Knibbs and Howard present “Ethel Smyth: The Stormy Petrel”

Composer - Ethel Smyth

Composer - Chloe Knibbs

Librettist - Teresa Howard

Piano - Melissa Morris

Soprano - Margarida Vaz Neto

Cello - Mikolaj Piszczorowicz

Narrator - Teresa Howard

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Smyth - Cello Sonata in A,  op.5 I: Allegro moderato (1887) 

Smyth, Impressions that Remained: Vol. 2, Piper’s Hole (1919)

Smyth - Three Lieder (1913) 

I. On the Road

III. The Clown

Bizet - Habanera, from Carmen (1874) 

Smyth, Impressions that Remained: Vol. 2, Frimhurst (1919)

Knibbs/Howard - Stormy Petrel (2024)

Knibbs/Howard - In Flight (2025)

The concert will be followed by a brief talk and Q&A session from 2-2:30pm with a panel to include Chloe Knibbs (composer) and Teresa Howard (librettist), chaired by the University of Surrey’s Head of Music and Media, Dr Christopher Wiley. 

With thanks to the University of Surrey, Midlands4Cities Engagement Fund and the Francis Routh Trust