The Natural & The Divine
Thursday 30th April 2026, 7:00 pm
Queensland Conservatorium Recital Hall, Brisbane
Jacqueline Ward (soprano) & Jennifer Enchelmaier (piano)
Sure on This Shining Night (from Four Songs, Op. 13)
Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
Quia respexit humilitatem (from Magnificat, BWV 243) J. S. Bach (1685–1750)
Seascape (from On This Island, Op. 11)
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Quatre Mélodies, Op. 39 Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
1. Aurore
2. Fleur jetée
3. Le pays des rêves
4. Les roses d’Ispahan
Interview
Er ist’s (Mörike Lieder, No. 6)
Getting to Know Jacqueline
With Assoc. Prof. Margaret Schindler
Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339) W. A. Mozart (1756–1791)
Sehnsucht (12 Lieder, Op. 9) Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805–1847)
Spirat anguis inter flores (Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV630) A. Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Tu del ciel, ministro eletto (Il trionfo del Tempo, HWV 46a) G. F. Handel (1685–1759)
Preist des Erlösers Güte (from Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85)
Song to the Moon (from Rusalka, Op. 114)
Gebet (Mörike Lieder, No. 28)
L. V. Beethoven (1770–1827)
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
Hugo Wolf (1860 1903)
Jacqueline Ward, whose voice has been described as “honey sliding down crystal” (The Courier Mail), performs concert, recital, and operatic repertoire from early music to modern and sacred works. After a serious car accident, she returned to the stage in 2023, earning praise for her “formidable musicianship. She has appeared with orchestras in NSW, Tasmania, and QLD, including Van Diemen's Band and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra programmes In 2026, she was cast as Australia’s first operatic star, Amy Sherwin, at the unveiling of Sherwin’s marble statue. Also an award-winning composer and ear career researcher, Jacqueline presented her research on tongue-tie and singing at The Voice Foundation Symposium in Philadelphia, and is completing postgraduate Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University. jacsoprano@gmail.com |
