Geraldine McGreevy / Joseph Middleton

Von Sebastian Scotney, 31 Januar 2011

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Pembroke College Chapel, Cambridge, am 28 Januar 2011

Werke von Brahms

Werke von Wolf

Poulenc, Fiançailles pour rire, FP 101

Chabrier, Chanson pour Jeanne

Geraldine McGreevy, Sopran

Joseph Middleton, Klavier

A soul-shaking Winterreise from Mark Padmore and Joseph Middleton

Simon Thompson, 27th June

This year's East Neuk Festival features all three of Schubert's song cycles, but this Winterreise was the one that gripped the heart.

*****

An evening of song from La Belle Époque with Veronique Gens

Simon Thompson, 10th September

One of the Lammermuir Festival's miniature miracles: Véronique Gens and Joseph Middleton present an evening of French chansons in the East Lothian countryside.

****1

The Other Eden: superb recital of English song at Leeds Lieder

Timothy Robson, 27th March

Kitty Whately’s parents, Kevin Whately and Madelaine Newton, joined the mezzo and pianist Joseph Middleton, reading poetry to illuminate the themes of the song groups.

****1

Ravel's friends and rivals at Wigmore Hall

Kevin W Ng, 15th September

Mary Bevan’s bewitching soprano is the star of a glorious programme of music by Ravel and his contemporaries.

***11

Lullabies and dreams from Connolly and Middleton

Nick Boston, 6th August

The perfect invitation to daydream on a hot afternoon.

*****

A class act at Brighton Festival

Louise Flind, 11th May

A packed recital given by mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly at Brighton Festival.

****1

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Sebastian Scotney

Sebastian has written about music for the Daily Telegraph, Prospect, Arts Industry and the Bulletin in Brussels. He has been a professor at the Royal College of Music and has recorded a CD of the Mozart clarinet quintet with the Maggini Quartet.