Dame Sarah Connolly, Iestyn Davies, Roderick Williams, Dorothea Röschmann, Elizabeth Llewellyn Headline Oxford Lieder Festival 2022

By David Salazar

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 Eyers, and Avishka Edrinsinghe.

Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2022

Mezzo-soprano Helen Charlston and lutenist Toby Carr perform “Battle Cry,” a program featuring music by Purcell, Monteverdi, and Barbara Strozzi.

Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2022

Soprano Kate Royal, mezzo Christine Rice, tenor Magnus Walker, and pianists Julius Drake and Eunji Han will perform music by Brahms, Schumann, and Weill.

Performance Date: Oct. 14, 2022

There will be a two-part exploration of Strauss’ life in song entitled “Freundliche Vision.” The showcase will feature speaker Gavin Plumley, soprano Emily Christina Loftus, baritone Wonsick Oh, and pianists George Ireland and Aron Goldin.

Performance Date: Oct. 15, 2022

Soprano Sarah Wegener and pianist Götz Payer perform music by Strauss.

Performance Date: Oct. 15, 2022

Benjamin Appl and lutenist Thomas Dunford perform music by Dowland, Bach, Schubert, Hahn, and Fauré, among others.

Performance Date: Oct. 15, 2022

Baritone Thomas Oliemans performs Schubert’s “Winterreise;” he will also play at the piano. The concert also features soprano Clara Barbier Serrano and pianist Joanna Kacperek.

Performance Date: Oct. 15, 2022

Soprano Claire Booth and pianist Christopher Glynn perform music by Mussorgsky, Debussy, and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Performance Date: Oct. 16, 2022

Philip Ross Bullock gives a talk on Russian music during the Cold War. The concert also features Katy Thomson and pianist Rustam Khanmurzin.

Performance Date: Oct. 16, 2022 

Patricia Petibon, Wonsick Oh, Aron Goldin, and Susan Manoff will deliver a program featuring music by Bernstein, Poulenc, Satie, Granados, and others.

Performance Date: Oct. 16, 2022

Jess Dandy and Joanna Harries headline the first of the “SongPath” outdoor concerts.

Performance Date: Oct. 17 & 18, 2022

Soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Leper deliver a program featuring music by Coleridge-Taylor, Brahms, Puccini, and Stanford.

Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2022 

Mark Padmore and lutenist Elizabeth Kenny deliver a program of music by Morley, Danyel, and Dowland, among others.

Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2022

Christopher Purves and Rowan Pierce join forces with the Choir of The Queen’s College, Oxford under Owen Rees for music by Purcell, Arne, and Boyce, among others.

Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2022

The Oxford Gargoyles will deliver a unique jazz-infused concert.

Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2022

Kathryn Rudge and Sholto Kynoch deliver a concert featuring music by Vaughan Williams. The showcase will be broadcast via BBC Radio 3.

Performance Date: Oct. 18, 2022

Stephanie Wake-Edwards and Ceri Owen also perform music by Vaughan Williams and the women in his life, including his wives, female students, and female colleagues.

Performance Date: Oct. 18, 2022

Composer and soprano Héloïse Werner performs some of her own music as well as that of Sally Beamish, Elizabeth Maconchy, and Nicola LeFanu alongside Le Fanu and violist Rosalind Ventris.

Performance Date: Oct. 18, 2022

James Gilchrist and Anna Tilbrook perform music by Schumann and Britten. The concert also stars Clara Orif and Jack Redman.

Performance Date: Oct. 18, 2022

Bass William Thomas and pianist Anna Tilbrook deliver a recital focusing on music by Vaughan Williams.

Performance Date: Oct. 19, 2022

Jonathan Eyers and Joseph Beesley perform music by George Butterworth. 

Performance Date: Oct. 19, 2022

Claire Booth delivers a recital featuring music by Schumann and Reynaldo Hahn.

Performance Date: Oct. 19, 2022

Soprano Marie-Laure Garnier and Angharad Rowlands perform a concert featuring music by Fauré and Chausson alongside the Hanson Quartet and pianists Joseph Cavalli-Price and Célia Oneto Bensaid.

Performance Date: Oct. 19, 2022

Lotte Betts-Dean and Natalie Burch perform Valentin Silvestrov’s “Quiet Songs.”

Performance Date: Oct. 19, 2022

Soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Libby Burgess put on another concert exploring Vaughan Williams’ “Four Last Songs” and other music by his contemporaries.

Performance Date: Oct. 20, 2022

Mark Padmore lectures on and performs music by Britten alongside pianist Ana Manastireanu and speaker Kate Kennedy.

Performance Date: Oct. 20, 2022

Baritone Vincent Kusters and pianist Charlie Bo Meijerling perform in recital.

Performance Date: Oct. 20, 2022

Pianist Sholto Kynoch, Schubert & Co. soprano Karla Grant, and pianist Jia Ning Ng perform “A Schubertiade.”

Performance Date: Oct. 20, 2022

Tenor Alessandro Fisher and pianist William Vann perform music by Venables and Vaughan Williams.

Performance Date: Oct. 21, 2022

Anna Denis joins oboist Nicholas Daniel and harpsichordist Richard Gowers for music from the Baroque era. The concert also includes a world premiere by Elena Langer.

Performance Date: Oct. 21, 2022

In partnership with the BeethovenFest Bonn, the company will present music by Schumann and Elena Langer with such artists as Sir Thomas Allen, Anna Dennis, Hugh Cutting, James Atkinson, and Carolyn Taylor, among others.

Performance Date: Oct. 21, 2022

Nick Pritchard and Ian Tindale will showcase songs by Ivor Gurney, Rebecca Clarke, Ian Venables and Gerald Finzi.

Performance Date: Oct. 21, 2022

In a two-part showcase, Martha Guth, Esme Bronwen-Smith, Alessandro Fisher, Charles Cunliffe, and pianist Graham Johnson will present music by Schubert.

Performance Date: Oct. 22, 2022

Iestyn Davies and Thomas Dunford present music by John Dowland.

Performance Date: Oct. 22, 2022

Mark Padmore, Emma Roberts, Till Fellner, and Lucy Colquhoun perform music by Schubert.

Performance Date: Oct. 22, 2022

Speaker Natasha Loges leads an event on “Schubert and Social Music” that also features Schubert & Co.

Performance Date: Oct. 23, 2022

There will be a series of Family Cushion Concerts.

Performance Date: Oct. 23, 2022

Soprano Birgid Steinberger and pianist Julius Drake will perform music by Schubert and other Viennese composers.

Performance Date: Oct. 23, 2022

Werner Güra, Rebecca Leggett, Christoph Berner, and Dylan Perez headline a concert dedicated to music by Schubert.

Performance Date: Oct. 23, 2022

Birgid Steinberger will also present folksongs.

Performance Date: Oct. 23, 2022

Michael Mofidian and Keval Shah will perform music by Brahms and Sibelius.

Performance Date: Oct. 24, 2022

Jessica Cale and Hamish Brown will perform a recital.

Performance Date: Oct. 24, 2022

Camilla Harris and Roderick Williams will perform in recital alongside Natalie Burch and Susie Allan. The program will feature Beethoven’s “An die Ferne Geliebte” as well as songs by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel and Josephine Lang.

Performance Date: Oct. 24, 2022

Yaije Zhang and Hartmut Höll perform music by Mahler.

Performance Date: Oct. 25, 2022

Stuart Jackson joins forces with hornist George Scrivens and pianist Jocelyn Freeman for music by Philips, Schubert, and Britten.

Performance Date: Oct. 25, 2022

Camilla Tilling and Jia Huang perform music by Schumann, Chopin, and Mendelssohn. Pianist on the program include Paul Rivinius and Satoshi Kubo.

Performance Date: Oct. 25, 2022

Fleur Barron and Kunal Lahiry will showcase the world premiere of “A Place Called Paradise.” The program also includes music by Chen Yi, Huang Ruo, Kamala Sankaram, Elgar, and Coleridge-Taylor.

Performance Date: Oct. 26, 2022

Fleur Barron and Kunal Lahiry will appear in a talk led by Jennifer Wong and composer Alex Ho entitled “Transcultural Encounters.”

Performance Date: Oct. 26, 2022

Baritone Benedict Nelson and the Castalian String Quartet perform music by Schubert.

Performance Date: Oct. 26, 2022

Christoph Prégardien and Julian Prégardien perform music by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms. Michael Gees accompanies.

Performance Date: Oct. 26, 2022

Mezzo Lotte Betts-Dean and accordionist Ryan Corbett will present a varied program spanning centuries of music.

Performance Date: Oct. 26, 2022

Mezzo Anne-Lise Polchlopek and Elenora Pertz present music by Fauré, Saint-Saëns, Scarlatti, Rossini, Tosti, and Bellini.

Performance Date: Oct. 27, 2022

Irene Mas Salom and Marc Serra will perform music by Grieg, Poulenc, and Toldrà, among others.

Performance Date: Oct. 27, 2022

Dorothea Röschmann, Malcolm Martineau, Jeeyoung Lim, and Elenora Pertz will deliver a program of music by Schumann and Brahms.

Performance Date: Oct. 27, 2022

Joshua Stuart and Deidre Brenner will perform music by H. Leslie Adams, Florence Price, and Adolphus Hailstork.

Performance Date: Oct. 28, 2022

Carolyn Sampson and pianists Joseph Middletown and Cole Knutson deliver a program featuring music by Britten and Poulenc as well as Huw Watkins.

Performance Date: Oct. 28, 2022

Rachel Fenlon sings and plays at the piano in a recital of music by Berg, Alma Mahler, Debussy, and Crumb.

Performance Date: Oct. 28, 2022

Closing out the season will be a Mastercourse Showcase Recital.

Performance Date: Oct. 29, 2022

Fauré’s Requiem will be performed by the Choir of Merton College under conductor Benjamin Nicholas. The concert will also feature soprano Áine Smith and baritone Julien Van Mellearts.

Performance Date: Oct. 29, 2022

Dame Sarah Connolly will perform alongside Michael Lafferty, Eugene Asti, and William Bracken in a recital featuring music by Schumann, Strauss, Mahler, and Brahms.

Performance Date: Oct. 29, 2022

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