Concerts Coming Soon
25th May 2012 - St James', Dengie
An evening of English Song
14th July 2012 - United Reform Church, Maldon
Maldon Choral Society
The Mikado
(Yum Yum sung by Lizzie Holliday)
September 2012 - Tillingham
More details to follow
Previous Concert Reviews
Apple Blossom Time - Love Blossoms in Spring
Elizabeth Holliday, soprano, and Tia Eagle, piano
Friday 27th May 2011 at St James' Church, Dengie
"A magical evening"
"We have received many wonderful comments for Lizzie and Tia."
"Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the evening and we are looking forward to the next concert."
Cats, Cradles & Concubines - Music for a late summer afternoon
with Lizzie Hiolliday (Soprano) and Terry Saunders (Baritone)
Sunday, 19 September 2010 at All Saint's Church, Creeksea, Burnham-on-Crouch
"A wonderful selection of music and a superb afternoon"
Little Totham Music Festival
Elizabeth Holliday Soprano and Tia Eagle Piano
All Saints, Great Totham Friday10th September 2009
"A fantastic concert by two young women who are extremely talented. A thoroughly enjoyable evening."
“Love, Pain and Passion”
Elizabeth Holliday in Concert
on Saturday 28 March 2009
Tillingham’s Elizabeth Holliday is passionate about music. On Saturday, it showed. She chose a full, varied and demanding programme for her concert. She arranged everything as part of her Degree at the Colchester Institute. With her fellow-students, Becky Mair and Stephanie Curran, Elizabeth filled Maldon’s United Reformed Church. Her performance showed her love of singing and delighted her audience.
The concert spanned composers from John Dowland in the 16th Century to the contemporary John Golland. Elizabeth sang in English, Italian, French and German and in a range of styles from Mozart and Puccini to Bernstein, and Britten.
That range of styles included excellent control over a voice of operatic power. The meaning and feeling of the songs showed in face and gesture. She seemed equally at home both in the familiar songs of Gilbert and Sullivan, and Rogers and Hammerstein, and in Schubert’s “Gretchen at the spinning wheel” and Carrisimi’s “Vittoria mio core”.
Stephanie Curran excelled not only as a solo guitarist but also as accompanist to Becky Mair’s controlled and intricate flute. Elizabeth had transcribed the music for their instruments in songs performed as a trio.
It was a good evening with three very talented young musicians and fellow-student Becky Pardoe, who managed the evening. The applause was loud, long, and thoroughly deserved.
Ken Dunstan
lizzie@lizzieholliday.co.uk