Kathleen Mary Ferrier, CBE (22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953) was an English contralto who achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong and popular ballads to the classical works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler and Elgar. Her death from cancer, at the height of her fame, was a shock to the musical world and particularly to the general public, which was kept in ignorance of the nature of her illness until after her death. She was especially known in Britain for her unaccompanied recording of the Northumbrian folk tune "Blow the Wind Southerly", which was played regularly on BBC Radio for many years after her death.
The daughter of a Lancashire village schoolmaster, Ferrier showed early talent as a pianist, and won numerous amateur piano competitions while working as a telephonist with the General Post Office. She did not take up singing seriously until 1937, when after winning a prestigious singing competition at the Carlisle Festival she began to receive offers of professional engagements as a vocalist. Thereafter she took singing lessons, first with J.E. Hutchinson and later with Roy Henderson. After the outbreak of the Second World War Ferrier was recruited by the Council for the Encouragement of [Music and] the Arts (CEMA), and in the following years sang at concerts and recitals throughout England. In 1942 her career was boosted when she met the conductor Malcolm Sargent, who recommended her to the influential Ibbs and Tillett concert management agency. She became a regular performer at leading London and provincial venues, and made numerous BBC radio broadcasts.
Sebastian Bach (born April 3, 1968) is a Canadian heavy metal singer who achieved mainstream success as frontman of Skid Row from 1987 to 1996. Since his departure from Skid Row, he has had many television roles, acted in Broadway plays, and led a successful solo career.
Bach was born Sebastian Philip Bierk on April 3, 1968, in Freeport, Bahamas, and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He attended nearby Lakefield College School in the same class as Michael Kulas, of the British rock group James, a year behind Felipe, Prince of Asturias and a year ahead of the comedian/actor Will Arnett. He is of Norwegian, French Canadian, and Native American descent. Bach's father was the visual artist David Bierk. He is the brother of retired NHL goaltender Zac Bierk, model/actress Heather Dylan Bierk, and Toronto-based artists Jeff, Nick, Alex, and Charles Bierk.
Skid Row initially formed in the late eighties with lead singer Matt Fallon. They began playing at various New Jersey clubs. Fallon would soon leave the band in 1987, leaving Skid Row without a singer. Bach, who had just left his previous band Madam X, was spotted singing at rock photographer Mark Weiss's wedding and the members asked him to join. He turned them down, but changed his mind after hearing the demo tapes of "Youth Gone Wild" and "18 and Life". He sent them a demo of him singing "Saved By Love." They loved it and flew him to New Jersey where they began playing gigs. Sebastian also recorded demos with Bon Jovi & Sabo's friend Jack Ponti. (The song "She's on Top" later came out on Jack Ponti Presents Vol. 1)
Kathleen Ferrier Pergolesi & more
Kathleen Ferrier ~ What is life & Art thou troubled
Kathleen Ferrier "Ombra mai fù" | George F. Handel, Serse, 1949
Kathleen Ferrier "Erbarme dich" Matthäus Passion
1949 - Kathleen Ferrier - Edinburgh Recital (Bruno Walter, piano)
Kathleen Ferrier "Alto-Rhapsody" Brahms
Kathleen Ferrier "Alto Rhapsody" Brahms 1949
Kathleen Ferrier "O thou that tellest good tidings" Messiah
Kathleen Ferrier - "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" (Mahler: Rückert-Lieder) - with lyrics
Blow the wind southerly - Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier - Agnus Dei - Bach.
Kathleen FERRIER.FILM.Final Orpheus and illness.Friends remember.
Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva (BBC)
Kathleen Ferrier sings "An die Musik"
Kathleen Ferrier Pergolesi & more
Kathleen Ferrier ~ What is life & Art thou troubled
Kathleen Ferrier "Ombra mai fù" | George F. Handel, Serse, 1949
Kathleen Ferrier "Erbarme dich" Matthäus Passion
1949 - Kathleen Ferrier - Edinburgh Recital (Bruno Walter, piano)
Kathleen Ferrier "Alto-Rhapsody" Brahms
Kathleen Ferrier "Alto Rhapsody" Brahms 1949
Kathleen Ferrier "O thou that tellest good tidings" Messiah
Kathleen Ferrier - "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" (Mahler: Rückert-Lieder) - with lyrics
Blow the wind southerly - Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier - Agnus Dei - Bach.
Kathleen FERRIER.FILM.Final Orpheus and illness.Friends remember.
Kathleen Ferrier: An Ordinary Diva (BBC)
Kathleen Ferrier sings "An die Musik"
Kathleen Ferrier - sings Johann Sebastian Bach
Kathleen Ferrier (Live) - Che faro senza Euridice from Orfeo (Gluck)
Kathleen Ferrier LAND OF HOPE AND GLORY! LIVE PERFORMANCE
Kathleen Ferrier "He was despised" Messiah
Kathleen Ferrier singing a medley while playing the piano.
Kathleen Ferrier sings two arias from Mendelssohn's Elijah
Kathleen Ferrier "Du Bist die Ruh'" by Schubert
Bach - Erbarme dich - karajan- Kathleen Ferrier
Ombra mai fu - Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier interviewed in Montreal
Kathleen Ferrier interview 1949
Interview with Kathleen Ferrier, Montreal 1950
Kathleen Ferrier - What is life?
Kathleen Ferrier [arte, Kathleen Ferrier, HD, Doku, 2014. deutsch]
Kathleen Ferrier A radio Portrait from the 1970s
Kathleen Ferrier, Phyllis Spurr, 1950: Down By The Sally Gardens (Irish Country Song)
Interviews with the iERG members - Part 1, November 2012
Gustav Mahler / Kathleen Ferrier - Das Lied von der Erde : Der Einsame im Herbst
Gustav Mahler: 'Das Lied von der Erde' conducted by Walter, sung by Ferrier. 6th mvmt (part 1)
Che faro senza Euridice(Orfeo ed Euridice) - Kathleen Ferrier
Schubert / Kathleen Ferrier, 1950: An Die Musik - Phyllis Spurr, Vinyl LP
Kathleen Ferrier - "To daisies"
BBC Radio: Elizabeth Watts Interview
The Kathleen Ferrier voice: Speaking
Isobel Baillie & Kathleen Ferrier Purcell Sound the trumpet 1945
Over The Mountains - Kathleen Ferrier