United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [7] – Gurney, Rebecca Clarke, Ian Venables, Finzi: Nick Pritchard (tenor), Ian Tindale (piano). New College Chapel, Oxford 21.10.2022. (CR)
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Intense Oxford Lieder performance of Dichterliebe from James Atkinson and pianist Sholto Kynoch
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [6] – R. Schumann, Elena Langer, Johanna Kinkel: Anna Dennis and Caroline Taylor (sopranos), Hugh Cutting (countertenor), James Atkinson (baritone), Sir Thomas Allen (narrator), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Roman Mints (violin), Emmanuella Reiter (viola), Kristina Blaumane (cello), Richard Gowers (harpsichord), George Ireland, Sholto Kynoch (piano). Holywell Music Room, Oxford 21.10.2022. (CR)
Anna Dennis shows reassuring vocal elegance in music by Bach, Handel and Vaughan Williams
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [5] – Bach, Elena Langer, Handel, Vaughan Williams: Anna Dennis (soprano), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Richard Gowers (harpsichord). Holywell Music Room, Oxford 21.10.2022. (CR)
Marie-Laure Garnier’s enticing Oxford journey through some late Romantic French repertoire
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [3] – Fauré, Chausson, Charlotte Sohy: Marie-Laure Garnier (soprano), Angharad Rowlands (mezzo-soprano), Hanson Quartet, Célia Oneto Bensaid, Joseph Cavalli-Price (pianists). Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 19.10.2022. (CR)
The Catch Club at the Oxford Lieder Festival was a delectable and surprising programme
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [2] – The Catch Club: Caroline Taylor (soprano), Christopher Purves (baritone), Choir of The Queen’s College, The Friendly Harmonists, Jonathan Byers (cello) Christopher Bucknall (harpsichord) / Owen Rees (conductor). Freud Café Bar, Oxford 17.10.2022. (CR)
A sense of collegiality from Kate Royal and Christine Rice at the Oxford Lieder Festival
United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [1] – Clara and Robert Schumann, Brahms, Weill: Kate Royal (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Magnus Walker (tenor), Julius Drake, Eunji Han (pianists). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 14.10.2022. (CR)
Instruments of Time and Truth’s bold Aci, Galatea e Polifemo had plenty of human interest
United Kingdom Handel, Aci, Galatea e Polifemo: Soloists, Instruments of Time and Truth / Christopher Bucknall (conductor). Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, 22.9.2022. (CR)
Tantalising sonic and visual atmosphere of Garsington’s The Turn of the Screw lingers intensely in the mind
United Kingdom Garsington Opera 2022 [4] – Britten, The Turn of the Screw: Soloists, Philharmonia Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Garsington Opera at Wormsley, 15.7.2022. (CR)
