From Lamplight to Limelight in the Canterbury Festival,in October 2007
(with soprano Renée Salewski, and actress Violet Ryder)
Renée Salewski and Philip Eve opened the evening with two solos and two duets by
Chausson, of ravishing quality, which beautifully set the theme - requited and unrequited
love. The artistry of the singers was masterful, conveying every nuance in the music
and the text. Better was to come. After three exquisite Quilter miniatures we encountered
Robert Schumann at his most romantic - three delightful and dramatic duets, which
surely deserve a wider audience. The songs and duets were given a delightful context
by Violet Ryder, taking the part of a woman in love, writing a letter to her beloved
and linking the songs by quoting some of the lyrics.
The Kent Gazette - October 2007
