Edinburgh-born mezzo soprano Catriona Morison won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2017. Since then, she has risen to become one of the world’s most celebrated singers, admired for the warmth and radiancy of her voice.

Fellow Edinburgh native Malcolm Martineau is pianist of choice for countless respected vocalists worldwide. He accompanies Morison in a programme of songs by composers both much-loved and little-known.

Morison’s performance includes four vivid songs from Gustav Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn settings and some of Franz Schubert’s most luminous Lieder. She also sings four works by German composer Josephine Lang, championed by Felix Mendelssohn, as well as settings of poetry by Eduard Mörike from French composer Pauline Viardot, a student of Liszt.

Morison brings her recital to a close with the rapturous Cinq épitaphes by Pierre Vellonnes and the swaying Cuban rhythms of Xavier Montsalvatge’s Cinco canciones negras.

Supported by Brenda Rennie