Abbandonata

"Fiendishly complicated playing ... fast and faultless"

Sarah Gabriel soprano
Oliver Webber, violin Julia Black, violin
Christopher Suckling, violoncello Jan Waterfield, harpsichord

Abbandonata

Invocations of Heaven and Hell

The Georgian Concert Society, Edinburgh, 18 February 2012

The populist piety of Couperin’s Lamentations starkly contrasted with the private desperation of Handel’s heroines.

Perform with us

Harmony Music in Scotland, Glasgow, 19 February 2012

A one-day workshop led by members of Abbandonata exploring baroque performing style.

`the audience was astonished at her volley of coloratura pyrotechnics … the voice itself is pure and vibrant … a remarkable talent’
Opera Britannia