Performance archive

2012

18, 20, 21, 22, 24 January

Bernstein Candide

Michael Spyres, Candide
Jessica Pratt, Cunegonde
Derek Welton, Pangloss / Martin / Cacambo
Jane Henschel, The Old Lady
John Graham-Hall, Governor / Vanderdendur / Ragotski
Elena Rossi, Paquette
Bruno Taddia, Maximilian / Captain / Tsar Ivan
Gregory Bonfatti, Inquisitor I / Charles Edward
Armando Gabba, Inquisitor II / Croupier
Thomas Morris, Sultan Achmet / Crook
Antonio Barbagallo, Hermann Augustus
Filippo Bettoschi, King Stanislas / Inquisitor III
With narration by Adriana Asti as Voltaire

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Lorenzo Mariani, director
Wayne Marshall, conductor

2011

10 December

Handel Messiah HWV 56

Daisy Brown, soprano
Matthew Venner, countertenor
Paul Austin Kelly, tenor
Derek Welton, baritone

East Sussex Bach Choir
The Baroque Collective
John Hancorn, conductor

St John sub Castro Church, Lewes, East Sussex

3 December

Bach Cantata BWV 140 „Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme“
Bach Magnificat in E flat major BWV 243a
Bach Motet No 6 BWV 230 „Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden“
Bach Christmas Oratorio BWV 248, Part 1

Martene Grimson, soprano
Wendy Dawn Thompson, mezzo soprano
Daniel Norman, tenor
Derek Welton, baritone

Oxford Bach Choir
London Mozart Players
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

19 November

Britten Rejoice in the Lamb Op 30
Duruflé Requiem Op 9

Robyn Allegra Parton, soprano
Catherine Hopper, mezzo soprano
Peter Kirk, tenor
Derek Welton, baritone

North London Chorus
James McVinnie, organ
Jonathan Few, cello
Murray Hipkin, conductor

St James’s Church, Muswell Hill

11 November

Mozart Requiem KV 626

Robyn Allegra Parton, soprano
Louise Poole, mezzo soprano
Edward Hughes, tenor
Derek Welton, bass

Royal Choral Society
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Cooke, conductor

Central Hall, Westminster

30 September, 2, 4, 6, 8 October

Richard Strauss Elektra TrV 223

Eva Johansson, Elektra
Felicity Palmer, Klytämnestra
Melanie Diener, Chrysothemis
Wolfgang Schmidt, Aegisth
Alejandro Marco-Buhrmeister, Orest
Derek Welton, Der Pfleger des Orest

Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Stefan Soltesz, conductor
Nikolaus Lehnhoff, director

8, 10 September

Wagner Das Rheingold WWV 086a

Michael Druiett, Wotan
Derek Welton, Donner
Peter Wedd, Froh
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Loge
Peter Sidhom, Alberich
Richard Roberts, Mime
Clive Bayley & Brindley Sherratt, Fasolt
Gregory Frank, Fafner
Yvonne Howard, Fricka
Lee Bisset, Freia
Andrea Baker, Erda
Jeni Bern, Woglinde
Jennifer Johnston, Wellgunde
Sarah Castle, Flosshilde

Opera North
Richard Farnes, conductor
Leeds Town Hall, The Lowry, Salford Quays

25 August

Salzburg Festival
Young Singers’ Project
Final Concert

Britten The Rape of Lucretia ‘Within this frail crucible of light’
Mozart Così fan tutte Act 1 Scene 1: ‘La mia Dorabella’
Mozart Così fan tutte Sextet: ‘Fortunato l’uom che prende’

With Olga Bezsmertna, Sarah-Jane Brandon, Claudia Galli, Theresa Holzhauser, Goran Jurić, Elliot Madore, Marko Mimica, Andrew Owens, Ilya Silchukov and Olena Tokar

Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Ivor Bolton, conductor
Großer Saal, Stiftung Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria

13, 15, 20 August

Salzburg Festival
Stravinsky Le Rossignol

Julia Novikova, The Nightingale
Julia Lezhneva, The Cook
Antonio Poli, The Fisherman
Andrei Bondarenko, The Emperor of China
André Schuen, The Chamberlain
Yuri Vorobiev, The Bonze
Maria Radner, Death
Andrew Owens, Derek Welton, Elliot Madore, Three Japanese Envoys

Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
Ivor Bolton, conductor
Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg

28 June

City of London Festival
Bach Partita No 2 for solo violin BWV 1004
Fauré Requiem Op 48

Gordan Nikolitch, violin
Grace Davidson, soprano
Derek Welton, baritone
Tenebrae
London Symphony Orchestra
Nigel Short, conductor
St Paul’s Cathedral, London

18, 24, 26 June, 1 July

Wagner Das Rheingold WWV 086a

Michael Druiett, Wotan
Derek Welton, Donner
Peter Wedd, Froh
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Loge
Nicholas Folwell, Alberich
Richard Roberts, Mime
James Creswell, Fasolt
Gregory Frank, Fafner
Yvonne Howard, Fricka
Giselle Allen, Freia
Andrea Baker, Erda
Jeni Bern, Woglinde
Jennifer Johnston, Wellgunde
Sarah Castle, Flosshilde

Opera North
Richard Farnes, conductor
Leeds Town Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, The Sage, Gateshead

22 April

Handel Messiah HWV 56
Julia Doyle, soprano
Catherine Hopper, mezzo soprano
Jamie MacDougall, tenor
Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Cooke, conductor
Royal Albert Hall, London

14, 15 April

Bach Matthäus-Passion BWV 244
Dunedin Consort and Players
James Oxley, Evangelist, tenor 1
Derek Welton, Christus, bass 1
Susan Hamilton, soprano 1, Clare Wilkinson, alto 1
Katie Trethewey, soprano 2, Alexandra Gibson, alto 2
Thomas Hobbs, tenor 2, Jim Holliday, bass 2
John Butt, conductor
St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh
Perth Concert Hall, Perthshire

9 April

Fauré Requiem Op 48
Paul Carr Requiem for an angel
Stephanie Edwards, soprano
Bath Minerva Choir
Bath Philharmonia
Gavin Carr, conductor
Bath Abbey, Somerset

2 April

Handel Messiah HWV 56
Hilary Musgrave, soprano
Alexandra Gibson, alto
Greg Tassell, tenor
Harrow Choral Society
Charivari Agréable
Simon Williams, conductor
St Alban’s Cathedral, Hertfordshire

30 March

Handel Messiah HWV 56
Miriam Allan, soprano
William Purefoy, countertenor
Joseph Cornwell, tenor
Middlesex University Chorus
The Baroque Collective
John Hancorn, conductor
Rickett Quadrangle, Middlesex University, London

26 March

Beethoven Christus am Ölberge Op 85
Laura Mitchell and Claire Watkins, sopranos
Gareth Dafydd Morris, tenor
North London Chorus and Orchestra
Murray Hipkin, conductor
St James’s Church, Muswell Hill

19 March

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem Op 45
Natalie Clifton-Griffith, soprano
The Academy Choir
Andrew Edwards, conductor
St John’s Church, Spencer Hill, Wimbledon

16, 18, 20 March

Verdi Rigoletto (Monterone)

Robert Davies, Rigoletto
Ilona Domnich, Gilda
Anando Mukerjee, Il Duca di Mantova
Lilly Papaioannou, Maddalena
Derek Welton, Monterone
Michael Parle, Sparafucile
Christopher Diffey, Borsa
Laurence Meikle, Ceprano
Tom Kennedy, Marullo

Bury Court Opera
Southbank Sinfonia
Simon Over, conductor
Emma Rivlin, director

Bury Court Barn, Bentley, Hampshire

2010

23 December

Handel Messiah HWV 56
Polyphony
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
James Gilchrist, tenor
Stephen Layton, conductor
St John’s, Smith Square, London
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 24 December, 18:45

19 December

Handel Messiah HWV 56
Early Opera Company
Sarah Tynan, soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Nicholas Watts, tenor
Christian Curnyn, conductor
Wigmore Hall, London

2 - 7 December

Haydn L’anima del filosofo Hob 28/13 (Creonte)
Pinchgut Opera
Elena Xanthoudakis, Euridice
Andrew Goodwin, Orfeo
Cantillation
Orchestra of the Antipodes
Antony Walker, conductor
Mark Gaal, director
City Recital Hall, Angel Place, Sydney, Australia

16 October

Samling Foundation Concert
Leoncavallo Pagliacci ‘Sì puo?’ (Tonio)
Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel Act 1 Scene 3 (Peter)
Puccini La bohème Act 3 quartet ‘Addio dolce svegliare’ (Marcello)
Olaf Bär, Paul Farrington, David Syrus, course leaders
James Baillieu, Caroline Dowdle, Christopher Glynn, David Syrus, piano
The Sage, Gateshead

27 August

Handel Saul HWV 53
Snape Proms, Aldeburgh Festival
Britten-Pears Baroque Orchestra and Soloists
Richard Egarr, conductor
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk

8 - 13 July

Puccini Madama Butterfly (Bonzo)
Grange Park Opera
Hye Youn Lee, Cio-cio-san
Jesús León, Pinkerton
Helen Sherman, Suzuki
Andrew Ashwin, Sharpless
Toby Purser, conductor
John Doyle, director
Nevill Holt, Leicestershire

16 June - 4 July

Prokofiev L’amour des trois oranges Op 33 (Farfarello)
Grange Park Opera
Clive Bayley, Le roi des trèfles
Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts, Prince
Wynne Evans, Trouffaldino
Anne Marie Owens, Clarice
Henry Waddington, Léandre
Quentin Hayes, Pantalon
Rebecca Cooper, Fata Morgana
English Chamber Orchestra
Leo Hussain, conductor
David Fielding, director
The Grange, Northington, Hampshire

15 May

Rossini Petite messe solennelle
Meryl Davies, soprano
Susan Legg, mezzo soprano
Stephen Anthony Brown, tenor
Lymington Choral Society
Michael Goldthorpe, conductor
St Thomas’s Church, Lymington, Hampshire

8 May

Haydn The Seasons Hob XXI:3
Charlotte Beament, soprano
Edward Lee, tenor
Southend Bach Choir
Colin Edwards, conductor
St John’ Church, Southend-on-Sea, Essex

24 April

Puccini Messa da Gloria
Rossini Stabat Mater
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Gravesham Choral Society
Alan Vincent, conductor
Rochester Cathedral, Kent

22 April

Bach Mass in B minor BWV 232
Valda Wilson and Clare Lloyd, sopranos
Barnaby Smith, countertenor
Benjamin Breakwell, tenor
Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge
Thames Chamber Orchestra
Keith Marshall, conductor
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

27 March

Beethoven Mass in C major op 86
Natalie Windsor, soprano
Louise Innes, mezzo soprano
Richard Newman, tenor
Keele Bach Choir
Keele Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Matthew Willis, conductor
Keele University Chapel

21 March

Mendelssohn Elijah Op 70 (title role)
Judith Howarth, soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
Dundee Choral Union
Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Norman Beedie, conductor
Caird Hall, Dundee

14 March

Bach Johannes-Passion BWV 245
Huw Rhys-Evans, Evangelist
Samuel Evans, Jesus
Anna Devin, soprano
David Gould, countertenor
Daniel Auchincloss, tenor
Leith Hill Music Festival
Canzona
Brian Kay, conductor
Dorking Halls, Surrey

16 March

Beethoven Mass in C major op 86
Elizabeth Atherton, soprano
Wendy Dawn Thompson, mezzo soprano
Andrew Kennedy, tenor
Oxford Bach Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor
Cadogan Hall, London

13 March

6 March

Handel Messiah HWV 56
Martene Grimson, soprano
Stephanie Lewis, mezzo soprano
James Geer, tenor
The Really Big Chorus
Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
St Paul’s Cathedral, Mdina, Malta
Brian Kay, conductor

2009

10 December 2009 - 18 April 2010

Jonathan Dove The Enchanted Pig
Covering the roles of Pig, King Hildebrand/North Wind, King of the West/Sun
Co-production of ROH2, The Opera Group and The Young Vic
62 performances at the Linbury Theatre (The Royal Opera House), New Victory Theatre (New York), Theatre Royal (Bury St Edmund’s), Lawrence Batley Theatre (Huddersfield), Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester) and Oxford Playhouse
Tim Murray, conductor
Brad Cohen, conductor (New York)
John Fulljames, director

6 December

Haydn Creation Hob 21/2
Martene Grimson, soprano
Richard Edgar-Wilson, tenor
Burford Singers
Cotswold Chamber Orchestra
Brian Kay, conductor
Burford Parish Church, Oxfordshire

5 December

Handel Messiah HWV 56
Sarah Fox, soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Benjamin Hulett, tenor
Hallé Choir
Hallé Orchestra
Christian Curnyn, conductor
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

14 November

Clonter Opera Gala Concert
Leoncavallo Pagliacci ‘Sì puo?’ (Tonio)
Bizet Les pêcheurs des perles ‘Au fond du temple saint’ (Zurga)
Verdi La traviata ‘Madamigella Valéry … Pura siccome un angelo’ (Germont)
Geoffrey Saunders, director
Robin Humphreys, piano

5, 9, 11 September

Stravinsky The Rake's Progress (Nick Shadow)
British Youth Opera Rhona McKail, Anne Trulove
Nicky Spence, Tom Rakewell
Lilly Papaioannou, Baba the Turk
Michael Parle, Trulove
Rosie Aldridge, Mother Goose
Barnaby Rea, Keeper of the Madhouse
Southbank Sinfonia
Peter Robinson, conductor
William Kerley, director
Peacock Theatre, London

25 July

Charpentier Te Deum H 146
Handel Dixit Dominus HWV 232
Emma Kirkby and Sophie Bevan, sopranos
Tim Mead, countertenor
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Somerset Chamber Choir
Canzona
Graham Caldbeck, conductor
Wells Cathedral, Somerset

15-19 July

International Congress of Voice Teachers
Young Professionals’ Programme
Paris, France

13 June

Mozart Requiem KV 626
Helena Dix, soprano
Louise Poole, mezzo soprano
Richard Newman, tenor
Keele Bach Choir
Keele Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Matthew Willis, conductor
Keele University Chapel

12 June

Handel Apollo e Dafne HWV 122 (Apollo)
Elizabeth Weisberg, Dafne
International Baroque Players
Christopher Bucknall, director
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

11 June

Handel Apollo e Dafne HWV 122 (Apollo)
Elizabeth Weisberg, Dafne
International Baroque Players
Christopher Bucknall, director
St Giles-in-the-Fields, London

3, 8 June

Rossini La cambiale di Matrimonio (Mill)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Andrew Finden, Slook
Carlos Nogueira, Edoardo
Rebecca van den Berg, Fanny
Raquel Luis, Clarina
Alexander Robin Baker, Norton
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Clive Timms, conductor
Alessandro Talevi, director

31 May

John Ireland Festival
Ireland The Land of Lost Content
Bojana Dimkovic, piano
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, London

10 May

Hampstead and Highgate Springfest: A Housman Celebration
A selection of settings of Alfred Edward Housman’s poetry:
Butterworth Six Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’
Head ‘Ludlow Town’
Barber ‘With rue my heart is laden’
Moeran Ludlow Town Nos 1-3
Ireland The Land of Lost Content
With Bojana Dimkovic, piano and Richard Stokes, narrator
Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution, London

16 April

Puccini Messa da Gloria
Mendelssohn Lauda Sion
Mary Bevan, soprano
Sarah-Jane Lewis, mezzo soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
Leith Hill Music Festival Choir
English Festival Orchestra
Brian Kay, conductor
Dorking Halls, Surrey

14 April

Handel Jephtha HWV 70 (Zebul)
Sarah Tynan, soprano
Diana Moore, mezzo soprano
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
London Handel Orchestra
Laurence Cummings, director
St George’s, Hanover Square, London
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 17 April at 18:30

10 April

Bach Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (bass arias)
Nicholas Mulroy, Evangelist
George Humphreys, Jesus
Anna Devin, soprano
Alexandra Gibson, mezzo soprano
London Handel Orchestra
Laurence Cummings, director
St George’s, Hanover Square, London

5 April

Handel Messiah HWV 56
Martene Grimson, soprano
Diana Moore, mezzo soprano
Ben Johnson, tenor
Burford Singers
Cotswold Chamber Orchestra
Brian Kay, conductor
Burford Parish Church, Oxfordshire

21 March

Handel Solomon HWV 67
Anna Devin and Rebecca van den Berg, sopranos
Michał Czerniawski, countertenor
Juan Sancho, tenor
Solomon Choir and Orchestra
Jonathan Sells, conductor
St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London

15 March

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Katie Bird, soprano
Dundee Choral Union
Orchestra of the Scottish Opera
Norman Beedie, conductor
Caird Hall, Dundee

4, 9 March

Sallinen The King goes forth to France (Prince/King)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Jonathan Sells, Prime Minister
Barnaby Rea, Froissart
Rebecca van den Berg, The Nice Caroline
Raquel Luis, The Caroline with the Thick Mane
Rhona McKail, The Anne Who Steals
Hanna Hipp, The Anne Who Strips
Andrew Finden, The English Archer
Nicky Spence, Guide
Clive Timms, conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans, director

30 January, 9 February

Schubert Schwanengesang D 957
Marek Ruszczynski, piano
Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

2008

6 December

Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Vaughan Williams Sancta Civitas
Daniel Turner, tenor
Oxford Bach Choir
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

4 December

Handel Messiah HWV 56
London Handel Orchestra
Simon Williams, conductor
St George’s, Hanover Square, London

1 December

Vaughan Williams Sir John in Love: ‘Oh that Joy so soon should waste’ (Falstaff) with Jean-Paul Pruna, piano
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music with Graham Johnson and Ronan O'Hora, pianos
Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

18 November

Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs
Jean-Paul Pruna, piano, concert series devised by Graham Johnson
Recital Room, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

15 November

Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
Bibi Heal, soprano
Chichester Singers
Jonathan Willcocks, conductor
Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex

8, 12 November

Gluck La rencontre imprévue (Vertigo)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Rhona McKail, Rezia
Carlos Nogueira, Ali
Nicky Spence, Osmin
Jonathan Sells, Le Calender
Emily Steventon, Balkis
Sara González Saavedra, Dardané
Rebecca van den Berg, Amine
Daniel Joy, Le Sultan
Matthew Sprange, Le chef de caravane
Nicholas Kok, conductor
Stephen Medcalf, director

10, 12, 16, 18 October

Mozart Don Giovanni KV 527 (Don Giovanni)
Bloomsbury Opera
Adam Leftwich, Leporello
Kylie Pointer, Donna Anna
Amy Radford, Donna Elvira
Stuart Haycock, Don Ottavio
Eleanor Greenwood, Zerlina
Ross McInroy, Masetto
Ronald Nairne, Commendatore
Jessica Cottis and Robert Tuohy, conductors
Jorge Balça, director

27 September

Fauré Requiem
Sian Winstanley, soprano
Members of the Oxford Bach Choir
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

27 July

Oxford Lieder ‘Summer Song Series’
Sholto Kynoch, piano
Vaughan Williams The House of Life
Richard Strauss „Zueignung“, „Die Nacht“, „Allerseelen“, „Wozu noch, Mädchen“, „Breit über mein Haupt“, „Du meines Herzens Krönelein“, „Ach weh mir, unglückhaftem Mann“
Poulenc ‘Nuage’, ‘La grenouillère’, ‘Carte-postale’, ‘Avant le cinéma’, ‘Rosemonde’, ‘Dernier poème’
Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, Oxford

3, 4 July

Guildhall School Opera Scenes
Offenbach Orphée aux enfers Duo de la mouche (Jupiter), Handel Rinaldo Act 3 Scenes 5-6 (Argante), Rossini La Cenerentola Act 2 sextet (Dandini)
Studio Theatre, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

21 June

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius (Priest and Angel of the Agony)
Justin Lavender, tenor
Chichester Singers
Jonathan Willcocks, conductor
Chichester Cathedral, West Sussex

18, 19 June

Handel Messiah
EC4 Music
Tim Crosley, conductor
St Bride’ Church, Fleet Street, London

18, 23, 31 May, 1 June, 7 June, 5, 11, 12, 20 July, 3 August

Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro (Figaro)
Touring production: Opera East Productions
Martene Grimson, Susanna
Adam Green, Count
Norah King, Countess
Michelle Sheridan, Cherubino
David Woloszko, Bartolo
Helen Johnson, Marcellina
Ben Kerslake, Basilio/Don Curzio
Rebecca van den Berg, Barbarina
Rebecca Goulden and Hannah Sawles, bridesmaids
Oliver Gooch, conductor
Jeff Clarke, director

6 May

Beethoven Sechs Lieder Op 48
Liz Rossiter, piano
Recital Room, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

5 April

Schubert Die Winterreise
Bojana Dimković, piano
Tagg’s Yard, Barnes, London

27 March

Handel Messiah
Anna Devin, soprano
Michał Czerniawski, countertenor
Richard Butler, tenor
Solomon Choir and Orchestra
Jonathan Sells, conductor
St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London

21 March

Bach St Matthew Passion BWV 244 (Jesus and bass soloist)
Nicholas Mulroy, Evangelist and tenor
Anna Devin, soprano
Christopher Ainslie, countertenor London Handel Orchestra
Laurence Cummings, conductor
St George’s Church, Hanover Square, London

11, 12, 14 March

Guildhall School Opera Scenes
Mozart Don Giovanni Act 1 Finale (Don Giovanni), Mozart Così fan tutte Act 2 Finale (Guglielmo), Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 2 quartet (Demetrius)
Bridewell Theatre, London

8 March

Handel Messiah
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Anna Stéphany, mezzo soprano
Dan Norman, tenor
Oxford Bach Choir
English Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

1 March

Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel, ‘Love-sight’, ‘Silent noon’ and ‘Heart's haven’ (The House of Life)
Abingdon Arts Festival
Wendy Hiscocks, piano
Abingdon Parish Church, Oxfordshire

2007

11, 13, 14 December

Stravinsky The Rake's Progress Act 3 Scene 2 (Nick Shadow)
Bellini I Puritani Finale Act 2 (Riccardo)
Guildhall School Opera Scenes
Studio Theatre, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

2 December

Handel Messiah
Sarah Redgwick, soprano
Carolyn Dobbin, mezzo soprano
Eamonn Mulhall, tenor
The Really Big Chorus
English Festival Orchestra
Sir David Willcocks, conductor
Royal Albert Hall, London

22, 24, 26, 28 November

Mozart Die Zauberflöte (Speaker)
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Lukas Kargl and Jean-Philippe Elleouet, Papageno
Sarah Power, Pamina
Adrian Ward and Amar Muchhala, Tamino
Emily Rowley Jones, Königin der Nacht
Lisa Wilson, Rowan Hellier, Melanie Lang, Damen
Ritz de Ridder, Sarastro
Daire Halpin, Papagena
Carlos Nogueira and Jonathan Sells, Geharnischter
Émilie Brégeon, Johanne Cassar, Rebecca Afonwy Jones, Knaben
William Kerley, director
Sian Edwards, conductor

17 November

Duruflé Requiem
Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Bookham Choral Society
Jessica Cottis, conductor

14 November

R Strauss „Zueignung“ Op 10 No 1, „Allerseelen“ Op 10 No 8, „Winternacht“ Op 15 No 2, „Wozu noch, Mädchen“ Op 19 No 1, „Breit über mein Haupt“ Op 19 No 2, „Du meines Herzens Krönelein“ Op 21 No 2, „Ach weh mir, unglückhaftem Mann“
Concert 5 of The 1880s: a Portrait in Song series
Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

20 October

Handel Israel in Egypt (first bass)
Anna Devin and Amy Moore, sopranos
Matthew Venner, countertenor
Julian Podger, tenor
Jonathan Arnold (second bass)
Brighton Early Music Festival Singers and Players
John Hancorn, conductor
St Bartholomew’s Church, Brighton

13 October

Bach „Mein Freund ist mein“ (Cantata BWV 140)
Handel ‘The trumpet shall sound’ (Messiah)
BBC Radio 3 Early Music Show
Anna Devin, soprano
Asako Ogawa, harpsichord
Live recording, Brighton Early Music Festival
Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton

8 September

Handel Messiah
Wokingham Choral Society
Alexander Chaplin, conductor

20 August

Dvořák Te Deum
Casselle Bonnollo, soprano
University of Melbourne Choir and Orchestra
Benjamin Northey, conductor
Melbourne Town Hall, Australia

15 August

R Strauss „Zueignung“ Op 10 No 1, „Die Nacht“ Op 10 No 3, „Allerseelen“ Op 10 No 8
Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Melba Conservatorium of Music Concert Series
Calvin Bowman, piano
Ruskin Hall, Melba Conservatorium of Music, Melbourne, Australia

13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21 July

Cavalli La Calisto (Silvano)
Iford Arts Festival
Amy Freston, Calisto
Jonathan Brown, Giove
Claire Booth, Diana
Stephen Wallace, Endimione
Adam Green, Mercurio
Madeleine Shaw, Giunone
Daniel Auchincloss, Linfea
Eamonn Mulhall, Pane
Owen Willetts, Satirino
Early Opera Company
Christian Curnyn, conductor

11 July

Poulenc ‘La grenouillère’, ‘Carte-postale’, ‘Avant le cinéma’, ‘Rosemonde’, ‘Nuage’, ‘Chanson à boire’ (Chansons gaillardes), ‘Dernier poème’
Ravel Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
City of London Festival
Lara Dodds-Eden, piano
St Lawrence Jewry, London

6-13 June

R Strauss Capriccio (Vierter Diener)
Katherine Broderick and Sophie Angebault, Gräfin
Chloë de Backer and Tania Mandzy, Clairon
Bragi Bergthorsson and Gareth Huw John, Flamand
Phillip Spendley and Jean-Philippe Elleouet, Olivier
Nicholas Merryweather and Lukas Kargl, Graf
Philip Gerrard, La Roche
Amar Muchhala, Monsieur Taupe
Ritz de Ridder, Haushofmeister
Milda Smalakyte and Tyler Clarke, Italienische Sänger
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Clive Timms, conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans, director

19 May

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Serena Knight, mezzo soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Charlton Kings Choral Society
John Wright, conductor
Cheltenham Town Hall, Gloucestershire

12 May

Mendelssohn St Paul (St Paul)
Lymington Choral Society
Michael Goldthorpe, conductor
St Thomas’s Church, Lymington, Hampshire

10 May

Timossi Five songs on texts by Shakespeare
Alessandro Timossi, piano
St Marthakirche, Nürnberg, Germany

28 April

Rossini Stabat Mater
Emily Rowley Jones, soprano
Carlos Nogueira, tenor
Beccles Choral Society
Vetta Wise, conductor
St Michael’s Church, Beccles, Suffolk

21 April

Haydn Creation (Raphael and Adam)
Sandra Page, soprano
Niel Joubert, tenor
Hitchin Thespians
Alan Childs, conductor
St Mary’s Church, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

31 March

Haydn Creation (Raphael and Adam)
Lucy Mervik, soprano
Carlos Nogueira, tenor
East Surrey Choral Society
Ian Kennedy, conductor
St Mark’s Church, Woodcote, Surrey

24 March

Bach St John Passion (Jesus and bass soloist)
Paul Agnew, Evangelist and tenor
The Academy Choir and Baroque Players
Andrew Edwards, conductor
St John’s Church, Spencer Hill, Wimbledon, London

22 March

Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn excerpts
‘Guildhall Artists at the Barbican’ series
Lara Dodds-Eden, piano
Barbican Hall, London

18 January

Verdi Aida Act 2 Scene 2 (Amonasro)
Orchestra of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Paolo Olmi, conductor
Rieti, Italy.

2006

9 December

Handel Messiah
The Academy Choir and Baroque Players
Andrew Edwards, conductor
St John’s Church, Spencer Hill, Wimbledon, London

1 December

Handel Messiah
Choir and Orchestra of Hambleden Parish Church
Christine Wells, conductor

17 November

Wagner ‘Les deux grenadiers’, Schumann „Die feindlichen Brüder“, „Tragödie“, „Es leuchtet meine Liebe“, „Mein Wagen rollet langsam“
Aus meinem großen Schmerzen mach’ ich die kleinen Lieder
Devised and presented by Graham Johnson
Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama

22 October

Handel Messiah
Bloomsbury Festival
New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp, conductor
Brunswick Square, London

20 May

CPE Bach Magnificat Wq 215
Pergolesi Magnificat
Melbourne University Choral Society
Andrew Wailes, conductor
All Saints’ Anglican Church, St Kilda East, Melbourne, Australia

13 May

Bach St Matthew Passion (Jesus and bass soloist)
Geelong Chorale
Geelong Youth Choir
Rick Prakhoff, conductor

23 April

Herzogenberg Die Passion (Jesus)
Kevin March Songs from the Book of Hours
Astra Chamber Music Society, John McCaughey, conductor

17 April

Handel Messiah
Box Hill Chorale, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Wailes, conductor

12, 14 April

Stainer Crucifixion
Victoria Chorale, Val Pyers, conductor

7 April

Bach St Matthew Passion (bass soloist)
Melbourne Bach Choir, Australian Children's Choir, Rick Prakhoff, conductor

25,26, 28, 30 March, 1 April

Salieri Falstaff (Falstaff)
Opera Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand), Southern Sinfonia
Holly Mathieson, conductor, Jacqueline Coats, director

2005

18 December

Handel Messiah
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Andrew Wailes, conductor

18 December

Wagner „O! du mein holder Abendstern“ (Tannhäuser), Handel ‘The trumpet shall sound’ (Messiah)
‘Wheelchairs for Kids’ Christmas Concert, St Michael's Uniting Church, Melbourne

28 August

Butterworth ‘Loveliest of trees’ (Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad')
Mozart ‘Non più andrai’ (Le Nozze di Figaro), Bach „Mache dich, mein Herze, rein“ (Matthäus-Passion)
St Michael's Uniting Church, Melbourne, Calvin Bowman, piano

24 July

Mendelssohn Elijah (Elijah)
Maroondah Symphony Orchestra, Willem van der Vis, conductor

10, 14, 15 July

Mozart Don Giovanni (Masetto)
Melbourne Opera Company, Hugh Halliday, director, Greg Hocking and Ben Hudson, conductors

7 July

Christopher Willcock Anastasis (world première)
Australian Catholic University Choir, Andrew Wailes, conductor

19 June

Bach Magnificat
Essendon Choral Society, Greg Hocking, conductor

29 May

Charpentier Te Deum
Gounod Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile
Box Hill Chorale, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Wailes, conductor

24 April

Butterworth Six Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’
Australian National Academy of Music Autumn Music Festival, David McSkimming, piano

10, 16, 18, 20 March

Mozart Coronation Mass, Britten Rejoice in the Lamb
Melbourne Chorale, Jonathan Grieves-Smith, conductor

5 February

Kodály Missa Brevis
Invervarsity Choral Festival, Jonathan Grieves-Smith, conductor

2004

19 December

Handel Messiah
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Andrew Wailes, conductor

12 December

Handel Messiah
Essendon Choral Society, Greg Hocking, conductor

10 December

Berlioz L'Enfance du Christ (Hérode and Père de famille)
Newman College Choir

13, 15 October

Tavener The World is Burning (Christ)
Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne Chorale, Dr Neil McEwan, conductor

25, 30 September, 3 October

Mozart Così fan tutte (Guglielmo)
Melbourne Opera Company, Hugh Halliday, director, Greg Hocking, conductor

12 September

Haydn Nelson Mass
Essendon Choral Society, Haydn Chamber Orchestra, Greg Hocking, conductor

14 August

A Night at the Opera
Lyric Opera of Melbourne, Australian Classical Players
Nicholas Cowall, conductor, Dean Sky-Lucas, accompanist

1 August

Bach Cantata BWV 129
Victorian College of the Arts Choir and Orchestra, Marco van Pagee, conductor

2, 22 May

Haydn Creation (Raphael and Adam)
Box Hill Chorale, Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Wailes, conductor

19 March, 3 April

Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro (Count Almaviva)
In Good Company, Hugh Halliday, director, Ben Hudson, conductor

2003

14 December

Handel Messiah
Essendon Choral Society, Greg Hocking, conductor

30 November

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem
Preston Symphony Orchestra, Chris Kopke, conductor

6-16 November

Mozart The Magic Flute (Papageno, Second Priest)
Melbourne Opera Company, Warwick Stengårds, conductor, Caroline Stacey, director

21 June

Rossini Petite messe solennelle
Ensemble e21, Stephen Grant, conductor

16 March

Haydn Nelson Mass
Melbourne Chorale, Academy of Melbourne, Jonathan Grieves-Smith, conductor

2000

October

Koukias Pentekostarion
IHOS Opera, Constantine Koukias, conductor