Roderick Williams captures the passion of youth at Kings Place

By Nick Boston, 06 May 2022

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“immediacy of communication, often singing as if speaking conversationally”

Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall One, London on 5 May 2022

Schubert, Das Wandern, D.795a

Butterworth, Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad

Clarke, Eight o'clock

Schumann, Liederkreis, Op.24

Vaughan Williams, Songs of Travel (excerpts)

Clarke, Aufblick

Orr, Seven Songs from A Shropshire Lad (excerpts)

Chopin, Prélude in C sharp minor, Op.28 no.10

Clarke, Stimme im Dunkeln

Schubert, Wohin?, D.795b

Schumann, Album für die Jugend, Op.68 (Nos. 8 & 16)

Chopin, Prélude in F major, Op.28 no.23

Vaughan Williams, The House of life: no. 2 Silent Noon

Roderick Williams, Baritone

Paul Cibis, Piano

Michel van der Aa’s Theory of Flames: defining opera for a modern age

Clare Varney, 6th March

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

Sir James MacMillan delights with his Christmas Oratorio

David Karlin, 19th December

MacMillan's large scale choral work offers a rich variety of texts and musical ideas, the composer conducts the BBC Symphony with unerring precision.

*****

Williams and Cargill shine in The Dream of Gerontius

Clare Varney, 13th June

British vocal talent adds some very British glamour to the closing Avrotros Friday concert featuring Elgar's most famous oratorio.

***11

Three card trick: compelling new Queen of Spades at Garsington

Roy Westbrook, 29th May

Jack Furness directs a terrific new Queen of Spades at Garsington – haunting and harrowing.

****1

Perception-altering Shostakovich from Serebrennikov and Petrenko

Mark Pullinger, 27th April

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.

*****

Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform moving Fauré

David Smythe, 27th February

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform Fauré moving Requiem and Vaughan Williams Mystical Songs with the SCO Chorus and Roderick Williams.

****1

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Roderick Williams captures the passion of youth with energetic immediacy at Kings Place