CONCERTS
“THE PERFECT ACCOMPANIST”
EVENT ARCHIVE
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May 2023
7th
Recital with James Newby
Flora and Fauna
Palau de la Musica Catalana11th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Robert and Clara Schumann
Oji Hall, Tokyo14th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson and Fatma Said
Schubert, Saariaho, Purcell, Poldowski, Poulenc
Wigmore Hall, Gramophone 100th Anniversary17th
Recital with James Newby
Britten, Schubert, Mahler, Bingham
Amsterdam Concertgebouw21st
Recital with James Newby
Britten, Schubert, Mahler, Bingham
Köln Philharmonie26th
Recital with Ian Bostridge
Schubert Schwanengesang
FrintonApril 2023
2nd
Recital with Marianne Crebassa
Ravel, Debussy, Guridi, Mompou, Villa-Lobos
Köln Philharmonie16th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert
Baden Baden20th
Recital with Roderick Williams
Schubert
Howard Assembly Room22nd
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Barber, Chausson, Weill
St Luke’s London23rd
Recital with James Newby
Schubert
Birmingham Symphony Hall24th
Recital with Fatma Said
Wigmore Hall, BBC Radio 326th
Recital with Iestyn Davies
Schubert - Die schöne Müllerin
Pembroke College Cambridge30th
Recital with Fatma Said
Schubert, Haydn
Schubertiade HohenemsMarch 2023
4th
Recital with Mary Bevan and Nicky Spence
Noel Coward and friends
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire6th
Recital with Kitty Whately
Mahler, Strauss, Muller-Hermann
Harrogate10th
Recital with Richard Watkins
Beethoven, Britten
Dartmouth12th
Recital with Ailish Tynan
Parry, Stanford, Bingham, Clarke, Wolf
Pembroke College, Cambridge18th and 19th
Recital with James Newby
Flora and Fauna
Lisbon24th
Recital with Marianne Crebassa
Ravel, Debussy, Guridi, Mompou, Falla
Wigmore Hall27th
Recital with Marianne Crebassa
Ravel, Debussy, Guridi, Mompou, Falla
Madrid29th
Recital with Marianne Crebassa
Ravel, Debussy, Guridi, Mompou, Falla
Berlin31st
Recital with Marianne Crebassa
Ravel, Debussy, Guridi, Mompou, Falla
Antwerp DeSingelFebruary 2023
5th
Recital with James Newby
Flora and Fauna
Stockholm Concert Hall7th
Recital and Masterclass with Nicky Spence
Copland, Griffes, Bonds
The Perse School, Cambridge9th
Recital with Iestyn Davies
Schubert
Wigmore Hall10th
Recital with Jennifer Johnston
Barber, Rorem, Britten, Cheryl Frances Hoad
Clothworkers Centenary Hall, Leeds15th
Recital with Miah Persson
Grieg, Nystroem, Sibelius, Strauss
Howard Assembly Room20th-23rd
Recording with Mary Bevan and Nicky Spence
Noel Coward and friends
Signum Records24th and 25th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert
Dortmund KonzerthausJanuary 2023
16th-19th
Recording with Ruby Hughes
BIS Records21st
Recital with James Newby
Bingham, Schumann
Sage, Gateshead25th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg -
December 2022
1st-4th
Masterclasses with Dame Sarah Connolly
Samling Foundation6th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Robert and Clara Schumann
Amsterdam Concertgebouw8th-10th
Recording with Mary Bevan and Nicky Spence
Signum Records14th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert, Britten, Mahler, Bingham
Musikverein Wien29th
Recital with Robin Tritschler
Schubert, Loewe, Wolf, Cornelius, Reger, Debussy
Wigmore HallNovember 2022
5th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Robert and Clara Schumann
Pembroke College, Cambridge6th
Recital with Sir Thomas Allen and Kitty Whately
English song and poetry
Pembroke College, Cambridge12th
Recital with James Newby
Bingham, Schumann
Budapest18th
Recital with Louise Alder
Strauss, Rachmaninov, Berg
Life Victoria, Barcelona21st
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Schumann, Chausson, Barber
Life Victoria, Barcelona27th-30th
Masterclasses with Dame Sarah Connolly
Samling FoundationOctober 2022
2nd
Recital with Anna Huntley
Haydn, Dvorak, English Song
Stokesley4th
Performance with Dame Sarah Connolly
Gramophone Awards7th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert, Mahler, Britten, Bingham
The Barbican11th
Recital with Sophie Rennert
Schubert, Mahler
Amsterdam Concertgebouw13th
Recital with Miah Persson
Robert and Clara Schumann, Strauss, Zemlinsky
Life Victoria, Barcelona16th
Fundraising Recital for GAM
Schubert
Pitville Pump Room, Cheltenham21st
Recital with Kitty Whately
Vaughan Williams Celebration
Leeds Lieder22nd
Recital with James Gilchrist
Schumann, Faure
Leeds Lieder23rd
Recital with Ashley Riches
A Musical Zoo
Leeds Lieder25th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
English Song
Wigmore Hall28th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Britten and Poulenc
Oxford Lieder FestivalSeptember 2022
1st
Recital with Ailish Tynan
Grieg, Muriel Herbert, James Joyce settings
Chichester17th
Fundraising recital
Leeds Lieder
Lotherton Hall19th-22nd
Recording with Carolyn Sampson
“But I like to sing”
BIS Records26th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert, Britten, Mahler, Bingham
Luxembourg Philharmonie27th
Broadcast with Dame Sarah Connolly
Barber, Weill, Turnage
BBC Radio 3 In Tune28th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Barber, Chausson, Schoenberg, Berg, Weill, Turnage
Wigmore HallAugust 2022
5th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Stavelot Festival, Belgium6th-12th
Masterclasses with Mary Bevan
Dartington13th
Recital with Mauro Peter
Schubert
Andermatt, Switzerland27th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Verlaine Settings
UtrechtJuly 2022
5th
Recital with Fatma Said
Mozart, Ravel, Egyptian Songs
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam1st-8th
Masterclasses with Amanda Roocroft
Brel Academy of Song
Brel, nr Toulouse12th
Mauro Peter
Schubert
Salzburg18th
Recital with Louise Alder
Strauss, Berg, Rachmaninov
Buxton Festival19th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Saintes Festival26th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Barber, Mark Anthony Turnage, Weill
Paxton House Festival27th
Recital with Ashley Riches
A musical zoo
Ryedale FestivalJune 2022
6th
Recital with Nicky Spence
Barber, Margaret Bonds, Britten
Harrogate9th
Katharina Konradi and Catronia Morison
Schumann, Brahms, Faure
Hamburg18th
Recital with Katharina Konradi and Catronia Morison
Schumann, Brahms, Faure
Heidelberger Fruhling22nd
Recital with Katharina Konradi and Catronia Morison
Schumann, Brahms, Faure
Inglostadt24th
Lieder Scheme Showcase
Cambridge University25th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Barber, Mark Anthony Turnage, Chausson, Weill
Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings26th
Recital with William Thomas
Schubert, Mozart, Brahms. Duparc
Wigmore Hall27th and 28th
Recording with Carolyn Sampson
Shakespeare songs
BIS RecordsMay 2022
1st
Recital with Ashley Riches
Schubert
Howard Assembly Room1st
Recital with Nicola Hillebrand
Schubert, Brahms, Strauss
Howard Assembly Room7th
Merton College, Oxford13th
Recital with Myrthen Ensemble
I wonder as I wander
Katowice19th
Recital with Ruby Hughes
Ives, Britten, Helen Grime
Sheffield Chamber Festival21st
Recital and Broadcast w Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
ParisApril 2022
4th
Recital with Fatma Said
Mozart, Ravel et al
Amsterdam Concertgebouw10th
Fundraiser with Nicholas Daniel
Saint-Saens, Schubert
Cheltenham Town Hall19th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
French Song
French Embassy, London21st
Recital with Louise Alder
Strauss, Berg, Rachmaninov
Graz25th
Recital with Ruby Hughes
Helen Grime, Bridge, Mahler
Stockholm Concert Hall28th
Recital with Dorothea Roschmann
Schumann, Wolf, Mahler, Wagner
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Lieder29th
Recital with Ruby Hughes, Errollyn Wallen, Deborah Pritchard,
Mahler
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Lieder1st
Recital with Konstantin Krimmel
Die Schöne Mullerin
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Lieder1st
Recital with Louise Alder
Faure, Mahler, Copland, Rodgers and Hammerstein
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds LiederMarch 2022
2nd
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Mozart, Walton, Satie, Poldowksi
Madrid Juan March4th
Recital with Louise Alder
Amy Beech, Alma Maher, Libby Larsen
Pembroke College, Cambridge5th
Recital with Helen Charlston
Finzi, Vaughan Williams, Britten
Pembroke College, Cambridge6th
Recital with Nicky Spence
Britten, Tippet, Dankworth
Pembroke College Cambridge7th-9th
Recording with Mary Bevan and Nicky Spence
Signum Records11th
Recital with Roderick Williams
Winter Journey
Howard Assembly Room17th-18th
Recording with Mary Bevan & Ensemble 12
French Song
Signum Records18th
Recital with Ashley Riches
French Song Series
LSO St Luke‘s BBC Radio 321st
Recital with Louise Alder
Amy Beech, Alma Maher, Libby Larsen
Wigmore Hall/BBC Radio 322nd-23rd
Recording with Helen Charlston
Finzi, Britten, Vaughan Williams
Radio 3, Maida Vale Studios25th
Adjudicating English Song Prize
Royal College of Music
London26th
Recital with Nicky Spence
Britten, Tippett, Margaret Bonds
Leeds UniversityFebruary 2022
1st-3rd
Recording with James Newby
English Song
Bremen6th
Recital with Anna Huntley
Schumann, Dvorak, English Song
Yorkshire8th
Recital with Fatma Said
Ravel, de Falla, Lorca
Cologne Deutschland Rundfunk9th
Performance/Interview with Mary Bevan and James Newby
Schumann
BBC Radio 314th-15th
Recording with James Newby
Winterreise
BBC Radio 3 Maida Vale16th
Recital with Mary Bevan and James Newby
Schumann and Brahms
Howard Assembly Room Leeds18th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Nuremberg Oper22nd
Masterclasses
Cambridge University24th-28th
Recording with Kitty Whately
Strauss, Mahler, Scheikert, Muller-Hermann
Chandos RecordsJanuary 2022
10th-12th
Recording for Signum Classics
London15th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
But I like to sing!
St Andrew‘s Bedford16th
Recital with James Newby
English Song
Lewes Festival of Song22nd-24th
Masterclasses
Dutch National Opera25th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Schumann
Amsterdam Concertgebouw28th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Berlin BoulezSaal -
December 2021
13th
Recital with Fatma Said
Mahler, Schumann
Wigmore Hall/Radio 318th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
But I like to sing!
Norwich and Norfolk FestivalNovember 2021
2nd
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Shakespeare Songs
Leeds Lieder Fundraiser, Harrogate3rd
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Schumann, Wolf, English Song
Pembroke College, Cambridge4th
Broadcast with Marianne Crebessa
French song
BBC Radio 36th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson and Roderick Williams
Shakespeare settings
St Luke‘s London7th-10th
Recording with Carolyn Sampson and Roderick Williams
Shakespeare settings
BIS Records17th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Schumann, Wolf, English Song
Amsterdam Muziekgebouw24th
Interview/Performance with Mauro Peter
Schumann
BBC Radio 325th
Recital with Mauro Peter
Schumann
Leeds Lieder26th
Recital with Ailish Tynan
Schubert, Strauss, Barber
Leeds Lieder27th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Schumann, Wolf, English Song
Leeds LiederOctober 2021
13th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Reason in Madness
Barcelona14th
Recital with Mauro Peter
Schumann
Taggenbrun Austria15th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Fleurs
Oxford Lieder Festival21st-24th
Masterclasses with Dame Sarah Connolly
English Song
Britten Pears Aldeburgh25th
Recital with Louise Alder
Strauss, Berg, Debussy
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge28th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Schoenberg, Strauss, Debussy, Wolf
Zeist Festival, HollandSeptember 2021
1st-4thRecording with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Harmonia Mundi6th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
La Courroie10th
Recital with Mary Bevan
French Song
Lammermuir Festival/BBC Radio 311th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Mahler, Chausson, English Song
St Luke‘s, London17th
Recital with Ashley Riches
Haydn and Friends
LSO St Luke‘s/BBC Radio 321st
Recital/Lecture with Carolyn Sampson
Schubert, Wolf, Debussy
Royal Philharmonic Society30th
Recital with Fleur Barron
Winterreise
Hatfield House FestivalAugust 2021
1st-3rd
Recording with James Newby
Winterreise
Guildford5th
Recording with James Newby
Schumann Dichterliebe
BBC Maida Vale7th-14th
Masterclasses with Mary Bevan
Dartington8th
Recital with Roderick Williams
Schubert
Dartington11th
Recital with Mary Bevan
French Song
Dartington12th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schumann
Stavelot Festival Belgium24th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Schubertiade Vilabertran26th
Recital with Sophie Rennert
Schubert and Mahler
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg30th
Recital with Fatma Said
Ravel, de Falla, Poulenc, Debussy
Snape Maltings Aldeburgh Festival
LOUISE ALDER | GARSINGTON OPERA
Soprano Louise Alder returns to Garsington Opera for a recital with renowned pianist Joseph Middleton. Joseph is widely regarded as one of the most exceptional pianists of his generation and is renowned for his song accompaniment and he collaborates with many of the world’s foremost singers, being described by the New York Times as “the perfect accompanist”. Louise was last on the Garsington stage as Pamina Die Zauberflöte in 2018 and has since gone on to delight audiences worldwide, most recently as Countess Almaviva Le nozze di Figaro at Glyndebourne this summer. Louise sings at the last night of the BBC Proms this summer and makes her Metropolitan Opera debut in November.
SARAH CONNOLLY | BARBER INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS
An evening of art song and lieder gets no finer than an evening with these doyens of the song world. Acclaimed pianist and Leeds Song artistic director Joseph Middleton is alumnus of the University of Birmingham and is one of the leading collaborative pianists of his generation. Joseph is joined by one of his many duo partners, the inimitable Dame Sarah Connolly. A star on the opera stage and the concert platform, mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah was awarded The King’s Medal for Music in 2023 and continues to captivate audiences across the globe.
KATHARINA KONRADI | WIGMORE HALL
Admired for her floating legato and perfectly modulated expression, lyric soprano Katharina Konradi’s recent engagements include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko and Die Fledermaus for Bavarian State Opera. Her lunchtime recital shines light on iconic Schubert and Dvořák songs and beguiling love songs by Liszt.
MASTERCLASSES | LONDON SONG FESTIVAL
The 2025 London Song Festival masterclass is given by the internationally acclaimed collaborative pianist and Director of Leeds Lieder, Joseph Middleton. It is open to voice and piano duos age 32 and under, selected by audition, who are asked to present two songs (in any language), at least one of which must be by Schubert. Masterclass participants also compete for the Schubert Song Prize.
AILISH TYNAN | LEEDS SONG
Ailish Tynan and Joseph Middleton perform a programme including Ravel's Sheherazade, Poulenc’s La courte paille, and songs by Satie and Rosenthal.
MASTERCLASSES | UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
Joseph Middelton gives vocal masterclasses with Ailish Tynan and Dame Felicity Lott for Music and the Arts in France – 1925, an international Conference and Festival that takes 1925 as the confluence for exploring key composers for whom it was a significant date.
DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN | WIGMORE HALL
The acclaimed soprano returns to Wigmore Hall for a recital of 19th- and early 20th-century Lieder. Celebrated across concert platforms and opera houses around the world, Röschmann is joined by Joseph Middleton, a pianist known for his nuanced artistry.
JAMES NEWBY | WIGMORE HALL
Many early risers and night-owls will be familiar with the soothing music of BBC Radio 4’s 'Shipping Forecast'. The iconic meteorological bulletin concerning calm seas and imminent storms shapes a suitably atmospheric programme from former BBC New Generation Artist James Newby and his regular recital partner, Joseph Middleton.
CAROLYN SAMPSON | BEDFORD
To bring the 20th season to a close we are delighted to welcome our patron and, Gramophone Artist of the Year 2024, soprano Carolyn Sampson with founder member of CASA and award winning pianist, Joseph Middleton back to St Andrew’s. This celebrated duo always provide a quality evening of music.
ANDREW HAMILTON | BBC RADIO 3
Andrew Hamilton and Joseph Middleton record for BBC Radio 3.
CAROLYN SAMPSON | NORWICH CHAMBER MUSIC
Carolyn Sampson and Joseph Middleton give a recital for Norwich Chamber Music.
MIAH PERSSON | LEEDS SONG
Internationally celebrated Swedish soprano, Miah Persson returns to Leeds Song and the Howard Assembly Room following her 2023 recital, reuniting with pianist Joseph Middleton. At the heart of the duo’s programme lies Alban Berg’s Seven Early Songs — a collection of extraordinary lyricism and atmosphere, rarely heard in recital.
Alongside these stand expressive songs by Richard Strauss before the programme journeys north, with a selection of Scandinavian song close to the artists’ hearts — music that blends folk inflections, nature imagery and emotional intimacy in distinctive and compelling ways.
HUW MONTAGUE RENDALL | GRAMOPHONE AWARDS
Joseph Middleton joins Huw Montague Rendall at the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2025.
NIAMH O’SULLIVAN | BBC RADIO 3
Niamh O’Sullivan and Joseph Middleton record for BBC Radio 3.
MASTERCLASSE | THE ROYAL NORTHERN COLLEGE OF MUSIC
Joseph Middleton gives a series of masterclasses at RNCM.
MARY BEVAN | WIGMORE HALL
Mary Bevan’s opulent voice, feeling for big emotions and sparkling imagination have made her one of the finest singers of our time, a charismatic stage presence with the rare ability to enchant audiences. She and her regular duo partner Joseph Middleton journey through a programme of reflections on life, love and the sharpness of death.
MARY BEVAN | BBC IN TUNE
Petroc Trelawny presents live music from soprano Mary Bevan and pianist Joseph Middleton, who have a new album 'Elegy' and a recital at Wigmore Hall coming up.
HUW MONTAGUE RENDALL | LEEDS SONG
Winner of the 2024 “Oper! Awards” for Best Newcomer, this season sees the release of Montague Rendall’s debut album recording, Contemplation, with Warner/Erato where he is an exclusive recording artist. His opera engagements start with David McVicar’s loved production of Le nozze di Figaro as the Count at the Royal Ballet & Opera. He then makes a very exciting house and role debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in the title role in Billy Budd before returning to the Opéra national de Paris for a highly anticipated new production of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande. Other engagements include Eisenstein Die Fledermaus with Les Musiciens du Louvre and Marc Minkowski in Baden-Baden and Paris; Count Le nozze di Figaro in a new production at Glyndebourne Festival; a European tour with Pygmalion Ensemble and Raphaël Pichon of Bach’s Johannespassion; his Wigmore Hall recital debut; Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch with Erin Morley and Malcolm Martineau; and a recital with Joseph Middleton at Pembroke College Cambridge.
Joseph Middleton is Director of Leeds Song, Musician-in-Residence at Pembroke College Cambridge and a Professor and Fellow at his alma mater, the Royal Academy of Music.
The 2025/26 season sees Joseph partner artists including Veronique Gens, Sir Simon Keenlyside, Ian Bostridge, Dame Sarah Connolly, Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Huw Montague Rendall, Roderick Williams, Florian Boesch, Christoph Prégardien, Carolyn Sampson and James Newby in recital. Joseph also returns to the Berlin BoulezSaal and Schubertiade Schwarzenberg with Sophie Rennert and his recording projects include an ongoing 5-album set of Mahler Lieder for Signum Records and Wolf Lieder for BIS Records.
LOUISE ALDER | SIGNUM RECORDS
Joseph Middleton is joined by Louise Alder for a Signum Records CD recording session.
MAURO PETER | PHILHARMONIE ESSEN
Joseph Middleton and tenor Mauro Peter perform Schubert’s Winterreise.
CAROLYN SAMPSON AND RODERICK WILLIAMS | WYASTONE RECORDING STUDIO
Joseph Middleton is joined by Carolyn Sampson and Roderick Williams for a BIS Records CD recording.
CAROLYN SAMPSON AND RODERICK WILLIAMS | SAFFRON HALL
Joseph Middleton is joined by Carolyn Sampson and Roderick Williams for a recital at Saffron Hall.
LOUISE ALDER | BREL
Louise Alder (soprano) and Joseph Middleton (piano) perform a recital in Brel, France with a programme including pieces by Fauré, Mozart, and Mahler. The performance is broadcast by BBC Radio 3.
SOPHIE RENNERT AND LUDWIG MITTELHAMMER | SCHUBERTIADE SCHWARZENBERG
Sophie Rennert Mezzo-soprano
Ludwig Mittelhammer Baritone
Joseph Middleton Piano
MASTERCLASSES | STEANS INSTITUTE RAVINIA FESTIVAL CHICAGO
Joseph holds masterclasses at the Steans Institute Ravinia Festival Chicago.
MARY BEVAN | BUXTON FESTIVAL
The Elements - Water
Pianist Joseph Middleton curates a series of recitals by four leading song singers exploring the theme of The Four Elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. These concerts offer an unmissable opportunity to go on a journey into the rich and fascinating realm of art song.
The sea, rivers, harbours and canals, not to mention fish, mermaids and other water-spirits, are all celebrated in this last recital in the series.