When: November 13, 2023 7:00 pm
Where: Recital Room, West Road Concert Hall
Acclaimed tenor James Gilchrist leads a Centre for Music Performance masterclass coaching singers from the University Lieder Scheme and University Chamber Choir. Interested singers are welcome to observe.
Recognised as ‘the finest Evangelist of his generation’, James Gilchrist is one of the UK’s leading tenors, whose extensive repertoire embraces works spanning many centuries.
He is an enthusiastic and prolific exponent of lieder and his impressive discography includes the Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel, Schubert and Schumann song cycles, Finzi, Bach and Britten.
Featured singers
| Katherine Mann soprano repertoire TBC |
| Izzy Benson soprano, Morvern Scrivener piano Howells ‘King David’ from A Garland for de la Mare |
| Gabrielle Desalbres mezzo, Lorenzo Bennett piano Elgar ‘Where corals lie’ from Sea Pictures JS Bach ‘Erbarme dich, mein Gott’ from St Matthew Passion |
| Henry Montgomery bass, Alex Trigg piano Vaughan Williams ‘Tired’ from Four Last Songs Wolf ‘Alles endet, was entstehet’ from Drei Gedichte von Michaelangelo |
