Soprano Mhairi Lawson's recent and future highlights include performances of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen and King Arthur with the Gabrieli Consort, Purcell Songes & Ayres and Handel’s Messiah with the Dunedin Consort, Bach’s St Matthew Passion with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Diane/Daphne in Charpentier’s Acteon with the Early Opera Company, Haydn’s The Creation with the Arctic Philharmonic, and regular residencies at the Carmel Bach Festival in the USA. Recital engagements include songs from the British folksong tradition and Lieder by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, and Wolf, with appearances in the Edinburgh Festival, Newcastle and York Universities, and recordings for BBC Radio 3.