CONCERTS
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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
VERONIQUE GENS | PEMBROKE COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE
One of one of France’s best loved sopranos and recipient of Gramophone’s “Artist of the Year” (2023) in recital with renowned pianist Joseph Middleton.
LOUISE ALDER | RICHMOND
A selection of songs reflecting the seasons of the year, including works by Wolf, Grieg, Puccini, Berg and Strauss.
VERONIQUE GENS | BARCELONA
The exquisite mezzo-soprano Véronique Gens, together with pianist Joseph Middleton, a regular guest at LIFE Victoria, present this recital in memory and tribute to the great soprano Felicity Lott (1947–2026), who passed away last May. Through this concert, the Victoria de los Ángeles Foundation wishes to celebrate the life and legacy of this remarkable soprano, who was so generous to us. Gens and Middleton will perform a sophisticated programme of French mélodie that promises to be a moving tribute to “Flott,” as she was affectionately known by her friends. Lott was, indeed, one of the finest interpreters of the French repertoire, both in recital and on the operatic and operetta stage, particularly renowned for her definitive interpretation of Francis Poulenc’s La voix humaine, in both its orchestral and piano versions.
MAURO PETER AND FLEUR BARRON | WIGMORE HALL
Fleur Barron, mezzo-soprano
Mauro Peter, tenor
Joseph Middleton, piano
DAME SARAH CONNOLLY | WIGMORE HALL
Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Middleton, piano
LOUISE ALDER | OXFORD SONG
Louise Alder is one of today’s most exciting sopranos. The Times wrote that ‘she has such a glorious bloom on her soprano voice that you’d think she could simply sing open the gates of heaven’. With pianist Joseph Middleton, she returns to the Festival with a programme that explores the passing of the year, including Helen Grime’s Seasons, written for Louise and Joseph in 2025, Margaret Bonds’ beautiful cycle The Seasons, and songs of spring, summer, autumn and winter by Schubert, Sibelius, Chaminade, Puccini and others.
KATHARINA KONRADI | KRONBERG
Katharina Konradi soprano
Joseph Middleton piano
Selected songs by Franz Schubert, Gustav Mahler, Franz Liszt, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and Enrique Granados.
CAROLYN SAMPSON | OXFORD SONG
Love drives people to distraction! This ingenious programme from the wondrous soprano Carolyn Sampson and her longtime duo partner Joseph Middleton shows just how far such powerful feelings can go. From the obsessive character of Gretchen, who is inexorably drawn to Faust despite the downfall his kiss will bring, to Shakespeare’s Ophelia, to Jean Cocteau’s Lady of Monte Carlo, this unmissable evening is full of extreme emotions, from passion to desire to despair. In the hands of two such esteemed artists, this is set to be a captivating and devastatingly powerful concert.
LOEWE GALA FOR RICHARD STOKES | WIGMORE HALL
Richard Stokesauthor
Juliane Bansesoprano
Lizzie Bett Estradasoprano
Aksel Rykkvinbaritone
Günther Groissböckbass
Joseph Middletonpiano
DAME SARAH CONNOLLY | OXFORD SONG
Dame Sarah Connolly is one of the country's best-loved singers, whose profound artistry and uniquely beautiful voice have captivated audiences across the globe. She opens this year's Oxford International Song Festival with renowned pianist Joseph Middleton. Their programme includes songs by Mendelssohn and Brahms, setting up the Festival's theme of 'Love Songs' with these two masters of German song. They also include settings of French poetry by Franz Liszt and a group of songs by Claude Debussy, as well as a cycle written for them by Errollyn Wallen, the Master of the King's Music. An unmissable Opening Night recital.
FLEUR BARRON | GARSINGTON
Award-winning mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron, Olga in our 2021 production of Eugene Onegin, is joined by acclaimed song accompanist Joseph Middleton for a programme filled with heart-melting reflections on humankind’s relationship with the natural world, including works by Bach, Schubert and Mahler.
RODERICK WILLIAMS | RICHARD STOKES BOOK LAUNCH
Roderick Williams (Baritone), Joseph Middleton (Piano), alongside other guest artists, featuring author and Lieder expert Richard Stokes.
More information coming soon.
LOUISE ALDER AND MAURO PETER | FRANKFURT OPER
Louise Alder, a former member of the Ensemble at Oper Frankfurt, is back to give her third recital, once again with Joseph Middleton, with whom she has made music for many years, singing Wolf's Italian Liederbuch with the Swiss tenor Mauro Peter, long sought-after by leading concert halls and opera houses around the world. During her time in Frankfurt, from 2014 - 2019, which she looks back as the ideal springboard for her international career, roles included Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier), Musetta (La bohème), Atalanta (Xerxes), Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare in Egitto) and the title role in a new Cunning Little Vixen. Guest engagements have taken her to places including the Vienna State Opera, Theater an der Wien, Zurich Opera, Covent Garden, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and Glyndebourne.
SOPHIE RENNERT | MDR, EISENACH
Sophie Rennert - Mezzosopran
Joseph Middleton - Klavier
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
Liederkreis op. 39
Ausgewählte Lieder von
Johannes Brahms und Franz Schubert
SOPHIE RENNERT | SCHUBERTIADE SCHWARZENBERG
Franz Schubert: “Winterreise”
Song cycle based on poems by Wilhelm Müller
KATHARINA KONRADI | BAYREUTH
Liederabend mit Werken von Liszt, Mahler, Schubert und Strauss
Katharina Konradi, Sopran
Joseph Middleton, Klavier
SANTIAGO SANCHEZ | WIGMORE HALL BBC RADIO 3 RECORDING
Santiago Sanchez, Tenor
Joseph Middleton, Piano
RODERICK WILLIAMS | BUXTON FESTIVAL
Roderick Williams is one of the most sought-after baritones of his generation and enjoys relationships with all the major UK and European opera houses. He has sung in world premieres of operas by, among others, David Sawer, Sally Beamish, and Robert Saxton, as well as roles by Mozart, Britten and Strauss. He was awarded the OBE for services to music in 2017, and was one of the featured soloists at the coronation of King Charles III in 2023.
DAME SARAH CONNOLLY | BUXTON FESTIVAL
Sarah Connolly was made a DBE in the 2017 Birthday Honours, having previously been awarded a CBE in the 2010 New Year’s Honours. In 2020 she was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic Society in recognition of her outstanding services to music. Highlights in her 2025/26 season include Jocasta in Oedipus Rex for The Norwegian Opera & Ballet; and Mrs. Patrick De Rocher in Dead Man Walking for English National Opera.
NICKY SPENCE | BUXTON FESTIVAL
Nicky Spence gives recitals internationally, and has curated a residency at Wigmore Hall. His 2025/26 season includes operatic debuts at Staatsoper Hamburg and Opera Philadelphia, a return to Opéra National de Paris, and concert performances of Wozzeck and The Dream of Gerontius with Bayerischen Rundfunk, and as Siegmund in the first act of Die Walküre with Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España.
LOUISE ALDER | BUXTON FESTIVAL
This is the first of four linked song recitals devised by Joseph Middleton, inspired by the cardinal directions – north, south, east and west – each with its own mood, geography, and artistic identity. The North brings harsh beauty, stillness, and deep inner life. One of the most in-demand artists today, British soprano Louise Alder has firmly established herself as ‘an instinctive singing-actress’ (The Arts Desk) and “a terrific talent, combining a big, lustrous voice with flawless intonation and keen intelligence” (The Times). She appears regularly in recital, concert and opera at leading venues including Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, and many more.
DAME SARAH CONNOLLY | LEEDS SONG
Originally planned as a closing recital for the 2026 Festival, we are delighted to welcome Leeds Song Patron and the UK’s foremost mezzo-soprano, Dame Sarah Connolly alongside Leeds Song Director Joseph Middleton to give a very special recital, dedicated to Kathleen Evans BEM, current Chair and former Festival Administrator. Kathleen retires from her position as Chair this summer, and in recognition of all the time, dedication and passion she has given to the organisation over many years, this programme is made up of her favourite songs and poems: music that celebrates, inspires, consoles and uplifts.
LOUISE ALDER | WIGMORE HALL 125TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT
On 31 May 1901, several star artists of the turn of the century joined forces in Wigmore Hall’s first ever performance. Tonight’s special evening programme replicates elements from Wigmore Hall’s inaugural concert with a roster of today’s leading musicians. The concert will be compèred by Ian Skelly of BBC Radio 3.
Tonight's concert will also celebrate the launch of There is Sweet Music Here: The World of Wigmore Hall by Julia Boyd, marking Wigmore Hall’s 125th Anniversary.
ELSA DREISIG | LES ARTS VALÈNCIA
Due to Elsa Dreisig’s upcoming maternity, the Lied recital scheduled for May 24, 2026, has been cancelled.
The French-Danish singer Elsa Dreisig has a beautiful light lyrical soprano voice, with an elegant timbre, vocal power and expressive energy. She made her debut at Les Arts with a high-level performance as Sifare in Mitridate conducted by Marc Minkowski, returning shortly afterwards with her temperamental Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. She is pursuing a brilliant operatic career in the leading European theatres and festivals (Salzburg, Aix-en-Provence, Covent Garden, Paris Opera) and is also admired as a concert and recital performer, where she enjoys exploring a more intimate repertoire, giving free rein to her innate expressive ability in the Lied, with composers such as Schumann, and the French mélodie, with her careful renditions of Poulenc and Satie.