NEXT EVENT (Facebook Live & YouTube):
7/8/9 August
"All My Heart In This My Singing"
A Weekend of Song with Jess & Dylan
Jess Dandy, contralto
Dylan Perez, piano
We are delighted to announce our upcoming weekend of song – "All my heart in this my singing" – coming live to you at 6pm this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (7/8/9 August).
Below, you can find 'events' for each evening, where you'll be able to see viewing platform details, repertoire lists, and programme notes:
I. Out of mingled air & sparkle: an evening of German Song
Friday 7th August 6-7pm
II. The Eternal Ephemeral: An Evening of French Song
Saturday 8th August 6-7pm
III. Dwell in possibility –– Songs of America
Sunday 9th August 6-7pm
This series is free of charge, but we are asking for your support in funding our first album with fabulous sound engineer, Bobby Williams. The funding link is here:
https://gf.me/u/yjwsm4
"Music transports us" they say, and whoever they are, we're taking them literally. In one sense, we'll be very much in my South Cumbrian living room; in another, we'll venture into the Black Forest, take a dip in the Bodensee, before embroiling ourselves in the raucous shenanigans of a French village fête, and crossing the Atlantic to, amongst other places, Amherst, Massachusetts with a certain poet-in-residence, ultimately finding our "latitude of home".
We haven't made live music since March, and we're overwhelmed at the prospect of doing so again in less than a week's time. Just before lockdown, we made some stunning videos with our long-time collaborator, Bobby Williams, a wonderfully attuned and sensitive sound and video engineer, who strives for sound as close to a live, embodied experience as possible. We would like to make our first album together, and need your help to make this happen. If you've enjoyed any of our videos, please consider giving to our first album fundraiser. Pennies found down the back of the sofa, the £2.50 you never spent on a flat white, the £100 you feel inexplicably compelled to give, we will be hugely grateful for whatever you feel able to share with us. We have taken the decision not to charge for next week's event, but music is worth so much, and we hope you'll support us in making more of it.
The following events have been cancelled due to the COVID-19:
Ensemble x.y.
23 March 2020
Brunel Tunnel, London
Joseph Havlat, piano
Songs from the Deep
Ensemble 1637
27 March 2020
St James’ Sussex Gardens
Joseph Havlat, piano
Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri
With readings from The Dream of the Rood transl. Neil Curry
Thames Philharmonic Choir
28 March 2020
Cadogan Hall, London
Dir. Harry Bradford
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Solemn Vespers
Beethoven, Ludwig Van: Mass in C
London Handel Festival
1 April 2020
St George's Hannover Square
Dir. Leo Duarte
Handel, George Frideric: Fernando
Merton College Choir
3 April 2020
Merton College Chapel, Oxford
Dir. Benjamin Nicholas
Bach, Johann Sebastian: St Matthew Passion
King's College Choir
7 April 2020
King’s College Chapel, Cambridge
Dir. Daniel Hyde
Academy of Ancient Music
Bach, Johann Sebastian: St John Passion
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
9 April 2020
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
10 April 2020
St David’s Hall, Cardiff
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Dir. John Butt
Bach, Johann Sebastian: St John Passion
The English Concert
18 April 2020
Baluarte, Pamplona, Spain
20 April 2020
Theater an der Wien, Vienna
23 April 2020
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
25 April 2020
Barbican Hall, London
3 May 2020
Carnegie Hall, New York
5 May 2020
McCarter Center, Princeton
8 May 2020
LA Opera
BBC National Chorus of Wales
Dir. Harry Bickett
Handel, George Frideric: Rodelinda
Monteverdi Choir
16 May 2020
Barbican Hall, London
Orchestre révolutionnaire
Et romantique
Dir. Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 9
Snape Maltings
18 - 22 May 2020
Mills, Alex: Herculine
Recital with Martin Roscoe
23 May 2020
St Mary’s RC Church, Barrow-in-Furness
A Furness Songbook: Songs of the North and Sea
London Choral Sinfonia
28 May 2020
Cadogan Hall
Vox Anima London
30 May 2020
Cadogan Hall
Arnesen, Kim André: Tuvayhun - Beatitudes for a Wounded World
Two Moors Festival
7 June 2020
Schubertiade led by Roger Vignoles with pianist, Dylan Perez
North Cotswold Chamber Choir
13 June 2020
Northleach Church, Cheltenham
Dir. Sarah Tenant-Flowers
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Magnificat
Vivaldi, Antonio: Dixit Dominus
Ulverston International Music Festival
25 June 2020
Recital with Anthony Hewitt
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
27 June 2020
Athens
Dir. Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 9
Dartington Summer School
1 - 8 August 2020
Teaching Bach Mass in B minor
Dartington Summer School
5 August 2020
Recital with Gavin Roberts 'The World of the Boulanger Sisters'
Lake District Summer Music
8 August 2020
Recital with Malachy Frame & Duncan Glenday
SongPath 2020: The Old Furness Way
23 August 2020
South Cumbria
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wimbledon Choral Society
14 November 2020
Southwark Cathedral
Florilegium
Dir. Neil Ferris
Handel, George Frideric: Messiah
Irish Baroque Orchestra
3 December 2020: Wexford
4 December 2020: Dublin
5 December 2020: Cork
Dir. Peter Whelan
Handel, George Frideric: Messiah
Ulster Radio Orchestra
10 - 12 December 2020
Ulster
Handel, George Frideric: Messiah
Mozarteum Orchestra
16 - 18 December 2020
Festival Hall, Salzburg
Dir. Matthew Halls
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Weihnachtsoratorium
Dunedin Consort
20 - 23 December 2020
Scotland
Dir. John Butt
Handel, George Frideric: Messiah
Dunedin Consort
22 - 28 March 2021
Scotland
Dir. John Butt
Bach, Johann Sebastian: St Matthew Passion
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
4 - 8 May 2021 (postponed until 2022)
Toronto, Canada
Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 2
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
15 - 17 July 2021
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Dir. Ed Gardner
Mahler, Gustav: Symphony No. 2
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PAST EVENTS
Ulverston International Music Festival (Home2Home Festival)
26 June 2020
Songs of the Sea
Recital with Anthony Hewitt, piano
Live from Home
Recital with Martin Roscoe
14 March 2020
The Old Laundry Theatre Crag Brow, Windermere
Schumann, Robert: Dichterliebe (Heine) Op. 48
Liszt, Franz: Three Petrarch Sonnets
Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Four Last Songs
London Handel Festival
10 March 2020
Wigmore Hall
Handel, George Frideric: Parnasso in Festa HWV 73
Role - Calliope
Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras
27 February 2020
Carnegie Hall
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras
24 February 2020
Harris Theater at Millennium Park
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras
14 February 2020
Palau de la Musica Catalana
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125
Dunedin Consort
17 December 2019: St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow
16 December 2019: The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
14 December 2019: Westmorland Hall, Kendal
7 & 8 December 2019: Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo
Handel, George Frideric: Messiah
Nevill Holt Opera
30 November 2019
Handel, George Frideric: Messiah
Lied Festival Victoria de los Angeles
16 November 2020
Museu de la Musica de Barcelona
Recital, 'French Fables'
Hampstead Arts Festival
2 November 2020
Hampstead Parish Church, London
Elgar, Edward: The Dream of Gerontius
Oxford Lieder
23 October 2020
The Holywell Music Room Oxford
Recital, 'French Fables'
Oxford Lieder
11 October 2019
The Holywell Music Room Oxford
Frances-Hoad, Cheryl: Beowulf
Kings Place
21 September 2019
Alex Mills: Dear Marie Stopes
Queen Elizabeth Hall
21 September 2019
Crouch End Festival Chorus
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Missa Solemnis
Dunedin Consort / Edinburgh International Festival
24 August 2019
Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Bach, Johann Sebastian: BWV 201 Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde
Bach, Johann Sebastian: Der Zufriedengestellte Äolus BWV 205
Three Choirs Festival
31 July 2019
Gloucester Cathedral
Handel, George Frideric: Israel in Egypt
Ryedale Festival
12, 15, 17 July 2019
Purcell, Henry: Dido and Aeneas
Role: Dido
SongPath / Ulverston Music Festival
14 - 16 June 2019
Dunedin Consort / Boston Early Music Festival
10 June 2019
Jordan Hall, Boston, USA
Bach, Johann Sebastian: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244