United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Brahms, Fauré: Robert Holl (bass), Sholto Kynoch (piano), Elleanor Hicks (soprano), Merton College Choir, Benjamin Nicholas (conductor): Merton College Chapel, Oxford 31.10.2015 (MH)
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Sparkling Fauré and Schubert at Lunchtime
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Lunch with Fauré & Schubert: Katherine Crompton (soprano), Hanna-Liisa Kirchin (mezzo-soprano), Hannah Quinn (piano), Holywell Music Room, Oxford 29.10.2015 (MH)
Imaginative and Illuminating Presentation of Die schöne Magelone in Oxford
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Brahms: Roderick Williams (baritone), Alison Rose (soprano), Iain Burnside (piano), Victoria Newlyn (narrator): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 27.10.2015. (CR)
Accomplished but Understated Singing from Henk Neven
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Mendelssohn, Schumann, & Brahms: Henk Neven (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 26.10.2015. (CR)
Unanimity of Mind and Spirit from Holzmair and Cooper at the Oxford Lieder Festival
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Clara & Robert Schumann, Frank Martin: Wolfgang Holzmair (baritone), Imogen Cooper (piano): Holywell Music Room, Oxford 23.10.2015
Dream Team of Connolly and Johnson Open Oxford Lieder Festival
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival – Schubert, Brahms, Wolf. Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Graham Johnson (piano): Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford 16.10.2015 (CR)
Adderbury Ensemble Cohere Well in Chamber Arrangement of Beethoven Concerto
United Kingdom Beethoven, Brahms: Adderbury Ensemble [David Lepage (violin), Christopher Windass (violin), Vanessa Mcnaught (viola), Katherine Sharman (cello), Viv Mclean (piano)]: St John the Evangelist Church, Oxford, 11.6.2015 (CR)
Poets and Their Songs Feature at 2015 Oxford Lieder Festival. Preview (RJ)
Poets and Their Songs Feature at 2015 Oxford Lieder Festival. Preview (RJ) Dates: October 16th -31st “If only I could make up melodies myself, my songs would give greater pleasure than they do now,” wrote the poet Wilhelm Müller. “But no matter! A like-minded soul might appear who will hear the tune in the words … Read more