Guide to the Kessler, Susan (singer) : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia

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EPH PROMPT .Kessler, Susan (singer)

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Created: 2023

Collection Summary

Title
Kessler, Susan (singer) : programs and related material collected by the National Library of Australia
Date Range
1992-
Collection Number
EPH PROMPT .Kessler, Susan (singer)
Extent
1 collection
Language of Materials
English
Repository
Printed Collections

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Material in the Australian performing arts programs and ephemera (PROMPT) collection consists of programs and related items of Susan Kessler including various concert programs of her performances.

Australian mezzo-soprano, Susan Kessler was born in Sydney to a family of Polish extraction and studied psychology at University before studying music at the New South Wales Conservatorium. She came to Europe in 1974 and two years after making her British debut, she won the first Benson and Hedges Gold Award at Aldeburgh. In 1979 she took part in Sir Robert Mayer's 100th birthday concert in the presence of the Royal Family and in 1980 made an extended tour of Australia giving recitals and orchestral concerts. In 1981, she made her debut in Israel, returning for Mahler's Third Symphony under Gary Bertini. She died from a heart attack at her home in London on 11 March 1992.

The list is based on imperfect holdings and is updated over time as gaps in the Library's holdings are filled.

Physical Description Note
1 collection.

Item Descriptions

Class. Material received before 2023

Susan Kessler, mezzo soprano / Geoffrey Parsons, piano, Monday 10 December 1984 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program.

Performed at Wigmore Hall.

Song of the century with London Sinfonietta Voices and the Songmakers' Almanac in a series of six programmes devised and presented by Graham Johnson, Sunday 17 August 1986 at 7.30 pm (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program.

Susan Kessler (mezzo soprano) performed with Miriam Bowen (soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), and Graham Johnson (piano).

McColl Arts Foundation, 30 November ,1989 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program with 2 sheets stapled together.

Information sheets about Susan Kessler (mezzo-soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano), and John Maxwell Geddes stapled on the back cover of the program.

St John's Smith Square, May concerts, May 1992 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program.

Susan Kessler's memorial concert on Tuesday 12 May 1992. She was to have given a recital on this date but died in March. As a tribute her friends and colleagues gave a concert dedicated to her memory.

In memory of Susan Kessler 1947 - 1992, Tuesday 12 May 1992 (Item) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 flyer.

Concert dedicated to her life and work. Programme to include music by Brahms, Britten, Grainger, Liszt, Poulenc, Ravel, Schubert. At St John's Smith Square. Director Paul Davies.

Class. Material received 2023 onwards

Benson and Hedges Music Festival with the Benson and Hedges Gold Award / Snape Maltings / 26th Sept - 2nd Oct 1977 / Chamber Music of Schubert and Britten (Item 2023/1) - Box 1

Physical Description Note

1 program.

Susan Kessler, mezzo-soprano with Roger Vignoles, piano performed at the Finalists' Concert on Sunday 2nd October 8.00 p.m.


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