ENGLAND’S DEEP SONG. A RECITAL BY TENOR ARCHIE INNS ACCOMPANIED BY ALFRED FARDELL.

Featuring Vaughan Williams’ ‘The House of Life’ (an early songcycle to verse by Rosetti), Dowland, Handel, Savilians Stanford /Elgar /Quilter & the premiere of Michæl Maxwell Steer setting of three pœms by Robert Bridges.

Archie Inns is a Scottish tenor studying for a Masters at the RCM where he is taught by Miranda Wright and Nicky Spence. He made his debut at the Oxford International Song Festival in 2024 alongside James Gilchrist and has performed many solo recital with his collaborator Alfred Fardell and won many funding awards. A choral scholar at Oxford, Archie read theology, but demand for his unique voice was so strong that he abandoned a career in law and has subsequently sung with many major choirs including the BBC Singers and The 16 at the Proms, as well as all the London cathedral choirs.

Alfred Fardell is a pianist based in London. He holds the Michael Gilsenan Award at the Royal Academy of Music where he studies Ensemble Piano under James Baillieu and Anna Tilbrook. Before joining the Academy, Alfred gained a First Class degree in Music from St Peter’s College, Oxford. Competition success has included the Dorothy Richardson English Song Prize, Rex Stephens prize and the Marjorie Thomas Art of Song Prize. Alfred’s studies are supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.