Illuminate Season II (September-November 2019) sees the formation of the Illuminate string quartet with Clarice Rarity (violin), Christine Cornwell (violin) Katherine Clarke (viola) and Cecelia Bignall (cello), who will be joined by soprano Patricia Auchterlonie. Season II has commissioned Illuminate composers in residence as well as Caroline Bordignon, Yfat Soul Zisso and Joanna Ward. Season II concerts start at University of Bangor’s Second International Conference on Women’s Work in Music on 5th September, highlighting historical composers Rebecca Clarke and Barbara Strozzi. This is particularly significant as 2019 marks the (birth) anniversaries of composer Barbara Strozzi, and the 40th anniversary of the death of Rebecca Clarke.

Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677)
Lagrime mie (1659) arranged 2019 by Angela Slater for string quartet and soprano
Vivian Fine (1913-2000)
Four Songs (1933) for string quartet and soprano
Joanna Ward (b.1998)
GRADIENT (2019) for string quartet and soprano (world premiere)
Yfat Soul Zisso (b.1987)
Together, alone (2019) for string quartet (world premiere)
Sarah Westwood (b.1989)
Things you don’ t yet know you feel (2019) for string quartet and soprano (world premiere)
Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
Daybreak (1941) for soprano and string quartet
INTERVAL
Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
Comodo e amabile and Poem (1924) for string quartet
Caroline Bordignon (b.1993)
Ultraviolet (2019) for string quartet and soprano (world premiere)
Blair Boyd (b.1990)
Juncture (revised 2019) for string quartet (world premiere)
Angela Elizabeth Slater (b.1989)
Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (2019) for string quartet and soprano (world premiere)
Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953)
String Quartet (1931) I. Rubato assai II. Leggiero III. Andante IV.Allegro possibile