Samantha Crawford | soprano
Gavin Roberts | piano
Freedom Cries Out | A programme telling stories of displaced people and refugees through song. It touches on themes of Homeland, Exile, War, Family, Hope and New Beginnings.
Song cycles by Raymond Yiu, Shawn Okpebholo and Jake Heggie with selected songs by Roxanna Panufnik, Elisabeth Lutyens and Cheryl Frances-Hoad among others.
British Australian soprano Samantha Crawford is equally at home on the opera stage as she is on the concert platform. She has been praised for her unconstricted soprano radiance.
In 2024 Samantha began working with pianist Gavin Roberts on producing a new programme and album, Freedom Cries Out, telling stories of displaced people and refugees.
The programme features the world premiere of a song cycle by Raymond Yiu especially commissioned for the project and supported by the RVW Foundation, and includes the UK premiere of Shawn Okpebholo’s song cycle, Words Like Freedom. The programme will premiere in November at The St. Marylebone Festival, London.