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dans un train / wagon zac
Thursday 18th, Friday 19th and Saturday 20th March 2021
Théâtre Garonne, Toulouse
Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancer
Jim Clayburgh, lighting design
In association with Ballets Confidentiels and Corps à Sons ThéâtreA new music/theatre piece inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.
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Passio
Thursday 8th April 2021 at 8.00pm
Glasgow University Chapel
Dunedin Consort
Hebrides Ensemble
Will Conway, directorArvo Pärt, Passio (Evangelist Quartet)
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Passio
Friday 9th April 2021 at 8.00pm
King's College Chapel, Aberdeen
Dunedin Consort
Hebrides Ensemble
Will Conway, directorArvo Pärt, Passio (Evangelist Quartet)
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Passio
Saturday 10th April 2021 at 8.00pm
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort
Hebrides Ensemble
Will Conway, directorArvo Pärt, Passio (Evangelist Quartet)
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dans un train / wagon zac
Wednesday 20th January 2021
Grand Angle, Voiron, France
Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby / Romain Bockler, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancer
Jim Clayburgh, lighting design
In association with Ballets Confidentiels and Corps à Sons ThéâtreA new music/theatre piece inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.
*Amid continuing uncertainty surrounding travel quarantine arrangements and the outcome of the negotiations over the UK's exit from the European Union, I have had to withdraw from these première performances of this project. I am grateful to Romain Bockler for stepping in to replace me at short notice.*
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Messiah in Glasgow
Wednesday 23rd December 2020 at 7.00pm
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorG.F. Handel, Messiah
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Jess Dandy, contralto
Anthony Gregory, tenor
Robert Davies, bass-baritone -
Messiah Streamed Performance from Perth
Wednesday 23rd December 2020 at 7.00pm
Perth Concert Hall
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorG.F. Handel, Messiah (consort)
*Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there will be no live audience at this performance, but it will be made available online at the Perth Concert Hall website.*
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Jessica Dandy, contralto
Anthony Gregory, tenor
Robert Davies, bass-baritone -
Messiah in Edinburgh
Monday 21st December 2020 at 7.00pm
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorG.F. Handel, Messiah
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Jess Dandy, contralto
Anthony Gregory, tenor
Robert Davies, bass-baritone -
Children's Messiah Streamed from Perth
Monday 21st December 2020 at 1.00pm
Perth Concert Hall
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorG.F. Handel, Messiah (excerpts)
*Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, there will be no live audience at this performance, but it will be made available online at the Dunedin Consort website.
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Jessica Dandy, contralto
Anthony Gregory, tenor
Robert Davies, bass-baritone -
Messiah at the Barbican
Saturday 19th December 2020 at 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, London
The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, directorG.F. Handel, Messiah
*Following the announcement that London is to enter Tier 3 restrictions in response to the rise in rate of Covid-19 infections, this event will no longer go ahead as a live concert. It will, however, be live-streamed at the Barbican website.
Rowan Pierce, soprano
Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor
Ben Johnson, tenor
Ashley Riches, bass-baritone -
All Creation Waits
Tuesday 15th December 2020 at 6.30pm
Kings Place
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorAn hour-long sequence for voices, on the theme of the mystery of Advent
Tickets and full details at the Kings Place website.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Magnificat Primi Toni
Francis Poulenc, O Magnum Mysterium
Jean L'Héritier, Ave Maria
Gareth Treseder, O Virgo splendens
Vicente Lusitano, Inviolata, integra, et casta es, Maria
Benjamin Britten, A Hymn to the Virgin
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, O Magnum Mysterium
James MacMillan, O Radiant Dawn
Josquin des Prez, Ave Maria
Pierre Villette, O Magnum Mysterium -
dans un train / wagon zac
Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th December 2020
Scène Nationale d'Orléans
Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby / Romain Bockler, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancer
Jim Clayburgh, lighting design
In association with Ballets Confidentiels and Corps à Sons ThéâtreA new music/theatre piece inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.
*Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, these public performances were replaced by a residency and a private performance for promoters. Unfortunately the UK government's quarantine policy for arrivals from overseas made it impractical for me to travel to France for this period. I am grateful to Romain Bockler for stepping in to replace me at short notice.*
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The Great Mystery
Saturday 5th December 2020
National Centre for Early Music, York
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorAn hour-long sequence for voices, on the theme of the mystery of Advent
4.30pm and 7.00pm -
Schütz Triptych in Reims
27th and 28th November at 6.30pm
Opéra de Reims
Akadêmia
Françoise Lassèrre, directorHeinrich Schütz
Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi (Weihnachtshistorie) SWV 435
Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz SWV 478 (Jesus)
Historie der Auferstehung Jesu Christi SWV 50 (Jesus)*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
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How Lonely Sits the City
Thursday 19th November 2020 at 7.30pm
Online Broadcast
Dunedin Consort
Nicholas Mulroy, directorAn exploration of themes of isolation, centred on the Lamentations of Orlande de Lassus
*Unfortunately the UK government's quarantine policy for arrivals from overseas has made it necessary for me to withdraw from this project*
Orlande de Lassus, Hieremiae prophetae lamentationes
William Byrd, Ne irascaris Domine / Civitas sancti tui
James MacMillan, Miserere
Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, Vigil I (new commission)
Cecilia McDowall, I know that my redeemer liveth -
How Lonely Sits the City
Saturday 7th November 2020 at 7.30pm
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow
Dunedin Consort
Nicholas Mulroy, directorAn exploration of themes of isolation, centred on the Lamentations of Orlande de Lassus
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Orlande de Lassus, Hieremiae prophetae lamentationes
William Byrd, Ne irascaris Domine / Civitas sancti tui
James MacMillan, Miserere
Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, Vigil I (new commission)
Cecilia McDowall, I know that my redeemer liveth -
How Lonely Sits the City
Thursday 5th November 2020 at 7.30pm
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort
Nicholas Mulroy, directorAn exploration of themes of isolation, centred on the Lamentations of Orlande de Lassus
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Orlande de Lassus, Hieremiae prophetae lamentationes
William Byrd, Ne irascaris Domine / Civitas sancti tui
James MacMillan, Miserere
Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, Vigil I (new commission)
Cecilia McDowall, I know that my redeemer liveth -
How Lonely Sits the City
Wednesday 4th November 2020 at 7.30pm
Inverness Cathedral
Dunedin Consort
Nicholas Mulroy, directorAn exploration of themes of isolation, centred on the Lamentations of Orlande de Lassus
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Orlande de Lassus, Hieremiae prophetae lamentationes
William Byrd, Ne irascaris Domine / Civitas sancti tui
James MacMillan, Miserere
Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade, Vigil I (new commission)
Cecilia McDowall, I know that my redeemer liveth -
"O Magnum Mysterium" at Zwischentöne Kammermusik Festival, Engelberg
Sunday 25th October 2020 at 4.00pm
Klosterkirche, Engelberg, Switzerland
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorA capella vocal works on the theme of the mystery of the incarnation
The culmination of The Marian Consort's residency at the Zwischentöne festival.
Peter Maxwell Davies, O Magnum Mysterium
Thomas Tallis, Videte Miraculum
William Byrd, O Magnum Mysterium
Congaudeat turba from Engelberg Codex 314
Francis Poulenc, O Magnum Mysterium
Alfonso Ferrabosco the Elder, Mirabile Mysterium
Cecilia McDowall, Alma Redemptoris Mater
Surge radix jesse from Engelberg Codex 314
Tomás Luis de Victoria, O Magnum Mysterium
James MacMillan, Ave Maris Stella
Procedentem sponsum de thalamo from Engelberg Codex 314
Pierre Villette, O Magnum Mysterium
Nicholas Ludford, 'Agnus Dei' from Missa Videte Miraculum
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director -
"Hay que caminar" at Zwischentöne Kammermusik Festival, Engelberg
Saturday 24th October 2020 at 5.00pm
Kursaal, Engelberg, Switzerland
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorThe Marian Consort contribute to a mixed chamber music programme
Part of The Marian Consort's residency at the Zwischentöne festival.
Johann Sebastian Bach, 'Sinfonia' and 'Allemande' from Partita No. 2 in C minor BWV 826
György Kurtág, Aus der Ferne III
Hodie progreditur from Engelberg Codex 314
Carlo Gesualdo, Vinea mea electa
Luigi Nono, "Hay que caminar" soñando
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Passacaglia from Mystery Sonatas (Rosary Sonatas)
György Kurtág, Ligatura op. 31b
Françoise Couperin, Les Ombres Errantes
Marianna Shirinyan, piano
The Merel Quartet
The Marian Consort
Tobias Feldmann, violin
Mary Ellen Woodside, violin
Eduoard Mätzener, violin
Nevena Tochev, violin
Rafael Catalá, cello
Rafael Rosenfeld, cello
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"Confession" at Zwischentöne Kammermusik Festival, Engelberg
Friday 23rd October 2020 at 8.00pm
Kursaal, Engelberg, Switzerland
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorThe Marian Consort contribute to a mixed chamber music programme
Part of The Marian Consort's residency at the Zwischentöne festival.
Recorded for broadcast by SRF2.Arvo Pärt, Morning Star
Ludwig van Beethoven, Cello Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102 No. 1
Arvo Pärt, Fratres
Gustav Mahler, Piano Quartet in A minor
Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95
The Marian Consort
Marianna Shirinyan, piano
Rafael Rosenfeld, cello
Tobias Feldmann, violin
Nevena Tochev, violin
Alessandro D'Amico, viola
The Merel Quartet -
"Mirabile Mysterium" at Zwischentöne Kammermusik Festival, Engelberg
Friday 23rd October 2020 at 6.00pm
Kursaal, Engelberg, Switzerland
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorWorks by Handl, Gesualdo, Maillard and Clements non Papa, and excerpts from the Engelberg Codex 314, as part of a mixed chamber music programme
Part of The Marian Consort's residency at the Zwischentöne festival.
Recorded for broadcast by SRF2.Jacob Handl, Mirabile Misterium
Salve Regina / O flos virginitatis from Engelberg Codex 314
Carlo Gesualdo, Ave dulcissima Maria
Morton Feldman, Vertical Thoughts 2
Ernest Bloch, Méditation Hébraïque
Jean Maillard, Gaudent in caelis
Haec est turris from Engelberg Codex 314
Jacob Clemens non Papa, Ego flos campi
Tōru Takemitsu, Rain Tree Sketch I
Claude Debussy, Violin Sonata in G minor
The Marian Consort
Nevena Tochev, violin
Marian Rosenfeld, piano
Rafael Catalá, cello
Marianna Shirinyan, piano
Tobias Feldmann, violin -
Abschlusskonzert - Edelsteine at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest
Sunday 11th October 2020 at 5.00pm
St. Marienkirche, Weißenfels
Akadêmia
Françoise Lassèrre, directorMarc-Antoine Charpentier: Le Reniement de Saint Pierre H 424
Johann Schop, Lacrimae Pavan
Heinrich Schütz, Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz SWV 478
Claudio Monteverdi: Pianto della Madonna
Heinrich Schütz: Ich weiß, daß mein Erlöser lebt SWV 393Part of Akadêmia's residency at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2020.
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Festkonzert - Abendmusiken at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest
Saturday 10th October 2020 at 7.00pm
Dom St. Peter und Paul, Zeitz
Akadêmia
Françoise Lassèrre, directorSacred works by Schütz, Buxtehude, Bruhns, Pfleger, Schop, Tunder and Meder
Part of Akadêmia's residency at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2020
Dietrich Buxtehude: Jesu, meines Lebens Leben BuxWV 62
Heinrich Schütz:
Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott SWV 447
O süsser, o freundlicher, o gütiger Herr Jesu Christe SWV 285
Augustin Pfleger: Ach, daß ich Wassers genug hätte (Jesus)
Johann Schop: Nasce la pena mia
Nicolaus Bruhns: De profundis clamavi (soloist)
Franz Tunder: Ach Herr, laß deine lieben Engelein
Johann Valentin Meder: Unser keiner lebt ihm selber -
Festkonzert Triptychon II & III at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest
Sunday 4th October 2020 at 5.00pm
St. Salvatorkirche, Gera
Akadêmia
Françoise Lassèrre, directorHeinrich Schütz:
Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz SWV 478 (Jesus)
Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi SWV 50 (Jesus)Part of Akadêmia's residency at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2020
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Festkonzert Triptychon I: Die Geburt eines Menschen at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest
Saturday 3rd October 2020 at 8.00pm
St. Marienkirche, Weißenfels
Akadêmia
Françoise Lassèrre, directorGiovanni Gabrieli: Canzon à 10
Heinrich Schütz:
Tröstet mein Volk SWV 382
O lieber Herre Gott SWV 381
Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi (Weihnachtshistorie) SWV 435Part of Akadêmia's residency at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2020
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Eröffnungskonzert - Triptychon II & III at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest
Friday 2nd October 2020 at 9.15pm
Kreuzkirche, Dresden
Akadêmia
Françoise Lassèrre, directorHeinrich Schütz:
Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz SWV 478 (Jesus)
Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi SWV 50 (Jesus)Part of Akadêmia's residency at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2020.
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Eröffnungskonzert - Triptychon I at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest
Friday 2nd October 2020 at 7.30pm
Kreuzkirche, Dresden
Akadêmia
Françoise Lassèrre, directorHeinrich Schütz: Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi (Weihnachtshistorie) SWV 435
Part of Akadêmia's residency at Heinrich Schütz Musikfest 2020.
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Candlelight Concert at the Hexham Abbey Festival
Thursday 17th September 2020 at 7.45pm
Hexham Abbey, Northumberland
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorMusic for the Queen of Heaven: contemporary Marian motets
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
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Carmen
Saturday 12th September 2020
Fingest Great Barn, near Henley-on-Thames
Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical directorGeorges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Carmen: Catherine Lafont
Don José: Adam Gilbert
Escamillo: Kyu Choi
Micaëla: Lucy Hall
Frasquita: Faustine de Monès
Mercedes: Katherine Aitken
Le Dancaïre: Meilir Jones
Remendado: Ashley Catling
Morales: Jon Stainsby
Zuniga: David Stephenson -
Carmen
Wednesday 9th September 2020
The Great Conservatory, Syon Park, London
Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical directorGeorges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Carmen: Catherine Lafont
Don José: Adam Gilbert
Escamillo: Kyu Choi
Micaëla: Lucy Hall
Frasquita: Faustine de Monès
Mercedes: Katherine Aitken
Le Dancaïre: Meilir Jones
Remendado: Ashley Catling
Morales: Jon Stainsby
Zuniga: David Stephenson -
dans un train / wagon zac
7th-11th September 2020
Théâtre Garonne (Scène Européenne), Toulouse
Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancer
Jim Clayburgh, lighting design
In association with Ballets Confidentiels and Corps à Sons ThéâtreResearch and development residency for a new music/theatre piece inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs. We will be joined by the distinguished French director Jean-François Sivadier.
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Heinrich Schütz Triptych at Festival de La Chaise Dieu
Thursday 27th August 2020 at 9.00pm
Abbaye de La Chaise Dieu, France
Akadêmia
Françoise Lassèrre, directorHeinrich Schütz:
Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi
Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz
Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
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Carmen
Monday 17th August 2020
Domaine des Vaux, Jersey, Channel Islands
Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical directorGeoges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Carmen: Catherine Lafont
Don José: Adam Gilbert
Escamillo: Kyu Choi
Micaëla: Lucy Hall
Frasquita: Faustine de Monès
Mercedes: Katherine Aitken
Le Dancaïre: Meilir Jones
Remendado: Ashley Catling
Morales: Jon Stainsby
Zuniga: David Stephenson -
Carmen
Thursday 13th August 2020
Les Musicales de Cormeilles, France
Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical directorGeorges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Carmen: Catherine Lafont
Don José: Adam Gilbert
Escamillo: Kyu Choi
Micaëla: Lucy Hall
Frasquita: Faustine de Monès
Mercedes: Katherine Aitken
Le Dancaïre: Meilir Jones
Remendado: Ashley Catling
Morales: Jon Stainsby
Zuniga: David Stephenson -
Carmen
Friday 7th and Sunday 9th August 2020
Festival de la Vézère, near Brive la Gaillarde, France
Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical directorGeorges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Carmen: Catherine Lafont
Don José: Adam Gilbert
Escamillo: Kyu Choi
Micaëla: Lucy Hall
Frasquita: Faustine de Monès
Mercedes: Katherine Aitken
Le Dancaïre: Meilir Jones
Remendado: Ashley Catling
Morales: Jon Stainsby
Zuniga: David Stephenson -
Carmen
Wednesday 5th August 2020
Nuits Musicales en Vendée Romane, France
Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical directorGeorges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Carmen: Catherine Lafont
Don José: Adam Gilbert
Escamillo: Kyu Choi
Micaëla: Lucy Hall
Frasquita: Faustine de Monès
Mercedes: Katherine Aitken
Le Dancaïre: Meilir Jones
Remendado: Ashley Catling
Morales: Jon Stainsby
Zuniga: David Stephenson -
Carmen
Friday 24th July 2020
Holkham Hall, Norfolk
Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical directorGeorges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Carmen: Catherine Lafont
Don José: Adam Gilbert
Escamillo: Kyu Choi
Micaëla: Lucy Hall
Frasquita: Faustine de Monès
Mercedes: Katherine Aitken
Le Dancaïre: Meilir Jones
Remendado: Ashley Catling
Morales: Jon Stainsby
Zuniga: David Stephenson -
Man of Bruges at Sastamala Gregoriana
Tuesday 21st July 2020 at 7.00pm
St Mary's Church, Sastamala, Finland
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorWorks by Jacobus Clemens non Papa
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
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Carmen
Saturday 27th June 2020
Flâneries Musicales de Reims, France
Diva Opera
Cameron Menzies, director
Bryan Evans, musical directorGeorges Bizet, Carmen (Morales)
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Carmen: Catherine Lafont
Don José: Adam Gilbert
Escamillo: Kyu Choi
Micaëla: Lucy Hall
Frasquita: Faustine de Monès
Mercedes: Katherine Aitken
Le Dancaïre: Meilir Jones
Remendado: Ashley Catling
Morales: Jon Stainsby
Zuniga: David Stephenson -
Mit Psalmen und Harfen at Bachfest Leipzig
Sunday 14th June 2020 at 5.00pm
Thomaskirche, Leipzig
Akadêmia
Françoise Lassèrre, directorSacred works by Bruhns, Buxtehude, Weckmann and J.S. Bach
(bass soloist and consort)*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Nicolaus Bruhns, Praeludium in E minor
Matthias Weckmann, Weine nicht, es hat überwunden
Dieterich Buxtehude, Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab BuxWV 38
J.S. Bach, Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich BWV 150
Nicolaus Bruhns, De profundis clamavi
J.S. Bach, Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir BWV 131
Eugénie Warnier, soprano
Mélodie Ruvio, mezzo-soprano
Johannes Weiss, tenor
Jon Stainsby, bass
Daniel Beilschmidt, organ
Akadêmia
Françoise Lassère, director -
St Matthew Passion
Sunday 12th April 2020 at 3.00pm
Snape Maltings
Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia VoicesJ.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Nicholas Mulroy, Evangelist
Roderick Williams, Christus
Anna Dennis, soprano
Tim Mead, counter-tenor
Eamonn Dougan, Britten Sinfonia Voices director
Jacqueline Shave, leader/director -
St Matthew Passion
Friday 10th April 2020 at 6.00pm
Barbican Hall, London
Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia VoicesJ.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Nicholas Mulroy, Evangelist
Roderick Williams, Christus
Anna Dennis, soprano
Tim Mead, counter-tenor
Eamonn Dougan, Britten Sinfonia Voices director
Jacqueline Shave, leader/director -
St Matthew Passion
Thursday 9th April 2020 at 7.00pm
St Andrew's Hall, Norwich
Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia VoicesJ.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Nicholas Mulroy, Evangelist
Roderick Williams, Christus
Anna Dennis, soprano
Tim Mead, counter-tenor
Eamonn Dougan, Britten Sinfonia Voices director
Jacqueline Shave, leader/director -
St John Passion
Saturday 4th April 2020 at 7.30pm
Church of St John the Baptist, Burford, Oxfordshire
Burford Singers
Brian Kay, conductorJ.S. Bach, St John Passion (Christus)
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Benedict Hymas, Evangelist
Jon Stainsby, Christus
Frederick Long, Pilatus and Bass arias
Alison Rose, soprano
James Neville, counter-tenor
Laurence Kilsby, tenor -
Seven Last Words from the Cross
Tuesday 31st March 2020 at 7.30pm
Milton Court, London
Dunedin Consort
The Scottish Ensemble
John Butt, directorJacobus Gallus, Ecce quomodo moritur
Erkki-Sven Tüür, L’ombra della croce
Carlo Gesualdo, O crux benedicta
James MacMillan, For Sonny
Jacobus Gallus, Filiae Jerusalem
Arvo Pärt, Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
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Seven Last Words from the Cross
Sunday 29th March 2020 at 8.00pm
The V&A Museum, Dundee
Dunedin Consort
The Scottish Ensemble
John Butt, directorCarlo Gesualdo, O crux benedicta
Erkki-Sven Tüür, L’ombra della croce
James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
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Seven Last Words from the Cross
Saturday 28th March 2020 at 7.30pm
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
Dunedin Consort
The Scottish Ensemble
John Butt, directorCarlo Gesualdo, O crux benedicta
Erkki-Sven Tüür, L’ombra della croce
James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
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Seven Last Words from the Cross
Friday 27th March 2020 at 8.00pm
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort
The Scottish Ensemble
John Butt, directorCarlo Gesualdo, O crux benedicta
Erkki-Sven Tüür, L’ombra della croce
James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
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Seven Last Words from the Cross
Thursday 26th March 2020 at 8.00pm
Inverness Cathedral, Inverness
Dunedin Consort
The Scottish Ensemble
John Butt, directorCarlo Gesualdo, O crux benedicta
Erkki-Sven Tüür, L’ombra della croce
James MacMillan, Seven Last Words from the Cross*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
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Musical Seascapes with Nottingham Harmonic Choir
Monday 16th March 2020 at 7.30pm
Albert Hall, Nottingham
Nottingham Harmonic Choir
Orchestra da Camera
Richard Laing, conductorHerbert Howells, Sir Patrick Spens
Charles Villiers Stanford, Songs of the Fleet (baritone soloist)*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Felix Mendelssohn, Overture 'The Hebrides' ('Fingal's Cave)
Hamish MacCunn, The Wreck of the Hesperus
Benjamin Britten, Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Herbert Howells, Sir Patrick Spens
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Beethoven: 1808 Reconstructed
Sunday 15th March 2020 at 2.00pm
Royal Festival Hall, London
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Stephen Fry, speaker
Gerard McBurney, creative directorLudwig van Beethoven, Mass in C Op. 86 and Fantasia in C Minor for piano, chorus and orchestra ("Choral Fantasy"), Op. 80 (chorus)
Full details at the Southbank Centre website.
Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral"), Op. 68
Ah! Perfido, Op. 65
'Gloria' from Mass in C, Op. 86
Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 58
Symphony No. 5, Op. 67
'Sanctus' and 'Benedictus' from Mass in C
Fantasia in G minor for piano, Op. 77
Fantasia in C Minor for piano, chorus and orchestra ("Choral Fantasy"), Op. 80
A reconstruction of Beethoven's famous Vienna concert of December 1808.
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Golda Schultz, soprano
Aoife Miskelly, soprano
Clare Presland, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Jackson, tenor
David Shaw, tenor
Ashley Riches, baritone
Stephen Fry, speaker
Philharmonia Voices
Rodolfus Choir
Gerard McBurney, creative director -
Dixit Dominus in Epsom
Saturday 14th March 2020
St Martin's Church, Epsom, Surrey
Epsom Choral Society
Julian Collings, conductorG.F. Handel, Dixit Dominus (baritone soloist)
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic*
Claudio Monteverdi, Beatus Vir
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater
G.F. Handel, Dixit Dominus
Miranda Heldt and Eleanor Ross, sopranos
Carolyn Holt, mezzo-soprano
Rory Carver, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Epsom Choral Society
English Sinfonietta
Julian Collings, conductor -
Dona Nobis Pacem
Saturday 7th March 2020
Haslemere Hall, Haslemere, Surrey
Haslemere Musical Society Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Janice Watson, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
James Ross, conductorRalph Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem (baritone soloist)
Benjamin Britten, Soirées Musicales
Edward Elgar, Sea Pictures
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem -
dans un train / wagon zac
2nd-5th March 2020
Grand Angle, Voiron, France
Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancer
Jim Clayburgh, lighting design
In association with Ballets Confidentiels and Corps à Sons ThéâtreResearch and development residency for a new music/theatre piece inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.
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Messiah in Arundel
Saturday 21st December 2019 at 7.30pm
St Nicholas’s Church, Arundel, West Sussex
The Hanover Band
Andrew Arthur, directorG.F. Handel, Messiah (consort)
Tickets at the Hanover Band website.
Erica Eloff, soprano
William Towers, counter-tenor
Bradley Smith, tenor
Edward Grint, bass-baritone -
Messiah in Piccadilly
Friday 20th December 2019 at 7.30pm
St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London
Six Centuries Chamber Choir
Linden Baroque
Peter Fender, conductorG.F. Handel, Messiah (baritone soloist)
Helen Semple, soprano
Cathy Bell, mezzo-soprano
John Upperton, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
In Tune Christmas Special
Friday 20th December 2019 at 5.00pm
St George's, Hanover Square, London
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorThe Marian Consort, the English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, Ermonela Jaho, the Consone Quartet and Alexandra Dariescu join Sean Rafferty and Katie Derham for the annual In Tune Christmas Special, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.
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Messiah in Glasgow
Tuesday 17th December 2019 at 7.00pm
St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorG.F. Handel, Messiah
Rachel Redmond, soprano
Jess Dandy, contralto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Roland Wood, baritone -
Children’s Messiah in Glasgow
Tuesday 17th December 2019 at 4.00pm
St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorG.F. Handel, excerpts from Messiah (consort)
An accessible performance for younger listeners.
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Messiah in Edinburgh
Monday 16th December 2019 at 7.00pm
Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorG.F. Handel, Messiah (consort)
Rachel Redmond, soprano
Jess Dandy, contralto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Roland Wood, baritone -
Children’s Messiah in Edinburgh
Monday 16th December 2019 at 4.00pm
Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorG.F. Handel, excerpts from Messiah (consort)
An accessible performance for younger listeners.
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Messiah in Kendal
Saturday 14th December 2019 at 6.30pm
Westmorland Hall, Kendal Leisure Centre, Kendal
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorG.F. Handel, Messiah (consort)
Rachel Redmond, soprano
Jess Dandy, contralto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Roland Wood, baritone -
Messiah in Brighton
Friday 13th December 2019 at 7.30pm
St George’s Church, Kemp Town, Brighton
The Hanover Band
Andrew Arthur, directorG.F. Handel, Messiah (consort)
Tickets at the Hanover Band website.
Erica Eloff, soprano
Timothy Morgan, counter-tenor
Bradley Smith, tenor
Edward Grint, bass-baritone -
In Sorrow’s Footsteps
Saturday 7th December 2019 at 8.30pm
Sacra Capilla de El Salvador, Úbeda, Spain
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorSacred music by Palestrina, Victoria, Allegri, Gabriel Jackson and James MacMillan (consort)
Further details from the Festival de Música Antigua de Úbeda y Baeza.
This concert was recorded for broadcast on 21st November 2020 by Radio Clásica.Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Stabat Mater
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Ave Maria
Gabriel Jackson, Stabat Mater
Gregorio Allegri, Miserere mei, Deus
Rodrigo de Ceballos, O virgo benedicta
Duarte Lobo, Pater peccavi
James MacMillan, Miserere mei, Deus -
B Minor Mass in Moscow
Tuesday 26th November 2019 at 7.00pm
Zaryadye Concert Hall
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (consort and baritone soloist)
Tickets and further details at the Zaryadye Concert Hall website.
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dans un train / wagon zac
25th-29th November 2019
Centre National de la Danse, Paris
Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancer
Jim Clayburgh, lighting design
In association with Ballets Confidentiels and Corps à Sons ThéâtreResearch and development residency for a new music/theatre piece inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs. The week culminates in a private performance for producers and promoters of forthcoming performances.
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Mass in B Minor in Lyon
Saturday 23rd November 2019 at 8.00pm
Chapelle de la Trinité, Lyon
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (consort and baritone soloist)
Tickets and further details via Les Grands Concerts Lyon.
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Mass in B Minor in Paris
Friday 22nd November 2019 at 8.30pm
Eglise Saint-Roch, Paris
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (consort and baritone soloist)
Tickets and further details through Philippe Maillard Productions.
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Mass in B Minor in Brussels
Thursday 21st November 2019 at 8.00pm
Henri Leboeuf Hall, Bozar, Brussels
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (consort and baritone soloist)
Tickets and further details at the Bozar website.
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Welcome to All the Pleasures
Sunday 17th November 2019 at 6.00pm
Philharmonie
CologneFreiburger Barockorchester
Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and directorEnglish works by Handel and Purcell (consort)
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Welcome to All the Pleasures
Friday 15th November 2019 at 8.00pm
Konzerthaus
FreiburgFreiburger Barockorchester
Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and directorEnglish works by Handel and Purcell (consort)
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Welcome to All the Pleasures
Thursday 14th November 2019 at 8.00pm
Philharmonie
BerlinFreiburger Barockorchester
Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and directorEnglish works by Handel and Purcell (consort)
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Welcome to All the Pleasures
Wednesday 13th November 2019 at 8.00pm
Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle
StuttgartFreiburger Barockorchester
Kristian Bezuidenhout, harpsichord and directorEnglish works by Handel and Purcell (consort)
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Der Vampyr
Sunday 3rd November 2019 at 5.00pm
Asylum Chapel, Peckham, London
Gothic Opera
Kelly Lovelady, conductor
Julia Mintzer, directorHeinrich Marschner, Der Vampyr (Lord Davenaut)
Lord Ruthven: Ian Beadle
Malwina: Alice Usher
Sir Edgar Aubrey: Jack Roberts
The Vampire Master: Gráinne Gillis
Emmy: Charlotte Osborn
Sir Humphrey Davenaut: Jon Stainsby
Sir John Berkeley: Richard Moore
Janthe: Béatrice de Larragoïti
George Dibdin: Matthew Clark
Suse: Rosemary Clifford
Tom Blunt: Richard Moore -
Der Vampyr
31st October and 1st November at 7.30pm
The Old Church, Stoke Newington, London
Gothic Opera
Kelly Lovelady, conductor
Julia Mintzer, directorHeinrich Marschner, Der Vampyr (Lord Davenaut)
Lord Ruthven: Ian Beadle
Malwina: Alice Usher
Sir Edgar Aubrey: Sam Smith
The Vampire Master: Gráinne Gillis
Emmy: Charlotte Osborn
Sir Humphrey Davenaut: Jon Stainsby
Sir John Berkeley: Richard Moore
Janthe: Béatrice de Larragoïti
George Dibdin: Matthew Clark
Suse: Rosemary Clifford
Tom Blunt: Richard Moore -
Der Vampyr - concert performance
Sunday 27th October 2019 at 7.30pm
Brompton Cemetery Chapel
Heinrich Marschner, Der Vampyr (Lord Davenaut)
Lord Ruthven: Ian Beadle
Malwina: Milena Knauß
Sir Edgar Aubrey: Jack Roberts
The Vampire Master: Gráinne Gillis
Emmy: Susanna MacRae
Sir Humphrey Davenaut: Jon Stainsby
Janthe: Laura Curry
George Dibdin: Matthew Clark -
Mass in B Minor at Festival de Lanvellac
Sunday 6th October 2019 at 3.00pm
Carré Magique, Pôle National des Arts du Cirque en Bretagne, Lannion, France
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (consort and baritone soloist)
Further details and tickets at the festival website.
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Dussek at the Barbican
Wednesday 2nd October 2019 at 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, London
The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductorJan Ladislav Dussek, Mass in C (choir)
Further details at the Barbican website.
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David et Salomon at Ambronay
Friday 20th September 2019 at 8.30pm
Abbatiale, Ambronay, France
Les Cris de Paris
Geoffroy Jourdain, conductorHeinrich Schütz, selections from Psalmen Davids and Cantiones Sacrae (consort and baritone soloist)
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Mozart Requiem in Cirencester
Saturday 14th September 2019 at 7.30pm
Church of St John the Baptist, Cirencester
Swindon Choral Society
Robin Nelson, conductorW.A. Mozart, Requiem (bass soloist)
Elinor Rolfe Johnson, soprano
Cathy Bell, mezzo-soprano
Peter Kirk, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
Benvenuto Cellini at Versailles
Sunday 8th September 2019 at 3.00pm
Opéra Royal, Versailles
The Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductorHector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini (chorus)
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Benvenuto Cellini at the BBC Proms
Monday 2nd September 2019 at 7.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
The Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductorHector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini (chorus)
Further details at the BBC Proms website.
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Benvenuto Cellini at Musikfest Berlin
Saturday 31st August 2019 at 7.00pm
Philharmonie, Berlin
The Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductorHector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini (chorus)
Further details at the Berliner Festspiel website.
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Benvenuto Cellini at Festival Berlioz 2019
Thursday 29th August 2019 at 8.00pm
Château Louis XI, La Côte-Saint-André, France
The Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductorHector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini (chorus)
Further details at the Festival Berlioz website.
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L'Enfance du Christ at the BBC Proms
Wednesday 14th August 2019 at 7.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Britten Sinfonia Voices
Genesis Sixteen
The Halle Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder, conductorHector Berlioz, L'Enfance du Christ (chorus)
Further information and tickets at the BBC Proms website.
Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano
Allan Clayton, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Neal Davies, bass-baritone -
The Marian Consort in Ávila
Friday 26th July 2019 at 7.00pm
Colegio Mayor Magistral Honcala, Ávila, Spain
Zenobia Música Semana Internacional de Canto 2019
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director -
Singing in Secret: Music from Recusant Renaissance England
Sunday 21st July 2019 at 7.30pm
St Mary's Church, Conwy
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorFurther information at the Conwy Classical Music Festival website.
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Margaret Catchpole: Two Worlds Apart
Friday 5th July 2019 at 7.00pm
Britten Studio, Snape Maltings
Ensemble Perpetuo
Julian Perkins, conductorStephen Dodgson, Margaret Catchpole: Two Worlds Apart (Guard)
Further information at the Snape Maltings website.
Cast includes Kate Howden, Matthew Brook, Richard Edgar-Wilson, Anna Dennis, William Wallace, Nicholas Morris, Alistair Ollerenshaw, Peter Willcock, Diana Moore, Robyn Allegra Parton, Jon Stainsby, Michael Bundy, Leonora Dawson-Bowling, Mark Saberton, Jonathan Hanley
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The Dream of Gerontius
Saturday 22nd June 2019 at 7.00pm
Southwark Cathedral
The Barnes Choir, Epsom Choral Society and The Arcubus Ensemble
Regent Sinfonia
Elgan Llŷr Thomas, tenor
Judy Brown, mezzo-soprano
Julian Collings, conductorEdward Elgar, The Dream of Gerontius (Priest/Angel of the Agony)
Tickets available here.
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Coronation Anthems in Katowice
Friday 21st June 2019 at 7.30pm
Sala Kameralna, NOSPR Concert Hall, Katowice, Poland
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, directorG.F. Handel, Coronation Anthems
Tickets at the NOSPR website.
Georg Friedrich Handel, Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem I), HWV 258
Water Music: Suite No. 2, HWV 349
My Heart is Inditing (Coronation Anthem IV), HWV 261
Let thy Hand be Strengthened (Coronation Anthem II), HWV 259
Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
The King shall Rejoice (Coronation Anthem III), HWV 260
Messiah, HWV 56: Hallelujah; Amen -
Schubert 1828
Monday 17th June 2019 at 7.30pm
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Mark Padmore, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Richard Watkins, horn
Trio Isimsiz
Quatuor Diotima
Chamber Choir of LondonFranz Schubert, String Quartet in G major (1st movement)
Der Kreuzzug
Die Sterne
Fischerweise
Fragment from Aeschylus
Ständchen
Piano Trio in E-flat
Auf dem Strom
Die Allmacht
SchlachtgesangSchubert only once took the financial risk of mounting a concert of his own music, and it was in the last year of his life. Though the press was more interested in Paganini at the time, it sold well, and included two of his greatest masterpieces – the E-flat Piano Trio, ripe with emotional subtleties, and part of the enigmatically nuanced String Quartet in G – plus a fascinating mixture of typically jewel-like songs and unusual but delightful pieces for chorus and piano. This remarkable programme from 1828 is recreated in full.
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Mozart and Michael Haydn at the Pinner Festival
Saturday 15th June 2019 at 7.45pm
Pinner Parish Church
Pinner Festival Choir and Orchestra
David Gould, conductorMichael Haydn, Requiem
W.A. Mozart, Requiem (bass soloist)Tickets at the Pinner Festival website.
Fiona Canfield, soprano
Diana Moore, mezzo-soprano
Anton Rich, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
Beethoven 9 at the Barbican
Sunday 26th May 2019 at 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, London
Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia Voices and the Choir of Royal Holloway
Thomas Adès, conductorLudwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 (chorus)
The conclusion to the Britten Sinfonia's Beethoven Symphony Cycle.
Jennifer France, soprano
Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano
Ed Lyon, tenor
Matthew Rose, bass
Eamonn Dougan, chorus masterThis concert also features a performance of The Eternal Recurrence by Gerald Barry
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Beethoven 9 in Norwich
Saturday 25th May 2019 at 7.30pm
St Andrew's Hall, Norwich
Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia Voices and the Choir of Royal Holloway
Thomas Adès, conductorLudwig van Beeethoven, Symphony No. 9 (chorus)
The conclusion of the Britten Sinfonia's Beethoven symphony cycle
Jennifer France, soprano
Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano
Ed Lyon, tenor
Matthew Rose, bass
Eamonn Dougan, chorus masterThis concert also features a performance of The Eternal Recurrence by Gerald Barry
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dans un train / wagon zac
Sunday 19th May 2019
Saint Aupre, France
Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancerPerformance of this new music/theatre piece, inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.
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B Minor Mass in Leipzig
Saturday 18th May 2019 at 8.00pm
Nikolaikirche, Leipzig
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor
Rachel Redmond, soprano
Ciara Hendrick, mezzo-soprano
Jessica Dandy, contralto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Tomáš Král, bass -
Bach Cantatas
Thursday 16th May 2019 at 7.00pm
Herderkirche, Weimar
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorJ.G. Walther - Organ Chorale Prelude: Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod
J.S. Bach, Himmelskönig, sei wilkommen BWV 182
J.S. Bach, Organ Chorale Prelude BWV 639: Ich ruf zu dir
J.S. Bach, Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis BWV 21Rachel Redmond, soprano
Jessica Dandy, contralto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Tomáš Král, bass -
Bach: The Last Resort
Monday 13th May 2019 at 1.10pm
Perth Concert Hall
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorKuhnau, Gott sei mir Gnädig
J.S. Bach, Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV 22
Graupner, Magnificat
Telemann, Siehe, es hat überwunden die LöweRachel Redmond, soprano
Jessica Dandy, contralto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Tomáš Král, bassBach’s rich musical legacy as we know it today is partly the result of a historical accident. When he applied for the position of Kantor at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche in 1722, Bach was only third choice for the post. Telemann turned the offer down after some deliberation, and Graupner was not released from his post of Kapellmeister in Hesse. ‘Since we cannot get the best, then we will have to settle for average’, the Council concluded, as it handed the title to Bach. Join us as we step back in time and explore the programme that Bach put together for this fateful application, a move that would shape the history of western music for centuries to come.
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Bach: The Last Resort
Sunday 12th May 2019 at 4.00pm
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorKuhnau, Gott sei mir Gnädig
J.S. Bach, Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV 22
Graupner, Magnificat
Telemann, Siehe, es hat überwunden die Löwe
J.S. Bach, Du wahre Gott und Davids Sohn BWV 23Rachel Redmond, soprano
Jessica Dandy, contralto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Tomáš Král, bassBach’s rich musical legacy as we know it today is partly the result of a historical accident. When he applied for the position of Kantor at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche in 1722, Bach was only third choice for the post. Telemann turned the offer down after some deliberation, and Graupner was not released from his post of Kapellmeister in Hesse. ‘Since we cannot get the best, then we will have to settle for average’, the Council concluded, as it handed the title to Bach. Join us as we step back in time and explore the programme that Bach put together for this fateful application, a move that would shape the history of western music for centuries to come.
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Bach: The Last Resort
Saturday 11th May 2019 at 7.00pm
St John's Cathedral, Oban
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorKuhnau, Gott sei mir Gnädig
J.S. Bach, Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV 22
Graupner, Magnificat
Telemann, Siehe, es hat überwunden die Löwe
J.S. Bach, Du wahre Gott und Davids Sohn BWV 23Rachel Redmond, soprano
Jessica Dandy, contralto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Tomáš Král, bassBach’s rich musical legacy as we know it today is partly the result of a historical accident. When he applied for the position of Kantor at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche in 1722, Bach was only third choice for the post. Telemann turned the offer down after some deliberation, and Graupner was not released from his post of Kapellmeister in Hesse. ‘Since we cannot get the best, then we will have to settle for average’, the Council concluded, as it handed the title to Bach. Join us as we step back in time and explore the programme that Bach put together for this fateful application, a move that would shape the history of western music for centuries to come.
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dans un train / wagon zac
Friday 26th April 2019 at 7.30pm
Le Regard du Cygne, Paris
Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancerWork-in-progress private performance for sponsors of this new music/theatre piece, inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.
More details of the project, and an opportunity to support this project, at our crowdfunding page.
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Brockes Passion
Friday 19th April 2019 at 3.00pm
Barbican Hall, London
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, directorG.F. Handel, Brockes-Passion (consort)
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St John Passion
Saturday 13th April 2019 at 7.45pm
St Mark's Church, Bromley
The Allegri Singers
Stephen Anthony Brown, Evangelist and conductorJ.S. Bach, St John Passion (Christus)
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A Sheen of Dew on Flowers
Thursday 11th April 2019 at 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, London
Britten Sinfonia
Britten Sinfonia Voices
Natalie Murray Beale, conductorJoby Talbot, A Sheen of Dew on Flowers (première)
A new work commissioned by Independent Opera. For further information, see the Independent Opera website.
Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano
Tobias Greenhaulgh, baritone
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Rossini Petite Messe in Teddington
Saturday 6th April 2019 at 7.30pm
All Saints Parish Church, Kingston upon Thames
Teddington Choral Society
Julian Collings, conductorGioachino Rossini, Petite Messe Solenelle (baritone soloist)
Joanna Marie Skillet, soprano
Judy Brown, mezzo-soprano
John Findon, tenor
Phil Culling, piano
Benedict Lewis-Smith, harmonium -
Schütz in Monte-Carlo
Friday 5th April 2019 at 8.30pm
Église Saint-Charles, Monte-Carlo
Festival Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo
Les Cris de Paris
Geoffroy Jourdain, directorHeinrich Schütz, David and Solomon (created from the Psalmen Davids)
For further information and tickets, see the festival website.
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B Minor Mass in Oslo
Sunday 31st March 2019 at 7.30pm
Oslo Cathedral, Norway
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (consort)
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Brahms and Dvořák in Marlborough
Saturday 16th March 2019 at 7.30pm
Marlborough College Chapel, Wiltshire
Swindon Choral Society
Leigh Michelow, soprano
Robin Nelson, conductorAntonín Dvořák, Te Deum Op. 103
Johannes Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45 (baritone soloist) -
Creation in Haslemere
Saturday 2nd March 2019 at 7.30pm
Haslemere Hall, Haslemere, Surrey
Haslemere Musical Society
Dr James Ross, conductorJoseph Haydn, The Creation (Raphael/Adam)
Susan Young, soprano
Philip O'Brien, tenor -
Così fan tutte (jump in!)
Saturday 16th February 2019 at 7.30pm
Performing Arts Centre, Pipers Corner School
Chiltern Arts Festival/Ryedale Festival Opera
Nina Brazier, director
Eamonn Dougan, conductorW.A. Mozart, Così fan tutte (Don Alfonso), in a new English translation by John Warrack
Clare Tunney, Fiordiligi
Felicity Turner, Dorabella
Kieran Carrel, Ferrando
Michael Vickers, Guglielmo
Jessica Cale, Despina
Jon Stainsby, Don Alfonso -
Messiah in Glasgow
Thursday 20th December 2018
City Halls, Glasgow
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah (consort)
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Messiah in Edinburgh
Wednesday 19th December 2018
Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah (consort)
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Messiah in Perth
Tuesday 18th December 2018
Perth Concert Hall
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah (consort)
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Concert with Tring Choral Society
Saturday 15th December 2018 at 7.30pm
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Tring, Herts
Tring Choral Society
Chiltern Orchestral Society
Colin Stevens, conductorMarc-Antoine Charpentier, Te Deum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mass in C minor
(baritone soloist)Augusta Hebbert, soprano
Lucy Goddard, mezzo-soprano
Ruari Bowen, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone
The programme also features a performance by Colin Stevens of Denis Bédard's work for solo organ, Variations on "In dulci jubilo" -
Christmas Oratorio
Friday 14th December 2018
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
The Marian Consort
Ludus Baroque
Richard Neville-Towle, conductorJ.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium (baritone soloist and consort)
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Handel in Italy
Saturday 8th December 2018 at 8.00pm
Royal Chapel, Palace of Versailles
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorG.F. Handel, Nisi Dominus, Dixit Dominus, Ode for St Caecilia's Day
(consort and baritone soloist)Ticketing details at the Palace of Versailles website.
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A Very English Christmas
Thursday 6th December 2018
Church of St Mary Magdalen, Oxford
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorMusic for the Christmas season by Lassus, Tallis, Ferrabosco, Tye, Sheppard, Byrd and Ludford (consort)
Tickets available through the Oxford Playhouse box office.
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A Very English Christmas
Tuesday 4th December 2018 at 7.30pm
Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, directorMusic for the Christmas season by Lassus, Tallis, Ferrabosco, Tye, Sheppard, Byrd and Ludford (consort)
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Christmas Oratorio
Sunday 2nd December 2018 at 7.00pm
Christ's Chapel, Dulwich
Dulwich Chamber Choir
English Heritage Chamber Orchestra
Richard Mayo, conductorJ.S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio Parts I, II and III (Baritone soloist)
Nicola Corbishley, soprano
Rachel Porter and Karen O'Keeffe, mezzo-sopranos
Edward Saklatvala, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
The Golden Age
Saturday 1st December 2018 at 7.30pm
Dunkeld Cathedral
Dunedin Consort
Ben Parry, directorChoral works by Victoria, Guerrero, Peebles, Johnson, Macmillan and Lauridsen (consort)
Further information at the Dunedin Consort website.
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Missa O Magnum Misterium
David Peebles, Si quis diligit me
Robert Johnson, Ave Dei patris filia
James Macmillan, selections from Strathclyde Motets
Morten Lauridsen, O Magnum Mysterium -
The Golden Age
Friday 30th November 2018 at 7.30pm
Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort
Ben Parry, directorChoral works by Victoria, Guerrero, Peebles, Johnson, Macmillan and Lauridsen (consort)
Further information at the Dunedin Consort website.
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Missa O Magnum Misterium
David Peebles, Si quis diligit me
Robert Johnson, Ave Dei patris filia
James Macmillan, selections from Strathclyde Motets
Morten Lauridsen, O Magnum Mysterium -
The Golden Age
Thursday 29th November 2018 at 7.30pm
Inverness Cathedral
Dunedin Consort
Ben Parry, directorChoral works by Victoria, Guerrero, Peebles, Johnson, Macmillan and Lauridsen (consort)
Further information at the Dunedin Consort website.
Tomás Luis de Victoria, Missa O Magnum Misterium
David Peebles, Si quis diligit me
Robert Johnson, Ave Dei patris filia
James Macmillan, selections from Strathclyde Motets
Morten Lauridsen, O Magnum Mysterium -
Brahms Requiem
Saturday 17th November 2018 at 7.30pm
St Martin's Parish Church, Epsom
Epsom Choral Society
The Regent Chamber Ensemble
Julian Collings, conductor
Nina Kanter, sopranoJohannes Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem (baritone soloist)
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Art Sung: Alma Mahler at the London Song Festival
Wednesday 14th November 2018 at 7.00pm
Hinde Street Methodist Church, London
Lorena Paz Nieto, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Sandy Walsh, actress
Elizabeth Mucha, pianoA dramatised recital telling the story of Alma Mahler through her songs and those of Gustav Mahler, Zemlinsky, Wagner, Schumann and Beethoven
Booking details at the London Song Festival website.
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Remembrance Sunday Concert
Sunday 11th November 2018 at 3.00pm
Milton Court, London
BBC Singers
Psappha
Sofi Jeannin, conductorBob Chilcott, Move him into the sun
Roderick Williams, World Without End (Von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit)Further details and tickets at the Barbican website.
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dans un train / wagon zac
Wednesday 31st October 2018 at 8.00pm
Salle du Tilleul, Saint Aupre, France
Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancerWork-in-progress performance of this new music/theatre piece, developed over the preceding week, inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.
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dans un train / wagon zac
27th-31st October 2018
Saint Aupre, France
Eléonore Lemaire, soprano/artistic concept
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Fabien Brandel, lute
Vincent Leterme, piano
Richard Dubelski, percussion/voice
Johanne Saunier, choreographer/dancerResearch and development residency for a new music/theatre piece inspired by a scene from Alexander Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, featuring Russian romantic songs for soprano and piano and English lute songs.
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Coffee Cantata
Sunday 21st October 2018 at 11.15am
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
The Adderbury Ensemble
Charmian Bedford, Liesgen
Jon Stainsby, Schendrian
Christopher Bucknall, director/harpsichordJ.S. Bach, "Coffee Cantata" BWV 211
Programme also includes Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, BWV 1050
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Haydn and Goodall in Malmesbury
Saturday 13th October 2018 at 7.30pm
Malmesbury Abbey
Swindon Choral Society
Robin Nelson, directorJoseph Haydn, Missa in tempore bello
Howard Goodall, Eternal Light: a Requiem
(baritone soloist)Augusta Hebbert, soprano
Cathy Bell, mezzo-soprano
Nathan Vale, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
Mass in B Minor
Wednesday 10th October 2018 at 8.00pm
Église St Jacques, Reims
Ensemble Akadêmia
Françoise Lassere, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (baritone soloist and consort)
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Mass in B Minor
Tuesday 9th October 2018 at 8.30pm
Eglise Saint-Roch, Paris
Ensemble Akadêmia
Françoise Lassere, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (baritone soloist and consort)
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Dido: A Funeral for the Queen of Carthage
Tuesday 2nd October 2018 at 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, London
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, musical director
Thomas Guthrie, directorHenry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas and other works (consort)
Dido: Caitlin Hulcup
Aeneas: Ashley Riches
Belinda: Rowan Pierce
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Mass in B Minor in Tournai
Saturday 15th September 2018 at 8.00pm
Cathédrale de Tournai
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (baritone soloist and consort)
Further details and tickets at musiCA Tournai website.
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Mass in B Minor at Musikfest Bremen
Friday 14th September 2018 at 7.00pm
Kirche St. Vitus, Löningen
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (baritone soloist and consort)
Full details and tickets at Musikfest Bremen website.
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Mass in B Minor at the Chaise Dieu Festival du Musique
22nd August at 9.00pm; 23rd August at 2.30pm
Abbatiale Saint Robert, Chaise Dieu
Ensemble Akadêmia
Françoise Lassere, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (baritone soloist and consort)
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Samson at the Edinburgh International Festival
Monday 13th August 2018 at 6.00pm
Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorG.F. Handel, Samson (consort)
Full details and tickets at the EIF website.
Samson: Paul Appleby
Dalila: Sophie Bevan
Micah: Alice Coote
Manoah: Matthew Brook
Harapha: David Soar
An Israelite/Philistine Woman: Louise Alder -
An English Coronation
Monday 23rd July 2018 at 7.30pm
Ely Cathedral
Gabrieli Consort/Gabrieli ROAR
Paul McCreesh, directorFurther details at the Gabrieli website.
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Bach Cantatas with Linden Baroque
Sunday 22nd July 2018
Hampstead
Linden Baroque
Ashley Solomon, directorJ.S. Bach, Cantatas BWV 151 and 123 (baritone soloist and consort)
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Bach Masses at the Festival de Saintes
Saturday 21st July 2018 at 1.30pm
Abbaye aux Dames, Saintes
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorJ.S. Bach, Missa brevis in A major, BWV 234,
and Missa brevis in G major, BWV 235
(baritone soloist and consort)Details and tickets at the Abbaye aux Dames website.
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Bach Magnificat, Nuits Musicales Uzès
Thursday 19th July 2018 at 9.30pm
Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit, Uzès
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorJ.S. Bach, Magnificat and Mass in G major (baritone soloist and consort)
Details and tickets at the Nuits Musicales Uzès website.
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Handel in Rome, Nuits Musicales Uzès
Wednesday 18th July 2018 at 9.30pm
Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit, Uzès
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorG.F. Handel: Dixit Dominus and Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
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Songs of the Fleet
Saturday 30th June 2018 at 7.30pm
St John's Church, Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City Orchestra and Chorus
James Ross, conductorCharles Villiers Stanford, Songs of the Fleet (baritone soloist)
Shostakovich, Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Themes
Armstrong Gibbs, Slow Waltz: Dusk
Stanford, Songs of the Fleet
Quilter, Non nobis Domine
Wagner, Excerpts from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg -
Gurrelieder
Thursday 28th June 2018 at 9.00pm
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductorArnold Schoenberg, Gurrelieder (chorus)
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Gurrelieder
Tuesday 26th June 2018 at 8.30pm
St Denis Basilica, Paris
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductorArnold Schoenberg, Gurrelieder (chorus)
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Art Sung: Alma Mahler
Saturday 23rd June 2018 at 7.30pm
Church of St John the Baptist, Catford
Alexandra Weaver, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Sandy Walsh, actress
Elizabeth Mucha, pianoA dramatised recital telling the story of Alma Mahler through her songs and those of Gustav Mahler, Zemlinsky, Wagner, Schumann and Beethoven
Production details at the Art Sung website.
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Mass in B Minor
Thursday 21st June 2018 at 7.30pm
Wigmore Hall
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (consort)
Details and tickets at the Wigmore Hall website.
Anna Dennis, soprano
Jessica Dandy, contralto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Matthias Helm, baritone -
Mass in B Minor
Wednesday 20th June 2018 at 7.30pm
Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor (consort)
Tickets and further details at the Queen's Hall website.
Anna Dennis, soprano
Jessica Dandy, contralto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Matthias Helm, baritone -
Gallipoli to the Somme
Wednesday 13th June 2018 at 7.30pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
Anna Leese, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
City Choir Dunedin
The Parliament Choir
Southbank Sinfonia
Simon Over, conductorAnthony Ritchie, Gallipoli to the Somme
Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending
Jessie Montgomery, Banner
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Anthony Ritchie, Gallipoli to the Somme
Allegri Quartet
Annabel Drummond, violin -
Belshazzar
Saturday 9th June 2018 at 7.45pm
Pinner Parish Church
Pinner Festival Choir and Orchestra
David Gould, conductorG.F. Handel, Belshazzar (Gobrias)
Details and tickets at the Pinner Festival website.
Philippa Boyle, soprano
Diana Moore, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Collins, counter-tenor
Julian Stocker, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
Gallipoli to the Somme
Saturday 2nd June 2018 at 7.30pm
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Anna Leese, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
City Choir Dunedin
The Parliament Choir
Southbank Sinfonia
Simon Over, conductorAnthony Ritchie, Gallipoli to the Somme (UK première)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending
Augusta Holmès, La nuit et l'amour
Maurice Ravel, Le tombeau de Couperin
Anthony Ritchie, Gallipoli to the Somme
Annabel Drummond, violin -
Voices of Revolution
Sunday 20th May 2018 at 7.30pm
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Students from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
David Butt Philip, tenor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductorSergei Prokofiev, Seven, they are Seven and Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution
Programme also includes Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 (Pekka Kuusisto, violin)
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Art Sung: Alma Mahler
17th and 18th May 2018 at 7.30pm
St Mary's Church, Putney
Alexandra Weaver, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Sandy Walsh, actress
Elizabeth Mucha, pianoA dramatised recital telling the story of Alma Mahler through her songs and those of Gustav Mahler, Zemlinsky, Wagner, Schumann and Beethoven
Production details at the Art Sung website.
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Unsuk Chin European Première: The Song of the Children of the Stars
Sunday 15th April 2018 at 7.30pm
Royal Festival Hall, London
Philharmonia Voices
Trinity Boys Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductorUnsuk Chin, Le chant des enfants des étoiles (choir)
Details at the Southbank Centre website.
Biber, Battalia à 10 in D
Beethoven, Symphony No. 2
Unsuk Chin, Le chant des enfants des étoiles -
St John Passion with the AAM
Friday 30th March 2018 at 3.00pm
Barbican Hall, London
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Riccardo Minasi, conductorJ.S. Bach, St John Passion (consort)
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Easter Voices: Mozart and Stravinsky Choral Works
Wednesday 28th March 2018 at 7.30pm
Milton Court, London
Britten Sinfonia Voices
Britten Sinfonia
Eamonn Dougan, conductorW.A. Mozart, Missa brevis K.192
Igor Stravinsky, Pater Noster, Ave Maria, Mass
and works by Gesualdo and Gabrieli (consort)Further details at the Britten Sinfonia website.
Andrea Gabrieli, Maria stabat ad monumentum
Stravinsky, Fanfare for a New Theatre
Mozart, Missa Brevis in F K.192
Stravinsky, Pater Noster, Ave Maria
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Concert etude for solo horn
Bruckner, Aequale No. 1 for three trombones
Gesualdo, two movements from Tenebrae Responsories for Good Friday
Stravinsky, Mass -
St John Passion
Sunday 18th March 2018 at 7.30pm
St Paul's Church, Covent Garden
Six Centuries Chamber Choir
South London Sinfonietta
Peter Fender, conductorJ.S. Bach, St John Passion (baritone soloist)
Benjamin Vonberg-Clark, Evangelist
Philip Wilcox, Christus
Helen Semple, soprano
Carris Jones, alto
John Upperton, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
The Flying Dutchman
10th March at 6pm; 12th, 14th and 16th March at 7pm
Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway
Bergen Nasjonale Opera
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edvard Grieg Kor
John Ramster, director
Eun Sun Kim, conductorRichard Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (chorus)
Full details at the BNO website.
The Dutchman: Iain Paterson
Senta: Elisabeth Teige
Daland: Eric F. Halfvarson
Erik: Sergey Skorokhodov
Mary: Tuija Knihtilä
Steersman: Bror Magnus Tødenes -
Venus and Adonis in Krakow
Tuesday 13th February 2018 at 7.00pm
Juliusz Słowacki Theatre, Krakow, Poland
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, musical director
Thomas Guthrie, stage directorJohn Blow, Venus and Adonis
Henry Purcell, The Fairy Queen (excerpts) (Shepherd and consort)Venus: Mhairi Lawson
Adonis: Edward Grint
Cupid: Emilie Renard -
King Arthur
Saturday 10th February 2018 at 8.15pm
TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, musical director
Simon Robson, narratorHenry Purcell, King Arthur (consort and baritone soloist: Grimbald, Aeolus, He)
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King Arthur
Friday 9th February 2018 at 9.00pm
AMUZ Augustinus Muziekcentrum, Antwerp
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, musical director
Simon Robson, narratorHenry Purcell, King Arthur (consort and baritone soloist: Grimbald, Aeolus, He)
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King Arthur recording with Vox Luminis
22nd-27th January 2018
AMUZ Augustinus Muziekcentrum, Antwerp
Vox Luminis
Lionel Meunier, directorHenry Purcell, King Arthur (consort and language coach)
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Goyescas
Friday 19th January 2018 at 7.30pm
Barbican Concert Hall, London
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Josep Pons, conductorEnrique Granados, Goyescas (chorus)
Further information and tickets at the Barbican website.
María Toledo, Flamenco Singer
Nancy Fabiola Herrera, Rosario
Gustavo Peña, Fernando
Lidia Vinyes Curtis, Pepa
José Antonio López, Paquiro
Programme also includes Manuel de Falla, El Amor Brujo (original 1915 version) -
Messiah
Wednesday 20th December 2017 at 7.00pm
Barbican Concert Hall, London
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, directorG.F. Handel, Messiah (consort)
Tickets available here.
Mary Bevan, soprano
Reginald Mobley, counter-tenor
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Christopher Purves, bass-baritone -
Christmas Oratorio
Saturday 16th December 2017 at 7.30pm
Wigmore Hall, London
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorJ.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium Cantatas 1, 4, 5 & 6 (consort)
Tickets available here.
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Christmas Oratorio
Friday 15th December 2017 at 7.00pm
Perth Concert Hall, Perth, Scotland
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorJ.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium Cantatas 1, 4, 5 & 6 (consort)
Tickets available here.
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A Very English Christmas
Sunday 10th December 2017 at 3.00pm
Music on the Quantocks
The Marian Consort
Rory McCleery, director -
Messiah
Saturday 9th December 2017
Ripon Cathedral
Ripon Choral Society
John Dunford, conductorG.F. Handel, Messiah (soloist)
Elinor Rolfe Johnson, soprano
Gaynor Keeble, mezzo-soprano
Robert Johnston, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Orchestra D'Amici -
Christmas Oratorio
Saturday 2nd December 2017 at 7.00pm
Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh
The Marian Consort
Ludus Baroque
Richard Neville-Towle, conductorJ.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium (soloist and consort)
Tickets available here.
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Bach Masses
Wednesday 1st November 2017 at 8.00pm
Laieszhalle, Hamburg
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in G Major (BWV 234) and Mass in A Major (BWV 235) (Consort)
Maria Keohane, soprano
Robin Blaze, counter-tenor
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
Programme also includes J.S. Bach, Concerto for two oboes and bassoon (reconstruction after BWV 249 & 42) -
Bach Masses
Monday 30th October 2017 at 7.30pm
St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in G Major (BWV 234) and Mass in A Major (BWV 235) (Consort)
Maria Keohane, soprano
Robin Blaze, counter-tenor
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
Programme also includes J.S. Bach, Concerto for two oboes and bassoon (reconstruction after BWV 249 & 42) -
Bach Masses
Sunday 29th October 2017 at 7.30pm
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorJ.S. Bach, Mass in G Major (BWV 234) and Mass in A Major (BWV 235) (Consort)
Maria Keohane, soprano
Robin Blaze, counter-tenor
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
Programme also includes J.S. Bach, Concerto for two oboes and bassoon (reconstruction after BWV 249 & 42) -
Peter Hulsen Orchestral Song Award
Thursday 26th October 2017 at 7.30pm
St John's Church, Waterloo
Southbank Sinfonia
Simon Over, conductorOrchestral songs by Grieg, Mahler, Turnage and Debussy
Tickets available at the Southbank Sinfonia website.
Edvard Grieg, 'En Svane' (Op. 25 no. 2)
Gustav Mahler, 'Scheiden und Meiden' and 'Ablösung im Sommer' (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit, orch. Detlev Glanert)
Mark-Anthony Turnage, 'Aftermath' (The Torn Fields)
Claude Debussy, 'Ballade que Villon feit à la requeste de sa mère pour prier Nostre-Dame' and 'Ballade des femmes de Paris' (Trois Ballades de François Villon)
This biennial competition for early-career singers is devoted to the orchestral song repertoire. The following singers have been selected from the preliminary round to perform in the final:
Madeleine Bradbury Rance, soprano
Emma Kerr, mezzo-soprano
Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano
Patrick Terry, counter-tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
King Arthur
Tuesday 3rd October 2017 at 7.00pm
Barbican Hall, London
The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor
Daisy Evans, directorHenry Purcell, King Arthur (consort)
A semi-staged production of Purcell's semi-opera
Louise Alder, soprano
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Reginald Mobley, counter-tenor
Charles Daniels, tenor
Ivan Ludlow, baritone
Ashley Riches, bass-baritone
Ray Fearon, narrator -
Irma
16th and 17th September 2017 at 7.30pm
South London Gallery, Peckham
Apartment House
Anton Lukoszevieze, musical director
Netia Jones, director/designer
Video and projection by LightmapTom Phillips, Irma
Produced by Sound UK
More details here and on the production blog.Grenville: Benjamin O'Mahony (actor)
Irma: Josephine Stephenson (soprano)
Nurse: Elaine Mitchener (vocalist)
Art Officers in Uniform: Alastair Putt (tenor), Francis Brett (baritone), Jon Stainsby (baritone) -
The Bohemian Reformation at the BBC Proms
Saturday 26th August 2017 at 7.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Svatopluk Sem, baritone
Jakub Hrůša, conductorHussite Chorale, 'Ktož jsú Boži bojovníci'
Bohuslav Martinů, Field Mass
Leos Janáček, 'Song of the Hussites' from The Excursions of Mr BroučekProgramme also includes:
Bedrich Smetana, Má vlast: Tábor and Blaník
Josef Suk, Prague -
St John Passion at the BBC Proms
Sunday 20th August 2017 at 7.45pm
Royal Albert Hall
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorJ.S. Bach, St John Passion (consort)
Nicholas Mulroy, Evangelist
Matthew Brook, Christus
Robert Davies, Pilatus
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Tim Mead, counter-tenor
Andrew Tortise, tenor
Konstantin Wolff, bass -
Philharmonia at the BBC Proms
Wednesday 2nd August 2017 at 7.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Philharmonia Voices
Philharmonia Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductorJ.S. Bach, arr. Igor Stravinsky, Canonic Variations on 'Vom Himmel hoch, da komm, ich her' (chorus)
J.S. Bach, arr. Igor Stravinsky, Canonic Variations on 'Vom Himmel hoch, da komm, ich her'
Maurice Ravel, Shéhérazade
John Adams, Naive and Sentimental MusicMarianne Crebasa, mezzo-soprano
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Israel in Egypt at the BBC Proms
Tuesday 1st August 2017 at 7.30pm
Royal Albert Hall
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
William Christie, directorG.F. Handel, Israel in Egypt (original 1739 version) (chorus)
Zoë Brookshaw, soprano
Rowan Pierce, soprano
Christopher Lowrey, counter-tenor
Jeremy Budd, tenor
Dingle Yandell, bass-baritone
Callum Thorpe, bass -
Le nozze di Figaro
21st and 22nd July 2017 at 9.00pm
The Kopanous Theatre, Gastouri, Corfu
Garsington Opera Alvarez Young Artists
Susanna Stranders, musical director
Deborah Cohen, directorW.A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (Figaro)
Corfu Music Days
Figaro: Jon Stainsby
Susanna: Hazel McBain
Count Almaviva: James Corrigan
Countess Almaviva: Kirsty Taylor-Stokes
Bartolo/Antonio: Andrew Tipple
Marcellina: Ailsa Mainwaring
Cherubino: Elizabeth Lynch
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Figaro in Paris
Tuesday 27th June 2017 at 7.30pm
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
Garsington Festival Opera
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Douglas Boyd, conductorW.A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (chorus and cover Figaro)
A semi-staged performance by the cast of the Garsington Festival Opera production
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Monteverdi at 450
Friday 23rd June 2017 at 7.30pm
Barbican Hall, London
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, director/harpsichordClaudio Monteverdi, Vespers (consort)
Ticket information at the Barbican website.
Louise Alder, soprano
Rowan Pierce, soprano
Charles Daniels, tenor
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Richard Latham, baritone
Philip Tebb, baritone -
Garsington Green Theatre Recital
Saturday 3rd June 2017 at 4.30pm
The Walled Garden, Wormsley Estate
Presented by Garsington Festival Opera
Arias by Handel and Mozart
Charlotte Beament, soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Susanne Stranders, piano
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Figaro at Garsington
2nd, 4th, 8th, 10th and 17th June; 3rd, 6th, 9th, 11th, 14th and 16th July
Garsington Opera at Wormsley Estate
Douglas Boyd, conductor
John Cox, director
Bruno Ravella, associate directorW.A. Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (chorus/cover Figaro)
Figaro: Joshua Bloom
Susanna: Jennifer France
Count Almaviva: Duncan Rock
Countess Almaviva: Kirsten MacKinnon
Cherubino: Marta Fontanals-Simmons
Bartolo: Stephen Richardson
Marcellina: Janis Kelly
Basilio: Timothy Robinson
Curzio: Alun Rhys-Jenkins
Antonio: Andrew Tipple
Barbarina: Alison Rose -
Semele at Garsington
1st, 3rd, 9th, 15th, 24th and 30th June, and 4th July
Garsington Opera at Wormsley Estate
Jonathan Cohen, conductor
Annilese Miskimmon, directorG.F. Handel, Semele (chorus)
Semele: Heidi Stober
Jove: Robert Murray
Juno: Christine Rice
Cadmus/Somnus: David Soar
Athamas: Christopher Ainslie
Iris: Llio Evans
Ino: Jurgita Adamonytė
Apollo: Mikael Onelius
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Messiah in the Cotswolds
Sunday 9th April 2017 at 7.30pm
Church of St John the Baptist, Burford, Oxfordshire
The Burford Singers
The Cotswold Chamber Orchestra
Brian Kay, conductorG.F. Handel, Messiah (baritone soloist)
Robyn Allegra Parton, soprano
Amy Lyddon, mezzo-soprano
James Oxley, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
St John Passion in Leicester
Saturday 8th April 2017 at 7.00pm
St James the Greater, Leicester
Leicester Bach Choir
Richard Laing, conductorJ.S. Bach, St John Passion (Pilate and arias)
Nathan Vale, Evangelist
James Oldfield, Christus
Katie Trethewy, soprano
Cathy Bell, mezzo-soprano
Edward Goater, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone/Pilatus -
St Matthew Passion
Saturday 1st April 2017 at 6.30pm
St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London
Six Centuries Chamber Choir
Linden Baroque
Peter Fender, conductorJ.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion (Christus)
John Upperton, Evangelist
Jon Stainsby, Christus
Helen Semple, soprano
Carris Jones, mezzo-soprano
Ben Vonberg-Clark, tenor
Oskar McCarthy, baritone/Pilatus -
Mozart in Oslo
Sunday 26th March 2017 at 7.30pm
Oslo Cathedral, Norway
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorW.A. Mozart, Requiem and Solemn Vespers (consort)
Joanne Lunn, soprano
Kitty Whately, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Walker, tenor
Benjamin Appl, baritone -
Eugene Onegin
12th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th March 2017
Whitgift School, Croydon
The Whitgift Foundation
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin (title role)
Tatyana: Rannveig Káradóttir
Eugene Onegin: Jon Stainsby
Lensky: Peter Aisher
Olga: Polly Leech
Gremin: David Durham12th March at 2:30pm / 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th March at 7:30pm -
Haydn's Creation
Sunday 26th February 2017 at 7.00pm
St Silas Church, Angel, Islington
The Angel Orchestra
Peter Fender, conductorJoseph Haydn, The Creation (baritone soloist)
A concert in aid of Music Fund.
Melanie Mehta, soprano
John Upperton, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
Rothko Chapel in Paris
Friday 24th February 2017 at 8.30pm
Salle des Concerts, Cité de la Musique, Paris
Les Cris de Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductorMorton Feldman, Rothko Chapel (ensemble)
For full details and tickets, see the Philharmonie Paris website.
Jay Schwartz, M
Matthias Pintscher, beyond (a system of passing)
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, Große Huldigung an das technischer Zeitalter
Benjamin Attahir, Et nous tournions autour de ces fontaines hallucinées
Morton Feldman, Rothko Chapel
Evan Hughes, bass-baritone
Sophie Cherrier, flute
Les Cris de Paris (Geoffroy Jourdain, director)
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor -
Missa solemnis at the Elbphilharmonie Opening Festival
Tuesday 17th January 2017 at 8.00pm
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Grosser Saal
Philharmonia Chorus
Members of the Philharmonia Chorus Professional Singers' Scheme
Symphoniker Hamburg
Sir Jeffrey Tate, conductorLudwig van Beethoven, Missa solemnis
Camilla Nylund, soprano
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Klaus-Florian Vogt, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone -
Rothko Chapel in Cologne
Tuesday 10th January 2017 at 8.00pm
Kölner Philharmonie
Les Cris de Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductorMorton Feldman, Rothko Chapel (ensemble)
For full details and tickets, see the Kölner Philharmonie website.
Jay Schwartz, M
Matthias Pintscher, beyond (a system of passing)
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, Große Huldigung an das technischer Zeitalter
Benjamin Attahir, Et nous tournions autour de ces fontaines hallucinées
Morton Feldman, Rothko Chapel
Evan Hughes, bass-baritone
Sophie Cherrier, flute
Les Cris de Paris (Geoffroy Jourdain, director)
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Gregor A. Mayrhofer, conductor -
Messiah with Linden Baroque
Thursday 22nd December 2016 at 7.30pm
St James Church, Piccadilly
Linden Baroque
Peter Fender, conductorHandel, Messiah (baritone soloist)
Helen Semple, soprano
Carris Jones, mezzo-soprano
John Upperton, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Six Centuries Chamber Choir -
Christmas Oratorio
Tuesday 20th December 2016 at 7.00pm
Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh
The Marian Consort (Rory McCleery, director)
Ludus Baroque
Richard Neville-Towle, conductorJ.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium (Soloist and consort)
Anna Dennis and Charlotte Ashley, soprano
Rowan Hellier, mezzo-soprano
Rory McCleery, counter-tenor
Guy Cutting and Peter Davoren, tenor
Alex Ashworth, James Geidt and Jon Stainsby, bass -
Messiah with the AAM
Sunday 18th December 2016 at 2.15pm
Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductorHandel, Messiah (consort)
Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Barbara Kozelj, alto
Andrew Tortise, tenor
Lukas Jakobski, bass -
Messiah with the AAM
Saturday 17th December 2016 at 8.15pm
De Oosterpoort, Groningen
The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductorHandel, Messiah (consort)
Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Barbara Kozelj, alto
Andrew Tortise, tenor
Lukas Jakobski, bass -
Messiah with the AAM
Friday 16th December 2016
Braunschweig, Germany
The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductorHandel, Messiah (consort)
Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Barbara Kozelj, alto
Andrew Tortise, tenor
Lukas Jakobski, bass -
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Friday 9th December 2016 at 8.00pm
Barbican Hall, London
Britten Sinfonia Voices
Eamonn Dougan, directorNew works for voices and ensemble by Jóhann Jóhannsson and his band
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Gounod Messe solenelle
Saturday 3rd December 2016 at 11.00pm
Haslemere Hall, Haslemere, Surrey
Haslemere Musical Society
James Ross, conductorGounod, Messe solenelle de Sainte-Cécile (baritone soloist)
Alexander Glazunov, Winter (from The Seasons)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, selections from Swan Lake
Charles Gounod, Messe solenelle de Sainte-Cécile
Rebecca Moon, soprano
Alex Aldren, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
Finzi in Milton Keynes
Sunday 27th November 2016 at 11.00pm
Milton Keynes City Church
The Cornerstone Chamber Choir and Orchestra
Adrian Boynton, conductorFinzi, In terra pax (baritone soloist)
Henry Purcell, Trumpet Sonata
G.F. Handel, Ode on St Cecilia's Day
Gerald Finzi, In terra pax
Benjamin Britten, St Nicholas
Charmian Bedford, soprano
Stephen Anthony Brown, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
St Cecilia's Day at Wigmore Hall
Tuesday 22nd November 2016 at 7.30pm
Wigmore Hall
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt (director)Henry Purcell, Welcome to all the pleasures and Hail, Bright Cecilia (consort and soloist)
Henry Purcell, Welcome to all the pleasures
Henry Purcell/Matthew Locke, selections from The Tempest
Henry Purcell, Hail, Bright Cecilia
Joanne Lunn and Claire Evans, sopranos
Tim Mead, counter-tenor
Amy Lyddon, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Mulroy and Malcolm Bennett, tenors
Matthew Brooke and Jon Stainsby, baritones -
FAMA at HCMF
Sunday 20th November 2016 at 11.00pm
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Huddersfield Town HallIsabelle Menke, actress
Eva Furrer, contrabass flute
EXAUDI
London Sinfonietta
Beat Furrer, conductorBeat Furrer, FAMA for speaker, 8 voices and instrumental ensemble
Further details at the London Sinfonietta website.
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FAMA UK première
Friday 11th November 2016 at 7.30pm
St John's Smith Square
Isabelle Menke, actress
Eva Furrer, contrabass flute
EXAUDI
London Sinfonietta
Beat Furrer, conductorBeat Furrer, FAMA for speaker, 8 voices and instrumental ensemble
Further details at the London Sinfonietta website.
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Elias at the Leipzig Gewandhaus
22nd and 23rd September 2016 at 8.00pm
Grosser Saal, Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
Gewandhaus Orchestra
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductorFelix Mendelssohn, Elias (chorus)
Details and tickets at the Gewandhaus website.
Camilla Tilling, soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, mezzo-soprano
Steve Davislim, tenor
Michael Nagy, baritone -
Coronation Anthems at the Antepenultimate (Late) Night of the Proms
Thursday 8th September 2016 at 10.15pm
Royal Albert Hall, London
The Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductorG.F. Handel, Coronation Anthems (choir)
More information at the BBC Proms website.
G.F. Handel, Coronation Anthems 'Zadok the Priest' and 'My heart is inditing'
Georg Muffatt, Armonico tributo - Sonata No. 5 in G major
G.F. Handel, Coronation Anthem 'Let thy hand be strengthened'
J.S. Bach, Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 – Air (arr. L. Stokowski)
Henry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas – 'When I am laid in earth' (Dido's Lament) (arr. L. Stokowski)
G.F. Handel, Coronation Anthem 'The king shall rejoice' -
Semiramide at the BBC Proms
Sunday 4th September 2016 at 7.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Opera Rara Chorus
Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment
Sir Mark Elder, conductorRossini, Semiramide (chorus)
Details and tickets at the BBC Proms website.
Semiramide: Albina Shagimuratova
Arsace: Daniela Barcellona
Assur: Ildebrando d'Arcangelo
Idreno: Javier Camarena
Oroe: Gianluca Buratto
Azema: Susana Gaspar
Mitrane: David Butt Philip
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'Lo Sposalizio' at Rheingau Musik Festival
Friday 26th August 2016 at 8.00pm
Kloster Eberbach, Rheingau, Germany
The King's Consort
Robert King, conductorMusic for a Grand Venetian Wedding:
Works by Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli, Claudio Monteverdi etc.Ticketing information at the Rheingau Musik Festival website.
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A Fairy Queen at Iford
23rd, 27th, 29th and 30th July, 2nd and 3rd August
Iford Manor, nr. Bath
Tim Nelson, director and conductor
Henry Purcell, The Fairy Queen, in a new performing version by Tim Nelson.
Further details and tickets at the Iford Arts website.
Titania: Lucy Page
Oberon: Jake Arditti
Puck/Starveling: Frederick Long
Fairy/Peter Quince: Stuart Jackson
Hermia/Flute: Ciara Hendrick
Helena/Snout: Rose Setten
Lysander/Snug: Simon Gfeller
Demetrius/Bottom: Jon Stainsby
Ensemble: Iford Arts New Generation Artists:
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Lennox Berkeley Stabat Mater at the Cheltenham Music Festival
Sunday 17th July 2016 at 4.00pm
Pitville Pump Room, Cheltenham
The Marian Consort
The Berkeley Ensemble
David Wordsworth, conductorLennox Berkeley, Stabat Mater
Francis Poulenc, Un soir de neigeThis concert also includes chamber music by Berkeley's early champion Maurice Ravel, and by two British composers of the succeeding generation, including Lennox's son Michael Berkeley.
Full details and tickets at the Cheltenham Festival website.Ravel Introduction and Allegro
Poulenc Un soir de neige
Michael Berkeley Touch Light
Colin Matthews Five Concertinos (to Henri Dutilleux)
Michael Berkeley Clarinet Quintet
Lennox Berkeley Stabat Mater -
Let us garlands bring
Saturday 25th June 2016 at 7.30pm
Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon
Bath Choral Society
Will Dawes, conductor
William Vann, pianoGerald Finzi, Let us garlands bring
A programme of twentieth-century song cycles to close Bath Choral Society's 2015-16 season
Jonathan Dove, The Passing of the Year
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, The Turning Year
Gerald Finzi, Let us garlands bring
John Rutter, The Sprig of Thyme
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Polyphonies spatialisés at Les Flâneries Musicales de Reims
Thursday 23rd June 2016 at 8.00pm
Basilique Saint-Remi, Reims, France
Les Cris de Paris
Geoffroy JourdainThomas Tallis, Spem in alium
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Hippolyte et Aricie
18th and 19th June 2016
St John's Church, Waterloo, London
Linden Baroque
Peter Fender, directorJean-Philippe Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie (Thésée)
A semi-staged performance with dance.
Hippolyte: Andrew Evans
Aricie: Aurélia Jonvaux
Phèdre: Carola Emrich-Fisher
Thésée: Jon Stainsby
Pluton: Franco Kong
Diane: Henrietta Brewley
Œnone/Matelote/Bergere: Jenni Harper
Tisiphone: Jeremy Vinogradov
La Grande-Prêtresse: Eleanor Dann
Chasseresse: Camilla Jeppeson18th June at 7.00pm / 19th June at 5.00pm -
War Requiem in Paris
17th and 20th June 2016 at 8.30pm
Église St Marcel, Paris
Chorus 14
Dominique Sourisse, conductorBenjamin Britten, War Requiem (baritone soloist)
Sophie Albert, soprano
Thomas Lefrançois, tenor,
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
Judas Maccabeus
Saturday 11th June 2016 at 7.45pm
Pinner Parish Church
Pinner Music Festival Chorus and Orchestra
David Gould, conductorG.F. Handel, Judas Maccabeus (Simon)
Tickets and further information at the Pinner Music Festival website.
Rachel Ambrose Evans, soprano
Edward Edgcumbe, counter-tenor
Thomas Dupernex, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
Berkeley Stabat Mater at the Spitalfields Summer Festival
Tuesday 7th June 2016 at 8.00pm
St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, London
The Marian Consort
Berkeley Ensemble
David Wordsworth, conductorLennox Berkeley, Stabat Mater
and works by contemporary British composersDetails and tickets at the Spitalfields Music website.
Judith Weir Ave Regina Caelorum
Matthew Martin Ave virgo sanctissima
Michael Berkeley Catch me if you can
Hilary Campbell Ave Maria
Michael Berkeley Touch Light
Lennox Berkeley Stabat Mater -
God Save the Queen
Sunday 5th June 2016 at 4.00pm
Opéra de Rouen Haute Normandie
Les Cris de Paris
Le Poème Harmonique
Vincent Dumestre, directorHenry Purcell, Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Henry Purcell, Welcome to all the pleasures
Jeremiah Clarke, Come, come along for a dance and a songFurther details at the Opéra de Rouen and Le Poème Harmonique websites.
Hana Blazikova, soprano
Nicholas Tamagna, counter-tenor
Zachary Wilder, tenor
Geoffroy Buffière, bass
Les Cris de Paris, dir. Geoffroy Jourdain
Orchestra du Poème Harmonique
Vincent Dumestre, conductor -
Dido and Aeneas at Rheingau Musik Festival / Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden
27th and 28th May 2016 at 7.30pm
Grosses Haus, Hessisches Staatstheater, Wiesbaden
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor and directorHenry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (Chorus)
More information at the BNC website; tickets from the Rheingau Musik Festival or the Staatstheater Wiesbaden.
Dido: Kate Lindsay
Aeneas: Benedict Nelson
Belinda: Katja Stuber
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Selva Morale at Internationale Barocktage Stift Melk
Monday 16th May 2016 at 7.30pm
Melk Abbey, Austria
Internationale
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Solisten
Concentus Musicus Wien
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductorClaudio Monteverdi, Selva morale e spirituale
Ticket information at the IBT Stift Melk website.
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Dido and Aeneas at Internationale Musikfest Hamburg
13th and 14th May 2016 at 8.00pm
Kampnagel, Hamburg
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor and directorHenry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (Chorus)
More information on the BNC and festival websites.
Dido: Kate Lindsay
Aeneas: Benedict Nelson
Belinda: Katja Stuber
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Songs and Scenes from Shakespeare
Wednesday 4th May 2016 at 5.30pm
The Temple Church
The Temple Singers
Roger Sayer, conductorRalph Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music and Three Shakespeare Songs
A concert to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, with dramatised readings. Further information at the Temple Music website.
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Three Shakespeare Songs: 'Over hill, over dale,' 'Full fathom five' and 'The cloud-capped towers'
Gerald Finzi, Let us Garlands Bring
William Walton, Music for Henry V
Tom Guthrie, tenor
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Cousser at Wigmore Hall
Sunday 24th April 2016 at 4.00pm
Wigmore Hall, London
Ensemble Marsyas
Peter Whelan, directorJohn Sigismond Cousser, The Universal Applause of Mount Parnassus
G.F. Handel, 'Eternal Source of Light Divine' from Ode for the Birthday of Queen AnneFor more details and tickets, visit the Wigmore Hall website.
Mhairi Lawson, Chloë Morgan, Sarah Brady, sopranos
Emilie Renard, Niamh O'Sullivan, mezzo-sopranos
Samuel Boden, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
Marta
Tuesday 19th April 2016 at 8.00pm
Opéra de Reims
Les Cris de Paris
Ensemble Ictus
Clement Power, musical director
Ludovic Lagarde, directorWolfgang Mitterer, Marta (Ensemble)
Full details at the Opéra de Reims website
Marta: Elsa Benoit
Grot, père de Marta: Georg Nigl
Ginevra, Reine, mère de Marta: Ursula Hesse von den Steinen
Arthur, Roi: Martin Mairinger
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Leith Hill Musical Festival
Friday 15th April 2016 at 7.30pm
Dorking Halls, Dorking, Surrey
Leith Hill Festival Choirs
Brian Kay, conductorPurcell, Come, Ye Sons of Art
Schubert, Mass in G
(Baritone soloist)Sarah Power, soprano
James Neville, counter-tenor
James Bowman, counter-tenor
William Blake, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone
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Berkeley and Britten at the Aldeburgh Easter Weekend
Friday 25th March 2016 at 6.00pm
Blythburgh Church, Suffolk
The Marian Consort
Berkeley Ensemble
David Wordsworth, conductorLennox Berkeley, Stabat Mater
Benjamin Britten, Sacred and ProfaneDetails and tickets at the Aldeburgh Music website.
Benjamin Britten: Sinfonietta, Sacred and Profane
Michael Berkeley: Touch Light
Lennox Berkeley: Mass in Five Parts, Stabat Mater
Britten's late settings of English medieval lyrics will be performed alongside the Stabat Mater by his contemporary Lennox Berkeley, a rarely-performed work, scored for six solo voices and chamber ensemble, which the composer dedicated to Britten. The Marian Consort and the Berkeley Ensemble will be recording Berkeley's Stabat Mater and the Mass following this performance in Blythburgh, as part of a short residency at Aldeburgh. Further performances will follow in summer 2016 at the Cheltenham and Spitalfields festivals. -
Marta
13th, 15th, 17th, 19th and 21st March 2016
Opéra de Lille
Les Cris de Paris
Ensemble Ictus
Clement Power, musical director
Ludovic Lagarde, directorWolfgang Mitterer, Marta (Ensemble): world première
Full details at the Opéra de Lille website.
Marta: Elsa Benoit
Grot, père de Marta: Georg Nigl
Ginevra, Reine, mère de Marta: Ursula Hesse von den Steinen
Arthur, Roi: Martin Mairinger
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Elias with the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor
29th and 30th January 2016
Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock, directorFelix Mendelssohn, Elias (Chorus)
Genia Kühmeier, soprano
Ann Hallenberg, alto
Lothar Odinius, tenor
Michael Nagy, baritone
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock, director29th January at 6pm / 30th January at 5pm -
Messiah
Monday 21st December 2015 at 7.00pm
Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah (Consort)
Soloists:
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Rowan Hellier, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Long, tenor
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Messiah
Sunday 20th December 2015 at 7.00pm
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah (Consort)
Soloists:
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Rowan Hellier, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Long, tenor
Matthew Brook, baritone -
Children's Messiah
Sunday 20th December 2015 at 4.00pm
The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah (excerpts) (Consort)
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Messiah: Concierto Participativo de Navidad
Friday 18th December 2015 at 8.30pm
Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah (Consort)
Soloists:
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Rowan Hellier, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Long, tenor
Jacques Imbrailo, baritone -
Messiah: Concierto Participativo de Navidad
Thursday 17th December 2015 at 8.30pm
Teatro de la Maestranza, Seville
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah (Consort)
Soloists:
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Rowan Hellier, mezzo-soprano
Matthew Long, tenor
Jacques Imbrailo, baritone -
Christmas with the Shepherds
Monday 14th December 2015 at 7.00pm
St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch
Spitalfields Winter Festival
The Marian ConsortMusic by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.
Read more at the Marian Consort website.
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Christmas with the Shepherds
Sunday 13th December 2015 at 3.30pm
St Mary the Virgin, Bishop's Lydeard, Somerset
Music on the Quantocks
The Marian ConsortMusic by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.
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Christmas Oratorio
Saturday 12th December 2015 at 7.00pm
Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh
Ludus Baroque
Richard Neville-Towle, directorJ.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium (Soloist and consort)
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Christmas with the Shepherds
Thursday 10th December 2015 at 7.45pm
St Paul's Church, Canterbury
Canterbury Music Club
The Marian ConsortMusic by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.
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Christmas with the Shepherds
Tuesday 8th December 2015 at 7.30pm
Keble College, Oxford
The Marian Consort
Music by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.
Read more at the Marian Consort website.
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Christmas with the Shepherds
Monday 7th December 2015 at 7.00pm
National Centre for Early Music, York
York Early Music Christmas Festival
The Marian ConsortMusic by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.
Read more at the Marian Consort website.
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Christmas with the Shepherds
Saturday 5th December 2015 at 7.30pm
Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh
Georgian Concert Society
The Marian ConsortMusic by Mouton, Morales and Stabile.
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Christmas with the Shepherds
Friday 4th December 2015 at 7.30pm
Glenalmond College, Perth
The Marian Consort
Music by Mouton, Morales and Stabile
Read more at the Marian Consort website.
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Bach and Handel with Dunedin Consort
Sunday 22nd November 2015 at 4.00pm
City of Edinburgh Methodist Church
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Dixit Dominus HWV 232
J.S. Bach, Magnificat (ensemble) BWV 243aJulia Doyle, soprano 1
Miriam Allen, soprano 2
Meg Bragle, alto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass
This concert marks the launch of Dunedin Consort's new recording of Bach's Magnificat, in the original E flat version of 1723 with choral interludes appropriate to the Christmas season. The programme also includes J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 1. -
Bach and Handel with Dunedin Consort
Friday 20th November 2015 at 7.30pm
Sage Gateshead
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Dixit Dominus HWV 232
J.S. Bach, Magnificat (ensemble) BWV 243aJulia Doyle, soprano 1
Miriam Allen, soprano 2
Meg Bragle, alto
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass
This concert marks the launch of Dunedin Consort's new recording of Bach's Magnificat, in the original E flat version of 1723 with choral interludes appropriate to the Christmas season. The programme also includes J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 1. -
Le Pré aux Clercs
23rd, 27th, 29th October and 1st November
National Opera House, Wexford
Wexford Festival Opera
Jean-Luc Tingaud, conductor
Éric Ruf, director
Laurent Delvert, revival directorFerdinand Hérold, Le Pré aux Clercs (Chorus)
Co-production with Ópera-Comique, Paris
More information on the Wexford Opera website.Marguerite de Valois: Marie Lenormand
Isabelle: Marie-Ève Munger
Nicette: Magali Simard-Galdès
Baron de Mergy: Nico Darmanin
Comte de Comminge: Dominique Coté
Cantarelli: Eric Huchet
Girot: Tomislav Lavoie23rd, 27th and 29th October at 8pm / 1st November at 5pm -
Guglielmo Ratcliff
22nd, 25th, 28th and 31st October
National Opera House, Wexford
Wexford Festival Opera
Francesco Cilluffo, conductor
Fabio Ceresa, directorPietro Mascagni, Guglielmo Ratcliff (Chorus)
More information on the Wexford Festival Opera website.
Guglielmo Ratcliff: Angelo Villari
Maria: Mariangela Sicilia
Count Douglas: David Stout
Margherita: Annunziata Vestri
MacGregor: Gianluca Burrato
Lesley: Alexandros Tsilogiannis
Tom: Quentin Hayes
Willie: Sarah Richmond22nd, 28th and 31st October at 8pm / 25th October at 5pm -
Koanga
21st, 24th, 27th and 30th October at 8pm
National Opera House, Wexford
Wexford Festival Opera
Stephen Barlow, conductor
Michael Gieleta, directorFrederick Delius, Koanga (Chorus)
More information on the Wexford Festival Opera website.
Koanga: Norman Garrett
Palmyra: Nozuko Teto
Simon Perez: Jeff Gwaltney
Clotilda: Kate Allen
Don José Martinez: Christopher Robertson
Uncle Joe / Rangwan: Aubrey Allicock -
Saul at the George Enescu Festival
Sunday 13th September 2015 at 10.30am
The Romanian Atheneum, Bucharest
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment
Laurence Cummings, conductorHandel, Saul (Chorus)
More information on the George Enescu Festival website.
Saul: Christopher Purves
Merab: Sarah Tynan
Michal: Sophie Bevan
Jonathan: Paul Appleby
David: Christopher Lowrey -
Brahms at the BBC Proms
Tuesday 1st September 2015 at 7.30pm
Royal Albert Hall, London
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment
Marin Alsop, conductorJohannes Brahms, Alto Rhapsody and Triumphlied (Chorus)
More information on the BBC website.
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Brahms Alto Rhapsody
Brahms Triumphlied
Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minorJamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Appl, baritone
Choir of the Enlightenment
Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment -
Praetorius: Canticum Canticorum
Sunday 23rd August 2015 at 8.30pm
Cathédrale Notre Dame de Strasbourg
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Pablo Heras-CasadoWorks by Hieronymus, Jacob and Michael Praetorius
More information on the BNC website.
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Praetorius: Canticum Canticorum
Saturday 22nd August 2015 at 7.00pm
St Konrad und Elisabeth, Freiburg
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Pablo Heras-CasadoWorks by Hieronymus, Jacob and Michael Praetorius
More information on the BNC website.
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Praetorius: Canticum Canticorum
Friday 21st August 2015 at 8.00pm
Stiftskirche Stift Wilten, Innsbruck
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Pablo Heras-CasadoWorks by Hieronymus, Jacob and Michael Praetorius
More information on the BNC website and at www.altemusik.at.
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Dido and Aeneas at the Salzburg Festival
Tuesday 18th August 2015 at 5.30pm
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Ensemble
Thomas Hengelbrock, conductor and directorHenry Purcell, Dido and Aeneas (Chorus)
More information on the BNC website and the Salzburg Festival website.
Dido: Kate Lindsay
Aeneas: Benedict Nelson
Belinda: Katja Stuber
Sorceress: Johanna Wokalek -
Xerxes on tour
30th July and 2nd August
Britten Theatre, Royal College of Music, London (30th July)
St Mary in the Castle, Hastings (2nd August)Longborough Festival Opera Young Artists Production
Jeremy Silver, musical director
Jenny Miller, directorHandel, Xerxes (Ariodate)
Xerxes: Jake Arditti
Arsamenes: Tai Oney
Amastris: Lucinda Stuart Grant
Ariodate: Jon Stainsby
Romilda: Alice Privett
Atalanta: Abbi Temple
Elviro: Matthew Durkan30th July at 7:30pm / 2nd August at 7pm -
Xerxes at Longborough Festival Opera
25th and 26th July
Longborough, Gloucestershire
Longborough Festival Opera Young Artists Production
Jeremy Silver, musical director
Jenny Miller, directorHandel, Xerxes (Ariodate)
Xerxes: Jake Arditti
Arsamenes: Tai Oney
Amastris: Lucinda Stuart Grant
Ariodate: Jon Stainsby
Romilda: Alice Privett
Atalanta: Abbi Temple
Elviro: Matthew Durkan25th July at 6:30pm / 26th July at 3pm -
La scala di seta
Saturday 18th July 2015 at 7.00pm
Henley-on-Thames
Opera Holloway
Lewis Gaston, conductor
Fiona Williams, directorRossini, La scala di seta (Blansac)
Giulia: Callie Swarbrick
Lucilla: Siân Cameron
Dorvil: Michael Solomon Williams
Dormont: Hugh Benson
Blansac: Jon Stainsby
Germano: Sean Aquilina -
European Song in the 1870s
Sunday 12th July 2015 at 7.45pm
Orpington Parish Church
Cathy Bell, mezzo-soprano
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Nicola Rose, pianoSongs and duets by Brahms, Wolf, Grieg and Duparc
Hugo Wolf, Abendbilder
Edvard Grieg, Sex digte af Henrik Ibsen Op. 25
Johannes Brahms, Duette Op. 28 and Fünf Gesänge Op. 71 (selection)
and songs by Henri Duparc -
The Bear
Saturday 11th July 2015 at 9.55pm
The Proud Archivist, London N1
Operaview
Dale Wills, musical director
Natalie Katsou, directorWilliam Walton, The Bear (Smirnov)
Popova: Charlotte King
Smirnov: Jon Stainsby
Luka: Louis Hurst -
Messiah at Rheingau Musik Festival
Thursday 9th July 2015 at 8.00pm
Kloster Eberbach, nr. Eltville, Rheingau, Germany
Choir and Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment
Conductor: Laurence CummingsHandel, Messiah (Chorus)
Soprano: Katherine Watson
Countertenor: Tim Mead
Tenor: Thomas Walker
Bass: George Humphreys
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Choir of the Enlightenment
Laurence Cummings -
The Bear
Wednesday 8th July 2015 at 7.15pm
The Proud Archivist, London N1
Operaview
Dale Wills, musical director
Natalie Katsou, directorWilliam Walton, The Bear (Smirnov)
Popova: Gráinne Gillis
Smirnov: Jon Stainsby
Luka: Louis Hurst -
La scala di seta
Saturday 27th June 2015 at 7.30pm
St Martin of Tours, Epsom
Opera Holloway
Lewis Gaston, musical director
Fiona Williams, directorRossini, La scala di seta (Blansac)
Giulia: Callie Swarbrick
Lucilla: Siân Cameron
Dorvil: Michael Solomon Williams
Dormont: Hugh Benson
Blansac: Jon Stainsby
Germano: Sean Aquilina -
La scala di seta
Sunday 21st June 2015 at 7.00pm
Shipley Festival, Storrington
Opera Holloway
Lewis Gaston, musical director
Fiona Williams, directorRossini, La scala di seta (Blansac)
Giulia: Callie Swarbrick
Lucilla: Siân Cameron
Dorvil: Michael Solomon Williams
Dormont: Hugh Benson
Blansac: Jon Stainsby
Germano: Sean Aquilina -
La scala di seta
Friday 19th June 2015 at 7.00pm
Brownsword Hall, Poundbury, Dorset
Opera Holloway
Lewis Gaston, musical director
Fiona Williams, directorRossini, La scala di seta (Blansac)
Giulia: Callie Swarbrick
Lucilla: Siân Cameron
Dorvil: Michael Solomon Williams
Dormont: Hugh Benson
Blansac: Jon Stainsby
Germano: Sean Aquilina -
Armel Opera Competition Final
Friday 5th June 2015
Budapest Music Centre, Budapest
Public workshop on Péter Eötvös, Senza Sangue, with Péter Eötvös (conductor) and Róbert Alföldi (director).
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International Workshop on the Songs of Edvard Grieg
28th-31st May 2015
Grieg Academy, Bergen
Organised by the International Grieg Society, in parallel with the conference 'Grieg and the Human Voice'
Masterclasses with with Njål Sparbo, Solveig Kringlebotn and Einar Røttingen, et al.
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Re-opening of Troldhaugen Concert Hall
Tuesday 26th May 2015 at 8.00pm
Troldhaugen, nr. Bergen
Edvard Grieg Kor
Leif Ove AndsnesWorks by Edvard Grieg and Ole Bull
(Private event)
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NCEM Young Composers Award Final
Thursday 14th May 2015 at 7.30pm
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritoneDunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorNew works for early music ensemble, selected by the NCEM 2015 Competition panel.
More details of the competition at the NCEM website.
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Hansel and Gretel
7th-9th May
Belgrade Theatre (B2 auditorium), Coventry
Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel (Father)
in a new English translation commissioned by HighTime.
Hansel: Siân Cameron (Charlotte Ireland at 9th May matinee)
Gretel: Alexa Mason
Mother: Wendy Dawn Thompson
Father: Jon Stainsby
Ringmaster: Oliver Marshall
Sandman: Charlotte Ireland (Siân Cameron at 9th May matinee)
Dew Fairy: Caroline Kennedy
Piano: Richard Black
Conductor: Benjamin Hamilton
Director: Felicity Green7:15pm on 7th and 8th May / 2:15pm and 7:15pm on 9th May -
Boris Godunov with Philharmonia Voices
Thursday 30th April 2015 at 10.00pm
Royal Festival Hall
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philharmonia Voices
Jakub Hrůša, conductorModest Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov (concert performance of excerpts) (Chorus)
Borodin, Overture to Prince Igor
Cui, Overture to Le filibustier
Rimsky-Korsakov, Overture on Three Russian Themes
Mussorgsky, Boris Godunov (excerpts)Boris Godunov: Dimitry Ivashchenko
Shuysky: Hubert Francis
Shchelkalov: Eddie Wade
Holy Fool: James Way
Nikitich: Johnny HerfordPhilharmonia Voices
Philharmonia OrchestraConductor: Jakub Hrůša
Semi-staging: David Edwards -
St Paul
Sunday 19th April 2015 at 7.15pm
Todmorden Town Hall, Todmorden, West Yorkshire
Todmorden Choral Society and Orchestra
Antony Brannick, conductorFelix Mendelssohn, St Paul (baritone soloist)
Caroline Challis, soprano
Bridget Budge, contralto
Adam Magee, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone (St Paul) -
Leith Hill Musical Festival
Saturday 11th April 2015 at 7.30pm
Dorking Halls, Dorking, Surrey
Leith Hill Festival Choirs
Brian Kay, conductorFranz Schubert, Magnificat D. 486
Joseph Haydn, 'Spring' from The Seasons
(Baritone soloist)Sarah Power, soprano
Nicholas Scott, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone -
St Matthew Passion at the Barbican
Friday 3rd April 2015 at 3.00pm
Barbican Hall, London
The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, directorJ.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion, 1727 version (Pilate and Ensemble)
James Gilchrist, Evangelist
Matthew Rose, ChristElizabeth Watts, soprano
Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Mark le Brocq, tenor
Christopher Purves, bassRichard Latham, Peter
David Stuart, Judas
Jon Stainsby, Pilate
Philippa Hyde, Pilate's wifeChoir of the AAM
The Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor -
Haydn's 'Spring' in Burford
Saturday 28th March 2015 at 7.30pm
Church of St John the Baptist, Burford, Oxfordshire
The Burford Singers
Bob Chilcott, conductorJoseph Haydn, 'Spring' from The Seasons (baritone soloist)
Bob Chilcott, Requiem
Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending
Joseph Haydn, 'Spring' from The SeasonsLaurie Ashworth, soprano
Thomas Elwin, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Michael Bochmann, violinThe Burford Singers
The Cotswold Chamber Orchestra
Bob Chilcott, Conductor -
St Matthew Passion in Valencia
Friday 27th March 2015 at 7.30pm
Palau de la Música, Valencia
The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Edward Higginbottom, conductorJ.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion (Pilate and Ensemble)
Toby Spence, Evangelist
David Soar, ChristMaria Keohane, soprano
Amy Lyddon, mezzo-soprano
Guy Cutting, tenor
Ashley Riches, bassRichard Latham, Peter
Samuel Queen, Judas
Jon Stainsby, Pilate
Charmian Bedford, Pilate's wifeChoir of the AAM
The Academy of Ancient Music
Edward Higginbottom, conductor -
St Matthew Passion in San Sebastián
Thursday 26th March 2015 at 8.00pm
Kurssal, San Sebastián, Spain
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Edward Higginbottom, conductorJ.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion (Pilate and Ensemble)
Toby Spence, Evangelist
David Soar, ChristMaria Keohane, soprano
Amy Lyddon, mezzo-soprano
Guy Cutting, tenor
Ashley Riches, bassRichard Latham, Peter
Samuel Queen, Judas
Jon Stainsby, Pilate
Charmian Bedford, Pilate's wifeChoir of the AAM
The Academy of Ancient Music
Edward Higginbottom, conductor -
Don Giovanni in Bergen
14th, 16th, 18th, 20th March
Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway
Bergen Nasjonale Opera
Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor
Oliver Mears, directorW.A. Mozart, Don Giovanni (Chorus)
Henk Neven, Don Giovanni
Jean Teitgen, Leporello
Clive Bayley, Commendatore
Elizabeth Llewellyn, Donna Elvira
Hye-Youn Lee, Donna Anna
Kenneth Tarver, Don Ottavio
Hanna Husáhr, Zerlina
Igor Bakan, MasettoEdvard Grieg Kor
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra14 March at 18:00 / 16, 18, 20 March at 19:00 -
Macmillan conducts Macmillan
Thursday 12th February 2015 at 7.30pm
Milton Court, Barbican Centre, London
BBC Singers
London Sinfonietta
James Macmillan, conductorChoral works by James Macmillan and Henryk Górecki
Choral works by James Macmillan:
After Virtue
Sun Dogs
Cum vidisset Jesus
They saw the stone had been rolled away
Alleluia (UK première)
Catherine's Lullabies
and selections from Henryk Górecki, Church Songs (UK première) -
Messiah at La Folle Journée de Nantes
27th, 28th, 29th January 2015
La Cité, Nantes, France
La Folle Journée de Nantes
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah, Dublin version (Bass II soloist and Ensemble)
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Meg Bragle, alto I
Catherine Backhouse, alto II
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass I
Jon Stainsby, bass IIDunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, conductor27 Jan at 19:30 (private event for sponsors) / 28 Jan at 17:30 / 29 Jan at 20:30 -
Messiah at La Folle Journée en Région
Sunday 25th January 2015 at 12.00pm
Église de Notre-Dame-d'Espérance, St Nazaire, France
La Folle Journée de Nantes en Région Pays de la Loire
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah, Dublin version (Bass II soloist and Ensemble)
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Meg Bragle, alto I
Catherine Backhouse, alto II
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass I
Jon Stainsby, bass IIDunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, conductor -
Messiah at La Folle Journée en Région
Saturday 24th January 2015 at 8.30pm
Théâtre St Louis, St Cholet, France
La Folle Journée de Nantes en Région Pays de la Loire
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah, Dublin version (Bass II soloist and Ensemble)
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Meg Bragle, alto I
Catherine Backhouse, alto II
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass I
Jon Stainsby, bass IIDunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, conductor -
Messiah at La Folle Journée en Région
Friday 23rd January 2015 at 8.30pm
Haut Dortoir, L'Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, France
La Folle Journée de Nantes en Région Pays de la Loire
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorHandel, Messiah, Dublin version (Bass II soloist and Ensemble)
Mhairi Lawson, soprano
Meg Bragle, alto I
Catherine Backhouse, alto II
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass I
Jon Stainsby, bass IIDunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, conductor -
Messiah with the AAM
Friday 19th December 2014 at 8.00pm
De Bijloke, Ghent, Belgium
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, directorHandel, Messiah (Ensemble)
Ailish Tynan, soprano
Tim Mead, counter-tenor
Robert Murray, tenor
Stephan Loges, bass-baritoneChoir of the AAM
Academy of Ancient MusicRichard Egarr, conductor
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Messiah with the AAM
Tuesday 16th December 2014 at 7.30pm
Auditorio Nacional, Madrid
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, directorHandel, Messiah (Ensemble)
Ailish Tynan, soprano
Tim Mead, counter-tenor
Robert Murray, tenor
Stephan Loges, bass-baritoneChoir of the AAM
Academy of Ancient MusicRichard Egarr, conductor
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Choir of London 10th Anniversary Concert
Thursday 11th December 2014 at 9.30pm
Christ Church, Spitalfields
Spitalfields Winter Festival
Choir of London
Jeremy Summerly, conductorJohn Tavener, Lament for Jerusalem (Choir and semi-chorus)
Mary Bevan, soprano
Andrew Watts, counter-tenor -
Concert with the Edinburgh Bach Choir
Saturday 6th December 2014 at 7.30pm
St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Bach Choir
Edinburgh Bach Society Orchestra
Neil Mantle, conductorJ.S. Bach, Magnificat
Henry Purcell, Rejoice in the Lord Alway
(baritone soloist)J.S. Bach, Magnificat
Henry Purcell, Rejoice in the Lord Alway
Handel, Coronation AnthemsCatriona Hewitson, soprano
Sue Marrs, alto
Matthew Todd, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritoneEdinburgh Bach Choir
Edinburgh Bach Society OrchestraNeil Mantle, conductor
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Ice Cream: the Opera
2nd-3rd December 2014
Elsecar Heritage Centre, Elsecar, nr. Barnsley, Yorkshire
Young Opera Venture in collaboration with Freedom Studios
Development workshop for Ice Cream – The Opera, a new pop-up opera by Russell Sarre with a libretto by Ian Macmillan
Read more about the project at the Freedom Studios website. Sadly this project has nothing to do with these purveyors of actual ice cream.
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Beethoven 9 at the Sheldonian
Sunday 16th November 2014 at 8.00pm
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Sheldonian Anniversary Chorus and Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, 'Choral' (Baritone soloist)
Concert to mark the 350th anniversary of the foundation of the Sheldonian Theatre
Sara Wallander-Ross, soprano
Lise Christensen, mezzo-soprano
Jonathan Stoughton, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritoneSheldonian Anniversary Orchestra and Chorus
James Ross, conductor (replacing the indisposed Dr. Paul Coones) -
Albert Herring
15th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd November 2014
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate, London
Hampstead Garden Opera
Oliver-John Ruthven, conductor
Joe Austin, directorBritten, Albert Herring (Sid)
Lady Billows: Simone Sauphanor
Florence Pike: Annette Dumville
Miss Wordsworth: Caroline Kennedy
Mr Gedge: Shaun Aquilina
Mayor Upfold: William Bouvel
Michael Pandazis: Supt. Budd
William Johnston Davies: Albert Herring
Jon Stainsby: Sid
Beth Moxon: Nancy
Heather Glansford Rowson: Mrs Herring
Harriet Burns: Emmie
Camilla Jeppeson: Cis
Fabian Tindale: Harry15, 18, 20 November at 19:30 / 22 at 14:30 / 23 at 16:00 -
Concert with Newbury Chamber Choir
Saturday 8th November 2014 at 2.00pm
St John's Church, Newbury, Berkshire
Newbury Chamber Choir
The Music Troupe Band
Edward Lambert, conductorW.A. Mozart, Requiem
Joseph Haydn, Theresienmesse
(baritone soloist)W.A. Mozart, Requiem
W.A. Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 3
Joseph Haydn, TheresienmesseCaroline Kennedy, soprano
Clare McCaldin, mezzo-soprano
Sheridan Edward, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritoneSimon de Souza, horn
Newbury Chamber Choir
The Music Troupe BandEdward Lambert, conductor
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John Kerr Award Final
Sunday 26th October 2014
Finchcocks Museum, Goudhurst, Kent
Final of the John Kerr Award for English Song
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Jamie Akers, lute
Katie de la Matter, harpsicord, fortepiano, piano (historic instruments from the collection at Finchcocks)
Songs by Dowland, Humfrey, Purcell, Haydn, Greene, Dibdin and Stanford -
Music for 40 voices
Tuesday 21st October 2014 at 7.30pm
Milton Court, Barbican Centre, London
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury, conductorThomas Tallis, Spem in alium
Alessandro Striggio, Ecce beatem lucem
Gabriel Jackson, Sanctum est verum lumen
Robin Walker, I have thee by the hand -
Nelson Mass
Monday 13th October 2014 at 7.30pm
Great Hall, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
Barts Academic Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Joseph Haydn, Nelson Mass (baritone soloist)
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The Hand that Takes
16th, 17th, 18th September 2014
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
Georgie Grace, text
Cheryl Frances-Hoad, music
Lotte Rose Kjaer Skau, sound design
CJ Mahoney, installation and directorPerformers:
Sheridan Edward, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Aris Nadirian, bass
The Hand that Takes is a new, multi-disciplinary collaboration between artists Georgie Grace and CJ Mahoney, composer Cheryl-Frances Hoad and sound designer Lotte Rose Kjaer Skau. It features live vocal performance in the context of an immersive installation, and explores themes of debt, sacrifice and economic uncertainty. -
The Magic Flute on tour
13th, 19th, September / 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 20th, 22nd, 24th October 2014 at 7:30pm
Civic Theatre, Barnsley (13th Sept)
Empire Theatre, Consett (19th Sept)
Oldham Coliseum, Oldham (2nd Oct)
Theatre Royal, Wakefield (3rd Oct)
Corn Exchange, Stamford (4th Oct)
Middlesbrough Theatre, Middlesbrough (8th Oct)
Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield (20th Oct)
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Hudderfield (22nd Oct)
Queen's Hall, Hexham (24th Oct)Young Opera Venture
John Longstaff, conductor
Jane Anthony and Nina Brazier, directorsW.A. Mozart, The Magic Flute (Speaker)
Pamina: Aoife O'Connell
Tamino: Jonathan Cooke
Papageno: Philip Wilcox,
Sarastro: James Fisher / Andrew Slater (13th Sept)
First Lady: Jenny Stafford
Second Lady: Lucinda Stuart-Grant
Third Lady: Heather Ireson
Queen of the Night: Katy Kelly
Speaker: Jon Stainsby
First Boy: Katherine Williamson
Second Boy: Alison Robertson
Third Boy: Katie Hainbach
Papagena: Eleanor Garside
First Armed Man: Richard Belshaw
Second Armed Man: Miles Horner
First Priest: Tom Morss / Richard Hansen (13th Sept)Performed in the English translation by Jeremy Sams
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Madame X
21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th August and 25th September 2014 at 7:30pm
Todmorden Hippodrome, Todmorden, West Yorkshire (21st August)
Square Chapel, Halifax (22nd and 23rd August)
Arcola Theatre, Dalston, London (25th, 26th and 27th August)
(Grimeborn Festival)
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester (25th September)Radius Ensemble
Antony Brannick, conductor
Tim Benjamin, directorTim Benjamin, Madame X (Botney)
A new chamber opera by composer Tim Benjamin
Masetto: Tom Morss
Zerlina: Laura Sheerin
Botney: Jon Stainsby
Lady Brannoch: Taylor Wilson
Mr Wilmore: Marc Callahan
Ensemble: Rebecca Moon, Sophie Dicks, Edwin Pitt-Mansfield and Owain Browne -
Chandos Anthems
8th July, 1st and 17th August 2014 at 8:00pm
Exeter College Chapel, Oxford
Charivari Agréable
Kah-Ming Ng, directorHandel, Chandos Anthems Nos. 7, 9 and 11a (baritone soloist and quartet)
Handel, Chandos Anthems:
No. 7: My song shall be always
No. 9: O praise the Lord with one consent
No. 11a: Let God Arise
Olwen Turchetta, soprano
Elizabeth Deacon, mezzo-soprano
Simon Beston, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritoneCharivari Agréable
Kah-Ming Ng, director -
Beethoven 9 with the AAM
Saturday 21st June 2014 at 5.00pm
Barbican Hall, London
The Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductorBeethoven, Symphony No. 9 (Chorus)
Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Daniela Lehner, mezzo-soprano
Benjamin Hulett, tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritoneChoir of the AAM
Academy of Ancient Music
Richard Egarr, conductor -
Così fan tutte
3rd June-13th July 2014
The Space, Sevenoaks School, Kent (15th June)
Hotham Hall, East Yorkshire (19th June)
Court Lodge, Stansted, Kent (22nd June)
Sandringham, Norfolk (11th July)
Thorpe Tilney, Lincolnshire (13th July)
and at 19 primary schools in outer LondonPavilion Opera
Peter Bailey, piano and musical director
Freddie Stockdale, directorW.A. Mozart, Così fan tutte (Don Alfonso and Ensemble)
Laura Pooley / Adele Mason, Fiordiligi
Una MacMahon / Francesca Saracino, Dorabella
Robert Lomax / Patrick Ashcroft, Ferrando
Victor Sgarbi / Ricardo Panela, Guglielmo
Louise Lloyd / Belinda Evans, Despina
Jon Stainsby / Bruno Loxton, Don Alfonso -
Romeo and Juliet
14th, 15th, 16th and 17th May 2014 at 7:30pm
The Rose Theatre, Kingston upon Thames
Riverside Opera
Samuel Evans, musical director
Sophie Gilpin, directorGounod, Romeo and Juliet (Duke of Verona)
in a new English translation by Russell Plows
Eleanor Ross (14th and 16th) / Anna Goodhew (15th and 17th), Juliet
John-Colyn Gyeantey (14th and 16th) / Adam Smith (15th and 17th), Romeo
Christopher Foster, Friar Lawrence
Marc Callahan, Mercutio
Maud Millar, Stephano
Thomas Colwell, Capulet
Andrew Friedhoff, Tybalt
Sandra Porter, Gertrude
Jon Stainsby, Duke of Verona
Jamie Rock, Paris
Dominic Kraemer, Gregorio -
Six Characters in Search of a Stage
2nd, 4th, 8th and 11th May 2014
St Mary's Church, Kintbury, Berkshire (2nd May)
Brighton Festival Fringe, St Andrew's Church, Brighton (4th May)
St Michael and All Angels Church, Chiswick, London (8th May)
The Forge, Camden, London (11th May)The Music Troupe
Edward Lambert, musical director
Ian Caddy, directorEdward Lambert, Six Characters in Search of a Stage (The Director)
A new chamber opera by Edward Lambert, based on Pirandello's play Six Characters in Search of an Author
Olivia Clarke, The Daughter
Lindsay Bramley, The Mother
Mark Beesley, The Father
Sheridan Edward, The Son / Madame Pace
Jon Stainsby, The DirectorJoseph Shiner, clarinet
Edward Lambert, piano / music director
Ian Caddy, director
See reviews, photos and a full recording of the Chiswick performance at the Music Troupe website.2nd and 8th May at 7:30pm / 4th May at 4:30pm / 11th May at 3:30pm -
Kopernikus
14th, 15th, 18th and 19th April 2014 at 8pm
Boekmanzaal, De Nationale Opera, Amsterdam
De Nationale Opera / VOCAALLAB
Romain Bischoff, musical director
Marcel Sijm, directorClaude Vivier, Kopernikus (Baritone)
Read more at DNO's website, or watch a complete video recording.
Katharine Dain, coloratura soprano
Éléonore Lemaire, soprano
Aurélie Franck, mezzo-soprano
Marine Fribourg, contralto
Jussi Lehtipuu, baryton martin
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Maciej Straburzynski, bassPlayers from the Nationaal Jeugd Orkest Dutch Orchestra and Ensemble Academy
Romain Bischoff, conductor
Miguel Angel Gaspar, movement director
Marcel Sijm, director -
St John Passion
Saturday 5th April 2014 at 7.30pm
Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey
Godalming Choral Society
J.S. Bach, St John Passion (Christus and baritone arias)
Philip Sheffield, Evangelist and tenor arias
Jon Stainsby, Christ and baritone arias
Nicholas Morton, Pilate
Soraya Mafi, soprano
Angela Simkin, mezzo-sopranoMichael Veazey, conductor
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Messiah with the AAM
Friday 20th December 2013 at 8.00pm
Salle Pleyel, Paris
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Bernard Labadie, directorHandel, Messiah (Ensemble)
Lydia Teuscher, soprano
Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor
Jeremy Ovenden, tenor
Brindley Sherratt, bass -
Messiah with the AAM
Wednesday 18th December 2013 at 7.00pm
King's College, Cambridge
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Handel, Messiah (Ensemble)
Lydia Teuscher, soprano
Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor
Jeremy Ovenden, tenor
Brindley Sherratt, bass -
Messiah with the AAM
Wednesday 18th December 2013 at 7.00pm
Barbican Hall, London
Choir and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music
Bernard Labadie, directorHandel, Messiah (Ensemble)
Lydia Teuscher, soprano
Iestyn Davies, counter-tenor
Jeremy Ovenden, tenor
Brindley Sherratt, bass -
Christmas Oratorio
Tuesday 3rd December 2013 at 7.00pm
Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh
Ludus Baroque
Richard Neville-Towle, directorJ.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium (Ensemble)
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Daniela Lehner, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Ellicott, tenor
Benjamin Bevan, bass -
The House Warming Party at Tate Britain
Saturday 23rd November 2013
Grand Saloon, Tate Britain, Millbank, London
EXAUDI
Claudia Molitor, Sounding the View
An immersive performance installation piece commissioned for the opening of the refurbished public spaces at Tate Britain.
Natalie Raybould, soprano
Alastair Putt, tenor
Jonathan Saunders, baritone
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Claudia Molitor, director and composer -
The Marriage of Figaro
9th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th November
Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate, London
Hampstead Garden Opera
Oliver-John Ruthven, music director
Bruno Ravella, directorMozart, The Marriage of Figaro (Count Almaviva)
Sung in the English translation by Amanda Holden
Susanna: Julie Moote (Elinor Rolfe Johnson on 13/11)
Figaro: Milo Harries (Tristan Hambleton on 13/11)
Countess: Jessica Gillingwater (Elisabeth Poirel on 13/11)
Count: Jon Stainsby
Cherubino: Felicity Turner
Marcellina: Alison Thorman (Michelle Jueno on 13/11)
Bartolo: Andrew Sparling (Tobias Odenwald on 13/11)
Basilio: William Johnston Davies (Ed Bonner on 13/11)
Antonio: Nicholas George
Curzio: Hugh Benson9, 12, 13, 14 November at 19:30 / 16 November at 14:00 -
Lecture-recital with Ensemble Combassal
Saturday 26th October 2013 at 11.00am
King's College Chapel, University of Aberdeen
Ensemble Combassal
Ralph Stelzenmüller, director and lecturerCarlo Gesualdo, Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday, 1611, and works by Rossi, Schein and Mazzocchi
Lecture recital as part of the conference on Chromaticism and Microtonality at the University of Aberdeen
Ensemble Combassal:
Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano
Frauke Jurgensen, soprano
Javier Robledano Cabrera, counter-tenor
Dan Dunkelblum, tenor
Adrian Horsewood, baritone
Jon Stainsby, bass/baritone
Caroline Ritchie, viola da gamba
Ralph Stelzenmüller, chamber organ and musical director -
Gesualdo Tenebrae Responses
Friday 25th October 2013 at 6.00pm
King's College Chapel, Aberdeen
Ensemble Combassal
Ralph Stelzenmüller, directorCarlo Gesualdo, Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday, 1611
performed in a reconstructed liturgical setting, as part of the conference on Chromaticism and Microtonality at the University of Aberdeen
Ensemble Combassal:
Ulrike Hofbauer, soprano
Frauke Jurgensen, soprano
Javier Robledano Cabrera, counter-tenor
Dan Dunkelblum, tenor
Adrian Horsewood, baritone
Jon Stainsby, bass/baritone
Caroline Ritchie, viola da gamba
Ralph Stelzenmüller, chamber organ and musical director -
Victoria and Britten with the BBC Singers
Saturday 5th October 2013 at 7.30pm
Uppingham School Chapel, Rutland
BBC Singers
David Hill, conductor
Iain Farrington, organChoral music by Victoria and Britten
Victoria, Requiem (1605)
Britten, Hymn to St Cecilia, Rejoice in the Lamb, Hymn to St Peter, Te Deum in C, Te Deum in E, Prelude and Fugue on a theme of Victoria -
Mozart Requiem with Dunedin Consort at the Lammermuir Festival
Sunday 22nd September 2013 at 7.30pm
St Mary's Church, Haddington
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorW.A. Mozart, Requiem K. 626, and Vesperae solennes de confessore K. 339 (ensemble)
Programme also includes C.P.E. Bach Cello Concerto in A major Wq. 172
Joanne Lunn, soprano
Rowan Hellier, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Giles Underwood, bass -
Mozart Requiem with Dunedin Consort
Tuesday 17th September 2013 at 10.00pm
Perth Concert Hall
Dunedin Consort and Players
John Butt, directorW.A. Mozart, Requiem K. 626, and Vesperae solennes de confessore K. 339 (ensemble)
Programme also includes C.P.E. Bach Cello Concerto in A major Wq. 172
Joanne Lunn, soprano
Rowan Hellier, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass -
Wigmore Hall/Kohn Foundation International Song Competition
30th August-3rd September
Wigmore Hall, London
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Chris Baxter, piano