Rising star's repertoire extends from English to Elvish

OSSIAN Huskinson is a young singer with a richly expressive bass-baritone voice.

- By WILLIAM RUFF

A graduate of Nottingham University, he already has an impressive list of awards and prizes to his credit and is in demand in concert halls and opera houses both in this country and on the continent.In his Lakeside recital with pianist Matthew Fletcher, Ossian started with Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel, a cornerstone of English song and a very apt work to perform on the day that the new Archbishop began her pilgrimage from London to Canterbury. It's a setting of nine poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, a profound meditation on the journey of life in both its physical and spiritual dimensions. Ossian knows how to command attention and the opening song 'The Vagabond' sounded rousing and defiant, dramatically nailing colours to the mast, seeking a life of freedom on the open road.