Whistling from the Rooftops
Sunday 3 August 2025 at 3pm
Wesley Music Centre
20 National Circuit, Forrest
Erika Simons | soprano
Eun-Jung Byun | piano
After a distinguished career in Germany, Erika now based in Canberra, presents a delicious program featuring late romantic musings by Sibelius and Zemlinsky offset by the formidable Ilse Werner, who sustained a career in Germany since the 1930s against all the odds. Know as the ‘musical whistler’, she gave her last performance on German television in 2001.
Music by Jean Sibelius, Alexander Zemlinsky, Ilse Werner and others.
On stage, Erika Simons is the emotional fulcrum of the experience. She moves with feline grace and sings with unbroken intensity. Jenny Camilleri, Bachtrack