Soprano Kirkby To Give Concert In Istanbul

ISTANBUL - Emma Kirkby, who is among the best 10 sopranos of the age according to a poll carried out by BBC Music magazine, will perform in Istanbul on December 1st.
Kirkby, bearing the title, "Dame of the British Empire", will perform in a program together with Florilegium, one of Britain's most outstanding period instrument ensembles.
Kirkby was a founder member of the Taverner Choir, and in 1973 began her long association with the Consort of Musicke. She took part in the early Decca Florilegium recording with both the Consort of Musicke and the Academy of Ancient Music, at a time when most college-trained sopranos were not seeking a sound appropriate for early music instruments.
Kirkby has built long term relationships with chamber groups and orchestras, in particular London Baroque, the Freiburger Barockorchester and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment, and now with some of the younger groups-the Palladian Ensemble and Florilegium.