Evening Arias At The Kirk of The Crown of Scotland. By Uncle Monty.

Evening Arias At The Kirk

of the Crown of Scotland
By Uncle Monty.
Photos By Alex Albion.

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After last year’s mumbo-jumbo with those

mediaeval singers I heard doing their gibberish

“Gothic Voices,” it was such a delightful occasion

this evening to spend it with the noted and

talented opera duo Soprano Kerry McDunnough

(above left) and Mezzo Soprano Grace Trinnaman

at The Kirk of The Crown of Scotland.
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Their presentation of the Flower Duet, Habañera,

Barcarolle, and Ava Maria, clearly demonstrated

their diverse ability to sing songs of such a wide range.
Arias by their composition and nature can be tortuous

in sound to the listener, if those performing such arias

aren’t skilled enough to present them in the form and
style required of them. Sopranos Trinnaman and

McDunnough proved they could not only perform such

arias with natural ability, but also with the exquisite
timing and tonal texture that was befitting of their

superb evening arias at The Kirk of The Crown

of Scotland.

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I thought, however, that Kerry and Grace came

even more into their own when they performed their

becoming selection of songs from noted American
Musicals with "Moon River" -and "Can’t Help Lovin’

That Man"--being sang solo by Trinnaman and Mc-

Dunnough respectively. Their duet, "Bridge Over

Troubled Water"-deserved a standing ovation in

my opinion. I also loved Grace Trinnaman’s

singing of “Mon coeur s/ouvre à ta voix.”

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The sad thing for the evening for me was that

it was too short, even though Kerry and Grace

sang close to 15 arias and songs in the course of
their polished performance at The Kirk. I just

wanted to hear more singing from them that I

now happily give thanks and praise for to them.

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Grace Trinnaman also does many of the duo’s vocal

arrangements that are presented on their latest

CD “Bell’Aria PRIMA,” which I willingly purchased
as an upcoming birthday gift for a opera friend

of mine who was unable to attend this evening’s

performance of the two sopranos who were a
sheer joy to meet and to chat with at the close

of their one-hour presentation.

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Such was followed by evening refreshments at

where they then autographed their boxed CD’s. They

had, did Kerry and Grace, an aire of proper conviviality
that was short on stiffness and ample on smiles and chit-

chat on meeting the audience that sadly should have

been much more packed than it was at The Kirk

of The Crown of Scotland.

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In any event, I look forward to their next

performance on May 27th, 2oo9, at the

Wednesday Lunchtme Concerts at

The Kirk of The Crown of Scotland

at 1:10-1:40pm.
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Mezzo Soprano Grace Trinnaman (left)

and Soprano Kerry McDunnough.

Bravo, bravo, then to the sopranos

of Kerry McDunnough and Grace

Trinnaman. Well done, my dears ...

Your's Uncle Monty.

+St. Clare, 2oo9.

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