Mezzo-Soprano Rachel Payne and Pianist Jack Tyndale form Duo Atlantis and have performed together in Edinburgh and London to much acclaim. Upcoming 2025 engagements include King's Place in London, The Wiener Saal in Salzburg, Brahms Saal in Vienna and Carnegie Hall in New York on a tour called: "A Tale of Two Worlds."

As a soloist, Jack Tyndale-Biscoe has performed  recently at Steinway Hall UK, St. James Piccadilly (Talent Unlimited UK) and the University of Oxford, as well as internationally in cities across Australia, the USA, Germany, Spain and Italy. His live performances have been broadcast frequently  on WUSF Radio 89.7 FM, Classical Radio.

Rachel Payne is a mezzo-soprano from San Jose, California. She has performed recitals and opera roles  in California, Paris, Vienna, Siena and various cities in Germany.  

Programme: "Sonetti della Notte"   

Vaughan-Williams: Songs of Travel 
II. Let Beauty Awake

Vaughn-Williams: The House of Life (A Cycle of Six Sonnets)
II. Silent Noon

Britten: Cabaret Songs
- I. Tell me the Truth about Love
- IV. Calypso

Bolcom: Cabaret Songs
- Blue

Barber: Four Songs, Op.13
III. Sure on this Shining Night
IV. Nocturne

Interactive Music Presentation (5-10 mins)
Classical Music in Florence (Handel, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Liszt, etc.)

Liszt: Années de Pèlerinage, Deuxième Année: Italie
V. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

Respighi: (selection of Art Songs)
- Storia Breve
- Contrasto
- Invito alla Danza
- Nebbie
- Luce

If you would like to attend the concert at the British Institute Library, please register here or write an email to bif@britishinstitute.it  

The registration fee is 20 Euro per person.