Lise Davidsen's exquisite Schubert Lieder at the Aldeburgh Festival

James Baillieu and Lise Davidsen

By Eleanor Knight, 14 June 2026

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“delivered to perfection”

Reviewed at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape on 13 June 2026

Schubert, Am Bach im Frühling (Schober), D.361

Schubert, Ganymed (Goethe), D.544

Schubert, Der Zwerg (M. v. Collin), D.771

Schubert, Gretchen am Spinnrade (Goethe), D.118

Schubert, Mignon (Kennst du das Land), D.321

Schubert, Four Songs from Goethe's "Wilhelm Meister", D.877

Schubert, Der Tod und das Mädchen (Claudius), D.531

Schubert, Der Musensohn (Goethe), D.764

Schubert, Lachen und Weinen (Rückert), D.777

Schubert, Suleika I (Was bedeutet die Bewegung?) (Willemer), D.720

Schubert, Auf dem See (Goethe), D.543

Schubert, Der blinde Knabe (Cibber), D.833

Schubert, Du bist die Ruh' (Rückert), D.776

Schubert, Die Allmacht (Pyrker), D.852

Schubert, Die junge Nonne (Craigher), D.828

Schubert, Erlkönig (Goethe), D.328

Schubert, Am Tage Aller Seelen (Jacobi), D.343

Lise Davidsen, Soprano

James Baillieu, Piano

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Nick Boston, 10th August

A fitting farewell for Leif Ove Andsnes' Rosendal Chamber Music Festival: imaginative programming and excellent performances in an inspiring setting.

*****

Lise Davidsen triumphs in Met Opera recital

Susan Stempleski, 14th September

In her New York recital debut, the young Norwegian soprano displays the extent of her vocal and theatrical power in an unusually wide-ranging program of songs and opera arias.

*****

Maestri and Bayankina shine in last-minute Verbier opera gala

Elodie Olson-Coons, 20th July

In Verbier's Salle des Combins, despite the change of programme, Ambrogio Maestri and Maria Bayankina deliver stand-out performances.

****1

An exquisite recital from Allan Clayton and James Baillieu

Mark Valencia, 22nd June

Allan Clayton came to town and he brought his best voice with him.

*****

Star factor: Lise Davidsen in recital at the Barbican

Dominic Lowe, 10th February

Lise Davidsen is now a major talent and in this warmly presented recital, she showcased technical ability and raw power in a programme of Scandinavian and German songs.

****1

A Britten and Dowland winter warmer from Allan Clayton and friends

Mark Valencia, 4th January

The tenor man told Thomas Hardy’s familiar verses with such probing honesty that I heard newness in all of them.

*****

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Eleanor Knight

Eleanor is a writer and librettist. Her work has appeared in all kinds of places from the Royal Opera House to the foot tunnels beneath the Elephant and Castle roundabout, and she has written arts reviews and features for British papers and magazines. Having begun her working life in theatre, she switched to publishing and later taught creative writing at the University of Brighton and Birkbeck. Currently based in the Netherlands, she teaches at the University of Utrecht. Eleanor plays violin and sings, though not usually at the same time, and has recently taken up speed-skating.