Sat, 27 Jul
|St. Nicholas Church, Swafield
Trunch Concerts: Maria Konoshenko
Maria Konoshenko, the Russian born mezzo-soprano, performed in Norfolk many times, she is very well known to the audience of Trunch Concerts.
Time & Location
27 Jul 2024, 19:30 – 23:30
St. Nicholas Church, Swafield, Trunch Rd, North Walsham NR28 0PG, UK
About the event
Maria Konoshenko, the Russian born mezzo-soprano, performed in Norfolk many times, she is very well known to the audience of Trunch Concerts. In spring 2022 Maria raised her voice against Putin’s aggression in Ukraine and performed at the “Songs for Ukraine” fundraising concert in Trunch. Maria currently lives in Finland and works at the University of Helsinki.
This concert will be dedicated to the multiple experiences of war, emigration and protests. Maria will sing some of the old songs by Alexander Vertinsky, as well as her own newly composed songs based on modern poetry in English and Russian (with on-screen translation). In 1926, Vertinsky made one of the earliest recordings of the song “Endless Road” (“Dorogoi dlinnoyu”) which, with English lyrics by Gene Raskin, was a major hit for Mary Hopkin in 1968 as “Those Were the Days”. Maria is not only a wonderful singer, but also a linguist.She loves to perform music in many different languages, of many different styles including Baroque, music of C20, traditional slavic songs, Jazz and even African folk music.
Tickets (£15 adult, £7 child) available from trunchcinema.com or by calling 01692 402624