by leedslieder-admin | 6 Jan, 2025 | Reviews
You arrange to hear a tenor you’ve heard maybe 25 times, and then you find that tenor replaced by a baritone who creates just as much excitement as you felt all those 25 times ago. Ian Bostridge’s indisposition for this concert in the ever more impressive Leeds Lieder...
by leedslieder-admin | 25 Oct, 2024 | News
Song has the possibility to connect us to other humans, to our past as well as the future, to other cultures, and it also goes some way to explaining the most profound aspects of the human condition. 2025 is the 20th Anniversary of the first Leeds Lieder Festival and...
by leedslieder-admin | 19 Apr, 2024 | Reviews
The song festival – with Arts Council funding reinstated – opened with a meaty all-Schubert programme full of delights and camaraderie double anniversary would be cause enough for celebration – 2024 marks Leeds Lieder’s 20th year, and a decade of pianist Joseph...
by leedslieder-admin | 19 Apr, 2024 | Reviews
A new collaboration sees Leeds Lieder at a cool café/bar with an engaging and beautifully sung programme of songs inspired by folk-music A former fuel storage tank is not the usual venue for a song recital, but Hyde Park Book Club is no usual venue and last...
by leedslieder-admin | 19 Apr, 2024 | News, Reviews
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by leedslieder-admin | 12 Apr, 2024 | News, Reviews
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by leedslieder-admin | 5 Apr, 2024 | News
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by leedslieder-admin | 13 Mar, 2024 | News, Press Release
The Leeds Lieder Festival has received support from Arts Council England for its 2024 edition. A heartening message from Leeds Lieder Director, Joseph Middleton, who celebrates his tenth anniversary with the Festival this year: “Following last...
by leedslieder-admin | 4 Jan, 2024 | News, Press Release
Leeds Lieder Festival returns to mark its 20th anniversary, filling the city with song from Saturday 13 April to Sunday 21 April 2024. Bouncing back from the well-documented funding crisis of last season, and building on last year’s record number of first time concert...
by leedslieder-admin | 20 Jun, 2023 | News, Reviews
“Leeds Lieder’s effect on the musical landscape of Leeds has been transformational.” – Geoffrey Mogridge, Ilkley Gazette Writing for the Ilkley Gazette, classical music critic Geoffrey Mogridge expressed praise for the 2023 edition of the Leeds Lieder...
by leedslieder-admin | 19 Jun, 2023 | News, Reviews
“This was mélodie perfection.” – Martin Dreyer, Charles Hutch Press In a review for the Charles Hutch Press, writer Martin Dreyer praised Véronique Gens’ “remarkable” ability and her dynamism with accompanist Susan Manoff at the 2023...
by leedslieder-admin | 19 Jun, 2023 | News, Reviews
★★★★★ “The quality of this performance gave ample evidence of just how worthwhile this festival has proven to be.” – Melanie Eskenazi, musicOMH musicOMH awarded Sir Simon Keenlyside and Joseph Middleton’s Closing Gala recital a full five stars as the...
by leedslieder-admin | 17 Jun, 2023 | News, Reviews
★★★★ “Rewarding as ever, the annual art-song festival has long won converts through its sheer quality – and yet, ACE has pulled all its funding” – Ivan Hewitt, The Telegraph Reviewing the 2023 Leeds Lieder Festival as part of the Telegraph’s monthly...
by leedslieder-admin | 17 Jun, 2023 | News, Reviews
★★★★ “A masterclass in elegance, restraint and the fine art of communication” – Clive Paget, The Guardian Véronique Gens’ celebrity recital with Susan Manoff was praised as part of the “world-class” offering in the 2023 Leeds Lieder...
by leedslieder-admin | 15 Jun, 2023 | News, Reviews
★★★★★ “A master of lieder triumphs in Leeds” – Neil Fisher, The Times The Times has awarded five stars in its review of James Newby and Joseph Middleton’s recital at the 2023 Leeds Lieder Festival. Neil Fisher praised the “disarming...
by leedslieder-admin | 14 Jun, 2023 | News, Reviews
★★★★★ “A superb recital from a young baritone and accompanist at the height of their game. Come along on Saturday to hear the same pianist with Simon Keenlyside in Winterreise.” – Melanie Eskenazi, musicOMH James Newby and Joseph Middleton’s recital...
by leedslieder-admin | 13 Jun, 2023 | News, Reviews
“Leeds’s incomparable festival of song has got off to a powerful start.” – Martin Dreyer, Charles Hutch Press Reviewing the Opening Gala recital at the 2023 Leeds Lieder Festival, Martin Dreyer of Charles Hutch Press complimented the performances of...
by leedslieder-admin | 9 Jun, 2023 | News
“[Leeds Lieder] has consistently punched above its weight, bringing world-class classical singers and pianists to perform in Leeds.” – Yvette Huddleston, The Yorkshire Post The 2023 Leeds Lieder Festival and the Leeds Lieder Angels Appeal have been...
by leedslieder-admin | 5 Jun, 2023 | News
Leeds Lieder has launched the Angels Appeal crowdfunding campaign to help support the 2023-24 Concert Season, the 2024 Festival, and our vital outreach work in schools and communities. Donate to support art song in Leeds and beyond by clicking here. ...
by leedslieder-admin | 5 Jun, 2023 | News
“We are being fast-tracked to a society where culture and especially classical music is being systematically stamped out of the communities in which we live.” – Joseph Middleton Following news of a cut to Leeds Lieder’s funding, Director Joseph...
