(Photo credit: Marco Borggreve) The 2024 Music at Paxton festival has released its line up of events. This article features vocal works only. Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston joins the Consone Quartet to present the works of Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, and Fanny Mendelssohn. Performance Date: July 20, 2024 Composer Gavin Bryars joins artistic director Angus Smith in a “meet {…}
Shriver Hall Concert Series is set to present tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Mitsuko Uchida on March 10, 2024. The pair will perform the composer’s famous song cycle “Winterreise,” a work that expresses a physical and spiritual journey of winter. In a statement Padmore said, “’Words make you think thoughts / Music makes you feeling a feeling / But a {…}
The U.K.’s JW3‘s world class monthly classical music concert season, The Classical Series is set to continue on Dec. 12 with Mark Padmore and Mishka Rushdie Momen, performing for the first time together. They will present an evening of Lieder Songs, including a very rare performance of the complete version of Schumann’s “Dichterliebe” song cycle, with the four songs that {…}
Brooklyn’s Soapbox Gallery has announced that Mark Padmore’s previously announced concerts have been canceled. In an official statement, the company noted that “Due to positive COVID-19 tests in the production staff, the remaining dates of Sono Fest! at Soapbox Gallery have been canceled… This includes tonight’s concert (June 12) with the Momenta Quartet, the concerts June 13-18, and the ‘Coda’ {…}
Tenor Mark Padmore is set to perform at the Soapbox Gallery in Brooklyn on June 23, 2023. Padmore and accompanist Ethan Iverson will close out the inaugural season of “Sono Fest!” with “Songs of the Earth.” This program includes works by Britten, Schubert, Ives, Holst, Coplan, and many others. They are joined by Brooklyn-based poet Sarah Demin who will be {…}
The Konserthuset Stockholm has announced its 2023-24 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Ryan Bancroft will conduct Sven-David Sandström’s “The High Mass” with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Soloists include Marisol Montalvo, Elin Rombo, Jeannette van Schaik, Paula Murrihy, and Emma Sventelius. Performance Date: Sept. 7, 2023 Sophie Asplund, Yuri Mynenko, and Magnus Svensson perform a night of {…}
The Shriver Hall Concert Series, Baltimore’s premier presenter of chamber music ensembles and solo recitalists, has announced its 2023-24 (its 58th) concert season. For the purposes of this article, we will highlight the vocal performances only. Soprano Julia Bullock makes her Baltimore recital debut alongside pianist Bretton Brown. The two will perform a wide-ranging program featuring works by Schubert, Schumann, {…}
The Leeds Lieder Festival 2023 has been announced. The season opens with a gala featuring tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Ana Manastireanu. They will perform music by Schumann, Britten, Finzi, Clarke, Tippett, and Gurney, among others. Performance Date: June 9, 2023 Soprano Louise Alder and pianist Joseph Middleton will perform music by Schubert, Schumann, and Mozart, among others. Performance Date: {…}
Carnegie Hall has announced its 2023-24 season bringing some of the greatest artists in the world. Here is a look at the vocal performances of the season. Sphinx Virtuosi will feature bass players Xavier Foley and Kebra Seyoun-Charles with special guests Raquel González and Abel Selaocoe. The program will include Javier Farias, Andrea Casarrubios, Villa-Lobos, and Xavier Foley music. Performance {…}
This week audiences will get to hear several recital albums with great song cycles and songs. Here is a look at this week’s new releases. Schubert’s Schwanengesang & Beethoven Tenor Mark Padmore and Pianist Mitsuko Uchida appear on record for the first time in this live recording from London’s Wigmore Hall. They perform Schubert’s “Schwanengesang” and Beethoven’s only major song {…}
The Oxford Lieder Festival has announced its 21st season. The season opens with “Culture, Counterculture, and Conviviality,” a two-part event that features a look at the salon culture, followed by a more specific look at that music world through Pauline Viardot’s own involvement. The event features speaker Natasha Loges and such artists as Charlotte Bowden, Alexandria Moon, Zahid Siddiqui, Johnathan {…}