CONCERTS
“THE PERFECT ACCOMPANIST”
EVENT ARCHIVE
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May 2023
7th
Recital with James Newby
Flora and Fauna
Palau de la Musica Catalana11th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Robert and Clara Schumann
Oji Hall, Tokyo14th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson and Fatma Said
Schubert, Saariaho, Purcell, Poldowski, Poulenc
Wigmore Hall, Gramophone 100th Anniversary17th
Recital with James Newby
Britten, Schubert, Mahler, Bingham
Amsterdam Concertgebouw21st
Recital with James Newby
Britten, Schubert, Mahler, Bingham
Köln Philharmonie26th
Recital with Ian Bostridge
Schubert Schwanengesang
FrintonApril 2023
2nd
Recital with Marianne Crebassa
Ravel, Debussy, Guridi, Mompou, Villa-Lobos
Köln Philharmonie16th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert
Baden Baden20th
Recital with Roderick Williams
Schubert
Howard Assembly Room22nd
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Barber, Chausson, Weill
St Luke’s London23rd
Recital with James Newby
Schubert
Birmingham Symphony Hall24th
Recital with Fatma Said
Wigmore Hall, BBC Radio 326th
Recital with Iestyn Davies
Schubert - Die schöne Müllerin
Pembroke College Cambridge30th
Recital with Fatma Said
Schubert, Haydn
Schubertiade HohenemsMarch 2023
4th
Recital with Mary Bevan and Nicky Spence
Noel Coward and friends
The Venue, Leeds Conservatoire6th
Recital with Kitty Whately
Mahler, Strauss, Muller-Hermann
Harrogate10th
Recital with Richard Watkins
Beethoven, Britten
Dartmouth12th
Recital with Ailish Tynan
Parry, Stanford, Bingham, Clarke, Wolf
Pembroke College, Cambridge18th and 19th
Recital with James Newby
Flora and Fauna
Lisbon24th
Recital with Marianne Crebassa
Ravel, Debussy, Guridi, Mompou, Falla
Wigmore Hall27th
Recital with Marianne Crebassa
Ravel, Debussy, Guridi, Mompou, Falla
Madrid29th
Recital with Marianne Crebassa
Ravel, Debussy, Guridi, Mompou, Falla
Berlin31st
Recital with Marianne Crebassa
Ravel, Debussy, Guridi, Mompou, Falla
Antwerp DeSingelFebruary 2023
5th
Recital with James Newby
Flora and Fauna
Stockholm Concert Hall7th
Recital and Masterclass with Nicky Spence
Copland, Griffes, Bonds
The Perse School, Cambridge9th
Recital with Iestyn Davies
Schubert
Wigmore Hall10th
Recital with Jennifer Johnston
Barber, Rorem, Britten, Cheryl Frances Hoad
Clothworkers Centenary Hall, Leeds15th
Recital with Miah Persson
Grieg, Nystroem, Sibelius, Strauss
Howard Assembly Room20th-23rd
Recording with Mary Bevan and Nicky Spence
Noel Coward and friends
Signum Records24th and 25th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert
Dortmund KonzerthausJanuary 2023
16th-19th
Recording with Ruby Hughes
BIS Records21st
Recital with James Newby
Bingham, Schumann
Sage, Gateshead25th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg -
December 2022
1st-4th
Masterclasses with Dame Sarah Connolly
Samling Foundation6th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Robert and Clara Schumann
Amsterdam Concertgebouw8th-10th
Recording with Mary Bevan and Nicky Spence
Signum Records14th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert, Britten, Mahler, Bingham
Musikverein Wien29th
Recital with Robin Tritschler
Schubert, Loewe, Wolf, Cornelius, Reger, Debussy
Wigmore HallNovember 2022
5th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Robert and Clara Schumann
Pembroke College, Cambridge6th
Recital with Sir Thomas Allen and Kitty Whately
English song and poetry
Pembroke College, Cambridge12th
Recital with James Newby
Bingham, Schumann
Budapest18th
Recital with Louise Alder
Strauss, Rachmaninov, Berg
Life Victoria, Barcelona21st
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Schumann, Chausson, Barber
Life Victoria, Barcelona27th-30th
Masterclasses with Dame Sarah Connolly
Samling FoundationOctober 2022
2nd
Recital with Anna Huntley
Haydn, Dvorak, English Song
Stokesley4th
Performance with Dame Sarah Connolly
Gramophone Awards7th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert, Mahler, Britten, Bingham
The Barbican11th
Recital with Sophie Rennert
Schubert, Mahler
Amsterdam Concertgebouw13th
Recital with Miah Persson
Robert and Clara Schumann, Strauss, Zemlinsky
Life Victoria, Barcelona16th
Fundraising Recital for GAM
Schubert
Pitville Pump Room, Cheltenham21st
Recital with Kitty Whately
Vaughan Williams Celebration
Leeds Lieder22nd
Recital with James Gilchrist
Schumann, Faure
Leeds Lieder23rd
Recital with Ashley Riches
A Musical Zoo
Leeds Lieder25th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
English Song
Wigmore Hall28th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Britten and Poulenc
Oxford Lieder FestivalSeptember 2022
1st
Recital with Ailish Tynan
Grieg, Muriel Herbert, James Joyce settings
Chichester17th
Fundraising recital
Leeds Lieder
Lotherton Hall19th-22nd
Recording with Carolyn Sampson
“But I like to sing”
BIS Records26th
Recital with James Newby
Schubert, Britten, Mahler, Bingham
Luxembourg Philharmonie27th
Broadcast with Dame Sarah Connolly
Barber, Weill, Turnage
BBC Radio 3 In Tune28th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Barber, Chausson, Schoenberg, Berg, Weill, Turnage
Wigmore HallAugust 2022
5th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Stavelot Festival, Belgium6th-12th
Masterclasses with Mary Bevan
Dartington13th
Recital with Mauro Peter
Schubert
Andermatt, Switzerland27th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Verlaine Settings
UtrechtJuly 2022
5th
Recital with Fatma Said
Mozart, Ravel, Egyptian Songs
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam1st-8th
Masterclasses with Amanda Roocroft
Brel Academy of Song
Brel, nr Toulouse12th
Mauro Peter
Schubert
Salzburg18th
Recital with Louise Alder
Strauss, Berg, Rachmaninov
Buxton Festival19th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Saintes Festival26th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Barber, Mark Anthony Turnage, Weill
Paxton House Festival27th
Recital with Ashley Riches
A musical zoo
Ryedale FestivalJune 2022
6th
Recital with Nicky Spence
Barber, Margaret Bonds, Britten
Harrogate9th
Katharina Konradi and Catronia Morison
Schumann, Brahms, Faure
Hamburg18th
Recital with Katharina Konradi and Catronia Morison
Schumann, Brahms, Faure
Heidelberger Fruhling22nd
Recital with Katharina Konradi and Catronia Morison
Schumann, Brahms, Faure
Inglostadt24th
Lieder Scheme Showcase
Cambridge University25th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Barber, Mark Anthony Turnage, Chausson, Weill
Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings26th
Recital with William Thomas
Schubert, Mozart, Brahms. Duparc
Wigmore Hall27th and 28th
Recording with Carolyn Sampson
Shakespeare songs
BIS RecordsMay 2022
1st
Recital with Ashley Riches
Schubert
Howard Assembly Room1st
Recital with Nicola Hillebrand
Schubert, Brahms, Strauss
Howard Assembly Room7th
Merton College, Oxford13th
Recital with Myrthen Ensemble
I wonder as I wander
Katowice19th
Recital with Ruby Hughes
Ives, Britten, Helen Grime
Sheffield Chamber Festival21st
Recital and Broadcast w Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
ParisApril 2022
4th
Recital with Fatma Said
Mozart, Ravel et al
Amsterdam Concertgebouw10th
Fundraiser with Nicholas Daniel
Saint-Saens, Schubert
Cheltenham Town Hall19th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
French Song
French Embassy, London21st
Recital with Louise Alder
Strauss, Berg, Rachmaninov
Graz25th
Recital with Ruby Hughes
Helen Grime, Bridge, Mahler
Stockholm Concert Hall28th
Recital with Dorothea Roschmann
Schumann, Wolf, Mahler, Wagner
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Lieder29th
Recital with Ruby Hughes, Errollyn Wallen, Deborah Pritchard,
Mahler
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Lieder1st
Recital with Konstantin Krimmel
Die Schöne Mullerin
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds Lieder1st
Recital with Louise Alder
Faure, Mahler, Copland, Rodgers and Hammerstein
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds LiederMarch 2022
2nd
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Mozart, Walton, Satie, Poldowksi
Madrid Juan March4th
Recital with Louise Alder
Amy Beech, Alma Maher, Libby Larsen
Pembroke College, Cambridge5th
Recital with Helen Charlston
Finzi, Vaughan Williams, Britten
Pembroke College, Cambridge6th
Recital with Nicky Spence
Britten, Tippet, Dankworth
Pembroke College Cambridge7th-9th
Recording with Mary Bevan and Nicky Spence
Signum Records11th
Recital with Roderick Williams
Winter Journey
Howard Assembly Room17th-18th
Recording with Mary Bevan & Ensemble 12
French Song
Signum Records18th
Recital with Ashley Riches
French Song Series
LSO St Luke‘s BBC Radio 321st
Recital with Louise Alder
Amy Beech, Alma Maher, Libby Larsen
Wigmore Hall/BBC Radio 322nd-23rd
Recording with Helen Charlston
Finzi, Britten, Vaughan Williams
Radio 3, Maida Vale Studios25th
Adjudicating English Song Prize
Royal College of Music
London26th
Recital with Nicky Spence
Britten, Tippett, Margaret Bonds
Leeds UniversityFebruary 2022
1st-3rd
Recording with James Newby
English Song
Bremen6th
Recital with Anna Huntley
Schumann, Dvorak, English Song
Yorkshire8th
Recital with Fatma Said
Ravel, de Falla, Lorca
Cologne Deutschland Rundfunk9th
Performance/Interview with Mary Bevan and James Newby
Schumann
BBC Radio 314th-15th
Recording with James Newby
Winterreise
BBC Radio 3 Maida Vale16th
Recital with Mary Bevan and James Newby
Schumann and Brahms
Howard Assembly Room Leeds18th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Nuremberg Oper22nd
Masterclasses
Cambridge University24th-28th
Recording with Kitty Whately
Strauss, Mahler, Scheikert, Muller-Hermann
Chandos RecordsJanuary 2022
10th-12th
Recording for Signum Classics
London15th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
But I like to sing!
St Andrew‘s Bedford16th
Recital with James Newby
English Song
Lewes Festival of Song22nd-24th
Masterclasses
Dutch National Opera25th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Schumann
Amsterdam Concertgebouw28th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Berlin BoulezSaal -
December 2021
13th
Recital with Fatma Said
Mahler, Schumann
Wigmore Hall/Radio 318th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
But I like to sing!
Norwich and Norfolk FestivalNovember 2021
2nd
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Shakespeare Songs
Leeds Lieder Fundraiser, Harrogate3rd
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Schumann, Wolf, English Song
Pembroke College, Cambridge4th
Broadcast with Marianne Crebessa
French song
BBC Radio 36th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson and Roderick Williams
Shakespeare settings
St Luke‘s London7th-10th
Recording with Carolyn Sampson and Roderick Williams
Shakespeare settings
BIS Records17th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Schumann, Wolf, English Song
Amsterdam Muziekgebouw24th
Interview/Performance with Mauro Peter
Schumann
BBC Radio 325th
Recital with Mauro Peter
Schumann
Leeds Lieder26th
Recital with Ailish Tynan
Schubert, Strauss, Barber
Leeds Lieder27th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Schumann, Wolf, English Song
Leeds LiederOctober 2021
13th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Reason in Madness
Barcelona14th
Recital with Mauro Peter
Schumann
Taggenbrun Austria15th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Fleurs
Oxford Lieder Festival21st-24th
Masterclasses with Dame Sarah Connolly
English Song
Britten Pears Aldeburgh25th
Recital with Louise Alder
Strauss, Berg, Debussy
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge28th
Recital with Carolyn Sampson
Schoenberg, Strauss, Debussy, Wolf
Zeist Festival, HollandSeptember 2021
1st-4thRecording with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Harmonia Mundi6th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
La Courroie10th
Recital with Mary Bevan
French Song
Lammermuir Festival/BBC Radio 311th
Recital with Dame Sarah Connolly
Mahler, Chausson, English Song
St Luke‘s, London17th
Recital with Ashley Riches
Haydn and Friends
LSO St Luke‘s/BBC Radio 321st
Recital/Lecture with Carolyn Sampson
Schubert, Wolf, Debussy
Royal Philharmonic Society30th
Recital with Fleur Barron
Winterreise
Hatfield House FestivalAugust 2021
1st-3rd
Recording with James Newby
Winterreise
Guildford5th
Recording with James Newby
Schumann Dichterliebe
BBC Maida Vale7th-14th
Masterclasses with Mary Bevan
Dartington8th
Recital with Roderick Williams
Schubert
Dartington11th
Recital with Mary Bevan
French Song
Dartington12th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schumann
Stavelot Festival Belgium24th
Recital with Samuel Hasselhorn
Schubert
Schubertiade Vilabertran26th
Recital with Sophie Rennert
Schubert and Mahler
Schubertiade Schwarzenberg30th
Recital with Fatma Said
Ravel, de Falla, Poulenc, Debussy
Snape Maltings Aldeburgh Festival
JAMES NEWBY: EAST NEUK FESTIVAL
Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin, D.795
James Newby, baritone
Joseph Middleton, piano
MARK PADMORE: EAST NEUK FESTIVAL
Schubert: Winterreise, D.911
Mark Padmore, tenor
Joseph Middleton, piano
MARK PADMORE AND JAMES NEWBY: EAST NEUK FESTIVAL
Schubert: Schwanengesang
Mark Padmore, tenor
James Newby, baritone
Joseph Middleton, piano
JAMES NEWBY: KINGS PLACE
Featuring a selection of songs by Purcell, Dowland, Vaughan Williams, Britten and more, alongside those by Schubert, James Newby and Ruby Hughes will be joined in their respective programmes by long-term collaborators Joseph Middleton and Jonas Nordberg.
RODERICK WILLIAMS: BUXTON FESTIVAL
The Elements - Earth
Pianist Joseph Middleton curates a series of recitals by four leading song singers exploring the theme of ‘The Four Elements’, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. These concerts offer an unmissable opportunity to go on a journey into the rich and fascinating realm of art song.
In the first of the series, Roderick and Joseph perform English songs by Finzi, Ireland, Butterworth, Boyle, Britten, Gurney, Clarke and Maconchy.
NIAMH O SULLIVAN: BUXTON FESTIVAL
The Elements - Fire
For the second recital in this series, Joseph Middleton is joined by Irish mezzo-soprano Niamh O’Sullivan, praised for her ‘bewitchingly beautiful, dark vibrant voice’ – SüddeutscheZeitung.
TOBY SPENCE: BUXTON FESTIVAL
The Elements - Air
Joseph Middleton is joined by tenor Toby Spence for the third recital in this mini-series. Toby Spence has sung at the Royal Opera House, and leading opera houses in New York, Vienna, Paris, Munich, Madrid, Barcelona, San Francisco and Hamburg, as well as at the Salzburg, Aix-en-Provence and Edinburgh festivals. Beginning with Beethoven’s touching song-cycle An Die Ferne Geliebte (To the Distant Beloved) their programme also includes songs by Schubert, Wolf, Fauré, Hahn, Finzi and Britten.
MARY BEVAN: BUXTON FESTIVAL
The Elements - Water
Pianist Joseph Middleton curates a series of recitals by four leading song singers exploring the theme of The Four Elements, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. These concerts offer an unmissable opportunity to go on a journey into the rich and fascinating realm of art song.
The sea, rivers, harbours and canals, not to mention fish, mermaids and other water-spirits, are all celebrated in this last recital in the series.
MASTERCLASSES AT STEANS INSTITUTE RAVINIA FESTIVAL CHICAGO
More information coming soon.
SOPHIE RENNERT AND LUDWIG MITTELHAMMER: SCHUBERTIADE SCHWARZENBERG
Sophie Rennert Mezzo-soprano
Ludwig Mittelhammer Baritone
Joseph Middleton Piano
MYRTHEN ENSEMBLE: PITVILLE PUMP ROOM CHELTENHAM
A talk on the music precedes the concert.
Songs to the Moon
The Myrthen Ensemble:
Mary Bevan soprano
Clara Mouriz mezzo-soprano
Nicky Spence tenor
Marcus Farnsworth baritone
Joseph Middleton piano
NIAMH O SULLIVAN | BBC RADIO 3
Joseph performs a recital with mezzo-soprano Niamh O Sullivan, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 from Maida Vale Studios.
A MOST MARVELLOUS PARTY | BLISS INTERNATIONAL SONG SERIES
Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence and Joseph Middleton host an evening of songs and duets by Noël Coward, Weill, Messager, Rorem, Satie, Poulenc, Gershwin, Britten, Walton.
RECITAL TOUR WITH FATMA SAID
Joseph joins soprano Fatma Said for a tour of recitals in Greece.
RECITAL WITH JAMES NEWBY | NEWBURY SPRING FESTIVAL
Joseph performs “The Shipping Forecast” recital with baritone James Newby at the Newbury Spring Festival.
RECITAL WITH SARAH CONNOLLY | BRIGHTON FESTIVAL
Joseph performs a recital with mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly at the Brighton Festival.
RECITAL WITH SOPHIE RENNERT | PIERRE BOULEZ SAAL
Joseph performs a recital with mezzo-soprano Sophie Rennert at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin.
RECITAL WITH HUW MONTAGUE RENDALL | BARCELONA
Joseph performs a recital with baritone Huw Montague Rendall at Sant Pau Recinte Modernista, Barcelona.
RECITAL WITH HUW MONTAGUE RENDALL | SHIGERU KAWAI CONCERT SERIES
Joseph performs a recital with baritone Huw Montague Rendall for the Shigeru Kawai Concert series at the Oxford Union.
RECITAL WITH HUW MONTAGUE RENDALL | BLISS INTERNATIONAL SONG SERIES
Joseph performs a recital with baritone Huw Montague Rendall at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
RECITAL WITH RAFAEL FINGERLOS | PIERRE BOULEZ SAAL
Joseph performs a recital with baritone Rafael Fingerlos at the Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin.
RECITAL WITH CHRISTOPH PRÉGARDIEN | LEEDS LIEDER
Joseph performs a recital with tenor Christoph Prégardien at the Leeds Lieder Festival.
RECITAL WITH LOUISE ALDER | LEEDS LIEDER
Joseph performs a recital with soprano Louise Alder at the Leeds Lieder Festival.
RECITAL WITH FATMA SAID | LEEDS LIEDER
Joseph performs a recital with soprano Fatma Said at the Leeds Lieder Festival.
RECITAL WITH FLORIAN BOESCH | LEEDS LIEDER
Joseph performs a recital with bass-baritone Florian Boesch at the Leeds Lieder Festival.
RECITAL WITH PATRICIA NOLZ | LEEDS LIEDER
Joseph performs a recital with mezzo-soprano Patricia Nolz at the Leeds Lieder Festival.
RECITAL WITH FATMA SAID | NDR KONZERTHAUS
Joseph performs a recital with soprano Fatma Said at the NDR Konzerthaus, Großer Sendesaal.
RECITAL WITH CAROLYN SAMPSON | BLISS INTERNATIONAL SONG SERIES
Joseph performs a recital with Carolyn Sampson, performing pieces by Schubert.
RECITAL WITH FATMA SAID | AIX-EN-PROVENCE
Joseph performs a recital with soprano Fatma Said, including music by Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Korngold.
RECITAL WITH FATMA SAID | PRINZREGENTENTHEATER
Joseph performs a recital with soprano Fatma Said, including music by Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Korngold.
RECITAL WITH FATMA SAID | LOUVRE
Joseph performs a recital with soprano Fatma Said, including music by Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Korngold.
RECITAL WITH FATMA SAID | ELBPHILHARMONIE
Joseph performs a recital with soprano Fatma Said, including music by Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Korngold.
RECITAL WITH FATMA SAID | OSLO OPERA HOUSE
Joseph performs a recital with soprano Fatma Said, including music by Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Korngold.
RECITAL WITH FATMA SAID | LANDESTHEATER LINZ
Joseph performs a recital with soprano Fatma Said, including music by Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn, and Korngold.
RECITAL WITH LOUISE ALDER & MAURO PETER | BARCELONA
Joseph performs Wolf with soprano Louise Alder and tenor Mauro Peter.
RECITAL WITH FATMA SAID | WIGMORE HALL
Joseph performs a recital with soprano Fatma Said at Wigmore Hall.
RECITAL WITH LOUISE ALDER & MAURO PETER | VIENNA MUSIKVEREIN
Joseph performs Wolf with soprano Louise Alder and tenor Mauro Peter.
RECITAL WITH LOUISE ALDER & MAURO PETER | FRANKFURT OPERA
Joseph performs Wolf with soprano Louise Alder and tenor Mauro Peter.
RECITAL WITH RODERICK WILLIAMS & CAROLYN SAMPSON | MALVERN CONCERT CLUB
Joseph performs Shakespeare in Song alongside baritone Roderick Williams and soprano Carolyn Sampson.
RECITAL WITH LOUISE ALDER & MAURO PETER | WIGMORE HALL
Joseph performs Wolf with soprano Louise Alder and tenor Mauro Peter at Wigmore Hall.