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My songs lie unheeded and unknown...
Abstract
Dr. Tim Parker-Langston explores the art songs (Lieder) of Fanny Hensel through the lens of Reparative Practice Research—a performance-led methodology that seeks to counteract the canonic neglect of historically overlooked works. Drawing on his dual expertise as a tenor and musicologist, this presentation considers how practice-based approaches can recover and reframe Hensel’s output within both scholarly and public spheres.
About the speaker
Dr. Tim Parker-Langston is a tenor and musicologist whose research focuses on practice-based methods in the fields of art song and opera. His approach, which he terms Reparative Practice Research, uses performance as a tool to actively resist canonical exclusion and to illuminate neglected repertoire.
He recently completed his PhD at Goldsmiths, University of London, with a thesis titled "My songs lie unheeded and unknown...": Fanny Hensel's Lieder in Reparative Practice Research.
A core part of his research is Hensel Songs Online, a free, open-access resource providing sheet music for all 239 of Hensel’s songs. Dr. Parker-Langston is also a member of the chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and has sung solo roles there (including the Peasant Singer in Eugene Onegin) and at Opera Holland Park.
He co-produced and performed on the acclaimed album Hensel: Lieder, which includes 17 world premiere recordings. His research has been featured on BBC Radio 3, in a film by Mercury Studios, and at numerous academic conferences. He also founded the now-disbanded Manchester Opera Ensemble, for which he directed four productions.
The Music Research Seminars are hosted by the Department of Performing Arts at City St George’s, University of London and SPARC research centre (Sound Practice and Research at City St George’s). They bring together world-leading artists, practitioners, and scholars in the broad fields of music and sound.
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