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Date


Programme


Venue


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31 December 2011
     19h00


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JS Bach
Cantata BWV110: 'Unser Mund sei voll Lachens'
Magnificat BWV243



Wigmore Hall
London

Joanne Lunn
Charles Daniels
Peter Harvey

Retrospect
conducted by Matthew Halls






 

9 January 2012
    



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John Blow
Venus & Adonis
     Role - Cupid

M-A Charpentier
La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers





Warsaw
Philharmonie

Les Arts Florissants
conducted by Jonathan Cohen






 

11 January 2012
    



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John Blow
Venus & Adonis
     Role - Cupid

M-A Charpentier
La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers





Paris
Cite de la Musique

Les Arts Florissants
conducted by Jonathan Cohen






 

13 January 2012
    



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John Blow
Venus & Adonis
     Role - Cupid

M-A Charpentier
La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers





Versailees
Opera Royale

Les Arts Florissants
conducted by Jonathan Cohen







 

12 February 2012
     19h30




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JS Bach
Cantata 180: Schmuecke dich, o liebe Seele

Motet: Der Gerechte kommt um

Lutheran Mass in G major BWV 236





Johanneskirche am Feuersee
Stuttgart
Germany

Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart
conducted by Matthew Halls


 

14 February 2012
    

     

Valentine's duet recital






Leamington Music Festival
England

Katherine Manley
Bojan Cicic
Tim Smedley
Steven Devine


 

25 February 2012
     19h30

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JS Bach
Cantata No 42: Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats

Motet: Der Gerechte kommt um

Cantata No 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich

Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV 230

Lutheran Mass in G major BWV 236





Bath Bach Festival
Bath Abbey
England

Julia Doyle
Charles Daniels
Peter Harvey

Retrospect
conducted by Matthew Halls


 

7 March 2012
     19h30

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GF Handel
Amadigi
     Role - Amadigi







Wigmore Hall
London

Katherine Manley
Robin Blaze
Sally Silver

Retrospect
conducted by Matthew Halls


 

31 March 2012
     19h30

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JS Bach
Johannes-Passion
    









Cadogan Hall
London

Anna Devin
Andrew Staples
Jacques Imbrailo
Matthew Rose

Kingston Choral Society, London Festival Baroque
conducted by Andrew Griffiths


 

6 April 2012
    

     

JS Bach
Matthäus-Passion
    






St Andrew's Church
Cape Town

St George's Singers, Camerata Tinta Barocca
conducted by Barry Smith


 

25, 29, 31 May 2012
7, 9, 14 June 2012
    
    


Detlev Glanert
Caligula
     Role - Helicon


English National Opera
Coliseum
London










 

6 August 2012
    
    


Recital with Arcangelo
Programme TBC, to include Porpora cantata 'La Gelosia'



Paunat Festival
France

Jonathan Cohen

Arcangelo







   

 
Past performances


Opera
 

GF Handel's Rinaldo (Eustazio) - October, November 2011 - Glyndebourne on Tour. Conducted by Laurence Cummings, directed by Robert Carson and revived by Bruno Ravella

GF Handel's Amadigi di Gaula (Title role) - July, August 2011 - Central City Opera, USA. Conducted by Matthew Halls and directed by Alessandro Talevi

C Monteverdi's l'Incoronazione di Poppea (Ottone) - Autumn 2010 - Glyndebourne on Tour, England, Conducted by Jonathan Cohen, directed by Robert Carsen (revived by Bruno Ravella)

GF Handel's Tamerlano (Title role) - May 2010 - Goettingen Handel Festival, Germany. Conducted by Nicholas McGegan and directed by Johanna Garpe

Thomas Arne's Artaxerxes (Title role) - October/November 2009 - Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera, Covent Garden. A collaboration with the Classical Opera Company, conducted by Ian Page and directed by Martin Duncan

Claudio Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea (Ottone) - July/August 2009 - Drottningholm Slottsteater, Stockholm, conducted by Mark Tatlow and directed by Johanna Garpe

Benjamin Britten's Death in Venice (The Voice of Apollo) - May/June 2009 - Opéra de Lyon, conducted by Martyn Brabbins and directed by Yoshi Oida

GF Handel's Alcina (Ruggiero) - December 2008 (Riga), February 2009 (Hong Kong) - Latvian National Opera, conducted by Andris Veismanis

GF Handel's Partenope (Arsace) - August 2008 - Les Azuriales Opera Festival , Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France - Directed by Alessandro Talevi and conducted by Natalie Murray

GF Handel's Rinaldo (Title role) - July 2008 - Sigulda, Latvia - conducted by Andris Veismanis and directed by Jane Gingell

GF Handel's Orlando (Medoro) - June 2008 - Wigmore Hall, London - conducted by Gary Cooper, with Independent Opera at Sadler's Wells

Harrison Birtwistle's The Minotaur (Innocent 4) - April 2008 - World Premier at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Antonio Pappano and directed by Stephen Langridge

Monteverdi's Poppea (cover of Ottone) - October, November 2007 - English National Opera

GF Handel's Poro (title role) - May 2007 - London Handel Festival - conducted by Laurence Cummings, directed by Christopher Cowell

GF Handel's Xerxes (Arsamenes) - August 2006 - Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Edinburgh Symphony Baroque, directed by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

GF Handel's Tolomeo (Alessandro) - May 2006 - London Handel Festival - conducted by Laurence Cummings, directed by James Conway


Oratorio


GF Handel's Samson - December 2011 - St Andrew's Church, Cape Town. Barry Smith conducting the St George's Singers and Camerata Tinta Barocca

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2011 - Christopher Warren-Green conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

GF Handel's The Choice of Hercules - November 2011 - St George's, Hanover Square, London. Laurence Cummings conducting the London Handel Players

GF Handel's Samson - April 2011 - Epsom, England. Jonathan Rennert conducting the Brook Street Band

JS Bach's Johannes-Passion - March 2011, City Hall, Cape Town and Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa. Kaare Hanken conducting the Camerata Tinta Barocca and Philharmonia Choir

JS Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium - December 2010, Cadogan Hall, London. Graham Ross conducting the Purcell Orchestra

GF Handel's Jephtha - August 2010 - Cape Town, South Africa. Barry Smith directing the St George's Singers and Camerata Tinta Barocca

H Purcell's Come, Ye Sons of Art and JS Bach's Magnificat- June 2010 - Tilford Festival, England - directed by Adrian Butterfield and Laurence Cummings

JS Bach's Matthäus-Passion - April 2010 - Diocesan College, Cape Town, South Africa - Barry Smith conducting the St George's Singers and Camerata Tinta Barocca

JS Bach's B Minor Mass - March 2010 - Petersfield, England. Paul Spicer directing Southern Pro Musica Orchestra

John Blow's Venus & Adonis - February 2010 - Ghent, Belgium. Gary Cooper directing B'Rock and Stile Antico

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa. Barry Smith directing the St George's Singers and Camerata Tinta Barocca

GF Handel's Solomon - December 2009 - Eton College Hall, Eton, England. Ralph Allwood directing the The Windsor & Eton Choral Society

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2009 - Belfast Waterfront, Belfast. Matthew Halls directing the Ulster Orchestra

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2009 - London Handel Festival, St George's, Hanover Square, London. Simon Williams directing the London Handel Orchestra and St George's Choir

GF Handel's Theodora - September 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa. Barry Smith directing the Camerata Tinta Barocca and St George's Singers

H Purcell's Ode to St Cecilia, GF Handel's Te Deum in D - August/September 2009 - Innsbruck, Utrecht and Antwerp Early Music Festivals. Timothy Brown directing B'Rock and Innsbruck Festival Chorus

GF Handel's Messiah - April 2009 - Guildford Cathedral, England. Neil Ferris directing the Brandenburg Sinfonia and Epworth Choir

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2008 - Waterford, Dublin and Galway, Ireland. Gary Cooper directing the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Resurgum

JS Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium - December 2008 - Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Vladimir Jurowski conducting the Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory and Russian National Orchestra

JS Bach's B Minor Mass - November 2008 - Birmingham Town Hall, Brandenburg Baroque Soloists and Birmingham Bach Choir conducted by Paul Spicer

Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms - September 2008 - Opéra de Lyon - conducted by Kazushi Ono, for the opening concert of the Opéra de Lyon season

GF Handel's Judas Maccabaeus - September 2008 - Church of St Catherine, Vilnius, conducted by Steven Fox

John Blow's Venus & Adonis (Cupid) - August 2008 - Festival van Vlaanderen - Concert performance in the Concertgebouw Concertzaal, Brugge - Gary Cooper conducting B'Rock

JS Bach's Matthäus-Passion - March 2008 - St George's Church, Hanover Square, London - Laurence Cummings conducting the London Handel Orchestra

JS Bach's Johannes-Passion - March 2008 - St John's, Boxmoor - Madeleine Lovell conducting the Lea Singers and St George's Chamber Orchestra

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2007 - Verizon Hall, Philadelphia - Christopher Warren-Green conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
GF Handel's Messiah - December 2007 - Tewkesbury Abbey and Cirencester Parish Church - Dr Donald Hunt conducting the Elgar Chorale and English Symphony Orchestra

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2007, St John's Waterloo, Murray Stewart conducting the East London Chorus and London Pro Arte Baroque

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2007 - St George's Hanover Square, London - Simon Williams conducting the London Handel Orchestra

GF Handel's Saul (David) November 2007 - St John's, Smith Square, London - Paul Spicer conducting the Whitehall Choir and Brandenburg Sinfonia

GF Handel's Belshazzar (Cyrus) - August 2007 - Frauenkirche, Dresden, conducted by Peter Kopp


Recitals


Recital with the Classical Opera Company, - May 2011, Wigmore Hall, London. Including arias and songs by Handel, Schubert and Mozart

Recital with Arcangelo, led by Jonathan Cohen - April 2011, London Handel Festival. The Tears of Sin including JC Bach Lamento and Porpora's cantata 'La Gelosia'

Recital with Les Passion de l'Ame, led by Meret Lüthi - February 2011, Bern and Biel. JS Bach alto cantata 'Vergnügte Ruh', JC Bach Lamento and Handel's 'A dispetto'

Recital at the Wigmore Hall - July 2010, including works by Dowland, Purcell, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Schubert, Mahler, Yamada and Britten with Laurence Cummings, Adrian Butterfield, Elizabeth Kenny, Jennifer Bullock and James Baillieu

Recital at the St Andrew's, Cape Town - August 2010, including works by Dowland, Purcell, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Schubert, Mahler, Yamada and Britten with Barry Smith, Peter Martens, Suzanne Martens and Albie van Schalkwyk

Duet Recitals with soprano Katherine Manley - Concerts in the West, England - July 2010, including works by Monteverdi, Handel, Gluck and Arne

Recital in 2010 London Handel Festival including Bach's 'Vergnuegte Ruh', Vivaldi's 'Sovvente il sole' and arias from Handel's Tamerlano - March 2010 - St George's, Hanover Square, with Ensemble Chocolat

Handel Duets recital with soprano Katherine Manely - March 2009 - St George's, Hanover Square, part of the London Handel Festival

GF Handel's Il duello amoroso and arias from Giulio Cesare - February 2009 - Croatian Baroque Ensemble, Zagreb, conducted by Laurence Cummings

Recital of Handel arias with Harry Bicket and players from The English Concert at Handel House Museum - November 2008