Leeds Lieder's Composers and Poets Showcase

By Richard Wilcocks, 04 April 2016

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Reviewed at Leeds Conservatoire: Recital Room, Leeds on 2 April 2016

MacLeod, Vogelstimmen (Birdsong)

Shaw, Kiyoko and The Maple

Brigg, Lark

Grainger, Long Meg and Her Daughters

Grouse, Orchids, Thrift and Silverweed

Levy, born (hyphen) deceased

Auster, A Melancholy Hope

Bryce, Green Children of Woolpit

Georgina Thorburn, Soprano

Ashley Beauchamp, Piano

John Holland-Avery, Baritone

Hector Leung, Piano

Ben Cockburn, Piano

Rachel Dangerfield, Mezzo-soprano

Harriet Grainger, Piano

Elaine Bishop, Mezzo-soprano

Fionnuala Ward, Piano

Charlotte Heslop, Mezzo-soprano

Diana Tort, Soprano

Guy Murgatroyd, Piano

Yonni Levy, Tenor

Sarah Lenney, Mezzo-soprano

Martyn Noble, Piano

More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican

Mark Pullinger, 22nd May

The young Spanish violinist proves an ardent advocate for a work originally dismissed as a “Hollywood Concerto” as the BBC Symphony Orchestra closes its Barbican season.

****1

Memorable Mendelssohn from Marek Janowski and the New York Phil

Susan Stempleski, 21st May

Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin plays Haydn before the esteemed German maestro conducts a vibrant Scottish Symphony.

****1

The ears have it: Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas on the Cutty Sark

Mark Valencia, 21st May

Come away fellow sailors, your anchors be weighing! All board the Cutty Sark for a semi-staging of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists.

****1

Heavenly Mahler – and Strauss – from Lucy Crowe and the LSO

Roy Westbrook, 21st May

Songs and symphonies from Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra, concluding with a vision of “heavenly life” from Gustav Mahler.

****1

Mozart and Salieri under the spotlight in Graf’s Singapore farewell

Chang Tou Liang, 21st May

Mozart is pitted against his ”fatal rival" Salieri in Hans Graf's farewell concert as Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

****1

Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

****1

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Richard Wilcocks

Richard Wilcocks has worked as a journalist, as a teacher and for the British Council. He sings bass with Leeds Festival Chorus.

Leeds Lieder's Composers and Poets Showcase gives an insight into young, creative minds