (1990) ['Behind Hydrangea'] by Stephen Lalor — performed by Coady Green and Linda Barcan |
Featured artists
- Performer Linda Barcan
- Performer Coady Green
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