Alex speaks to mezzo soprano Ellen Pearson about her seven tracks of the moment, in a conversation that also covers weight lifting, Faversham in the winter, Byrd alto lines, and pigeon French! 

Music choices:

When the sun goes down - Arctic Monkeys

The Lodger - Jack Thackray

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, 3. Finale - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

German - EO

Nadia - Nitin Sawhney

'Una Voce Poco Fa' from Il barbiere di Siviglia - Gioachino Rossini (performed by Maria Callas)

Elegie in E-flat Minor, Op. 3, No. 1 - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Listen to the full selection of music on the Spotify playlist available at https://www.alexpatterson.co.uk/