Texts by queer poets and music by LGBTQ+ composers are brought together in this song recital that showcases some of today’s leading young classical music talent.

Pianist Edward Picton-Turbevill performs alongside soprano Harriet Burns and baritone Jonathan Eyers, presenting a selection of historical composers including Tchaikovsky and Bernstein, living composers Judith Weir and Jonathan Dove, and poets Tennessee Williams, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Mary Wortley Montagu.

Programme

Ricky Ian Gordon Joy
Maude Valérie White The Throstle ‍
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Cuckoo‍
Martin Bussey We Two‍
Leonard Bernstein To What You Said‍
Edward Picton-Turbervill We Have Not Long‍
Judith Weir Lady Isobel and the Elf Knight
Jonathan Dove Between Your Sheets‍
Reynaldo Hahn A Chloris‍
Stephen Hough All Shall Be Well

Performers

Harriet Burns soprano‍
Jonathan Eyers baritone‍
Edward Picton-Turbervill piano

https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/classical-pride-voices-of-tomorrow