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LondonMozart with Roderick Williams and Sophie Bevan

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Mozart
Jonathan Bloxham; Sophie Bevan; Roderick Williams; Ruth Rogers; London Mozart Players

CambridgeRoderick Williams Sings Mystical Songs

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Holst, Purcell, Vaughan Williams, Fauré, Mozart, Bach
Roderick Williams; Celoniatus Ensemble

GatesheadElgar’s Dream of Gerontius

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Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Oratorio for soloists chorus and orchestra, Op.38
Royal Northern Sinfonia; Dinis Sousa; Dame Sarah Connolly; Benjamin Hulett; Roderick Williams; Timothy Burke

ManchesterThe Hallé - Christmas Oratorio

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MacMillan: Christmas Oratorio
The Hallé; Sir Mark Elder; Mary Bevan; Roderick Williams; The Hallé Choir

LondonSchubert Winterreise: An Immersive Journey

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Schubert: Winterreise
Roderick Williams; Paul Cibis

DortmundRIAS Kammerchor – Händel: Der Messias

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Handel: Messiah
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin; Justin Doyle; Julia Doyle; Tim Mead; Thomas Hobbs; Roderick Williams
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Emelyanychev leads the SCO in Bach’s St Matthew Passion

Maxim Emelyanychev © Christopher Bowen
An autumn St Matthew Passion in Edinburgh underplays the drama and wallows in the reverence.
***11
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Michel van der Aa’s Theory of Flames: defining opera for a modern age

Mary Bevan (Neola) and Julia Bullock (Scientist) © Marco Borggreve

British singers Mary Bevan and Roderick Williams lead the cast in Dutch National Opera’s latest ground-breaking opera, merging live music with pre-recorded film and electronics.

****1
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Sir James MacMillan delights with his Christmas Oratorio

Sir James MacMillan conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Mark Allan
MacMillan's large scale choral work offers a rich variety of texts and musical ideas, the composer conducts the BBC Symphony with unerring precision.
*****
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Williams and Cargill shine in The Dream of Gerontius

Karina Canellakis conducts the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra © Melle Meivogel
British vocal talent adds some very British glamour to the closing Avrotros Friday concert featuring Elgar's most famous oratorio. 
***11
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Three card trick: compelling new Queen of Spades at Garsington

Aaron Cawley (Herman) © Clive Barda
Jack Furness directs a terrific new Queen of Spades at Garsington – haunting and harrowing. 
****1
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Perception-altering Shostakovich from Serebrennikov and Petrenko

Kirill Serebrennikov's installation for Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony © Mark Allan | RPO
As part of the Southbank Centre's Multitudes festival, Shostakovich's Leningrad Symphony is given a stunning visual direction by Kirill Serebrennikov to match the RPO's gripping playing. 
*****
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WelwynSea Voyages and Salvation

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Graupner, Telemann, Bruhns, Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Roderick Williams
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Follow my Lieder: Roderick Williams

Roderick Williams © Benjamin Ealovega
Baritone Roderick Williams is a leading song recitalist, a regular at London's Wigmore Hall and makes his North American recital debut in February with a unique performance of Schubert’s Schwanengesang in New York's Park Avenue Armory.