Kathleen Ferrier (1912 - 1953)
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| Trained as a concert pianist, Kathleen competed on piano at the Carlisle Festival in 1937. Her husband bet her a shilling to enter as a singer also. She had previously sung in public at a few minor, unpaid functions. She took him up on the bet and sang Roger Quilter's To Daisies and won in both the vocal and piano categories. The Carlisle Journal reported that she had 'one of the finest voices' they had heard. |
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| "A soul full of joy"
- Bruno Walter |