by leedslieder-admin | 28 Apr, 2017 | News, Reviews
Thank you to Richard Wilcox at Write out Loud for this review of our Composers and Poets Showcase, Saturday 22 April ‘A capacity audience in the Recital Room of Leeds College of Music on Saturday clapped enthusiastically at every opportunity as 10 world...
by leedslieder-admin | 28 Apr, 2017 | News, Reviews
Second review in from Seen and Heard International for Songs by Ravel, with Clara Mouriz, Benedict Nelson, Joseph Middleton, David Mosley and Philip Higham ‘Nelson is a great talent and character-singer with a real feel for these Ravel works, and I’d gladly sit...
by leedslieder-admin | 27 Apr, 2017 | News, Reviews
First review in! From Seen and Heard International for our Festival Opening Concert with Henk Neven and Joseph Middleton, 21 April… ‘Tonight this partnership reached its apogee in the lullaby that crowns the 20-song cycle, a devastatingly beautiful notion,...
by leedslieder-admin | 24 Apr, 2017 | News
If you attended Leeds Lieder Festival over the weekend, thank you! We would love to hear your feedback. As part of ongoing work Arts Council England have encouraged us to undertake, we have been conducting surveys over the festival weekend. But perhaps you were too...
by leedslieder-admin | 20 Apr, 2017 | News
We are live streaming performances from Festival 2017 We hope you will join us! Click on the dates to be part of the audience wherever you are. Friday 21 April, 7.30pm, Henk Neven & Joseph Middleton Saturday 22 April, 12.30pm, Songs by Ravel with Clara Mouriz...
by leedslieder-admin | 14 Apr, 2017 | News
BBC Radio 3’s lunchtime concert puts a spotlight on the 2016/17 Leeds Lieder Festival this week, broadcasting several performances from the season with the festival’s Director, pianist Joseph Middleton. The theme of the festival was the music of Gustav Mahler, which...
by leedslieder-admin | 12 Apr, 2017 | News
Especially for Festival goers, Leeds College of Music will be offering a dinner menu on Saturday 22nd April (6.00pm-7.00pm) and Sunday 23 April (12.30pm-2.00pm) which can be pre-booked. The cost is £13.95 for a two course meal with a 175ml glass of wine. Pre-ordering...
by leedslieder-admin | 4 Apr, 2017 | News
Leeds Lieder is thrilled to have been shortlisted for the RPS Music Award for Chamber Music and Song, celebrating outstanding achievement in 2016. The annual RPS Music Awards, presented in association with BBC Radio 3, are the highest recognition for live classical...