An exquisite recital from Allan Clayton and James Baillieu

By Mark Valencia, 22 June 2020

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“the tone of his recital may have been subdued but Clayton held the ear with an actor’s aplomb”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 22 June 2020

Schumann, Kerner Lieder, Op.35

Vaughan Williams, Orpheus with his lute

Bridge, Journey's end

Quilter, Five English Love Lyrics, Op. 24: Go, lovely rose

Britten, Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 5: Sally in our alley

Britten, The Plough Boy

Britten, I wonder as I wander

Allan Clayton, Tenor

James Baillieu, Piano

A spectacular swansong for the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival

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

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.

*****

Superb Britten Gala opens Wigmore season

Roy Westbrook, 13th September

I wanted to hear more from Louise Alder, but that was true of each of the four singers.

*****

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Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.

An exquisite recital from Allan Clayton and James Baillieu at Wigmore Hall