April Fredrick, soprano

Hailed as ‘astonishing and luminous’ (Bachtracks), soprano April Fredrick loves words and stories and the way that they fire composers’ imaginations and the audience’s imagination in turn, connecting us with those who have come before.  

She is a frequent soloist with orchestras across the UK and a champion of new work on both the concert and opera stage. She is an Associate Artist with the English Symphony Orchestra and frequent soloist with the Nottingham Harmonic Choir, which has come to feel like singing with friends as well as colleagues. 

Recent work includes the soprano solos in a forthcoming recording of Grace Williams’ Missa Cambrensis with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Adrian Partington, Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and the world premiere of Philip Sawyers’ oratorio Mayflower on the Seas of Time with the ESO under Kenneth Woods, and Mahler Symphony no. 4 and Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder at the Colorado MahlerFest (also under Kenneth Woods).

Upcoming work includes Haydn Nelson Mass with the Wimbledon Choral Society at Cadogan Hall and a recording of Donald Fraser’s Ancient Chinese Lyrics with the English Chamber Orchestra.