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Interview: BBC Music Magazine – Joseph Middleton

Interview: BBC Music Magazine – Joseph Middleton

Leeds Lieder Director Joseph Middleton devised the June 2023 edition of BBC Music Magazine's cover CD, Songs of the Night. He discusses selections on the CD – including works by Mahler, Schumann, Finzi, Maconchy, Brahms, Fauré and more – in the magazine feature. Read...

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Update: Closing Gala recital – Saturday 17 June

Update: Closing Gala recital – Saturday 17 June

With regret Dame Sarah Connolly has had to withdraw from the previously announced Closing Gala recital. A new date in the autumn with the same programme will be announced in due course. Leeds Lieder are thrilled that Sir Simon Keenlyside has agreed to step in to close...

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Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Nicky Spence

Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Nicky Spence

“Noël Coward was the best lyrical tongue and satirist of the last century and it’s a real delight to be able to bring him back to life so close to the 50th anniversary of his death." – Nicky Spence BBC Music Magazine Personality of the Year 2022 Nicky Spence was...

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Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Jennifer Johnston

Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Jennifer Johnston

“There's nothing broad-brush about a recital, I have to be specific in my storytelling to keep the audience engaged.” – Jennifer Johnston Ahead of her recital inaugurating the Leeds Lieder Spring 2023 Concert Season accompanied by Joseph Middleton, mezzo-soprano...

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Leeds Lieder contact details: important update

Leeds Lieder contact details: important update

Leeds Town Hall will close for two years on 31 December for a major programme of redevelopment and refurbishment. We have therefore had to give up our office, which has been generously provided to us by Leeds City Council as support-in-kind since 2014. While we look...

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Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 April recitals

Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 April recitals

Connolly, Middleton, Leeds Lieder online review - epic voyage on a luxury vessel. Lavish late-Romantic seascapes with a first-rate crew. "Connolly has lately made 'Sea Pictures' her own after its years in the velvet grip of Yorkshire’s own Janet Baker"  Read more... A...

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Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 March recitals

Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 March recitals

Spring song weekend; Bernadette Johns, Alexandra Standing, Fatma Said, Joseph Middleton, Laurence Kilsby, Ian Tindale, Kitty Whately, Madelaine Newton, Kevin Whately; Leeds Lieder at Leeds Town Hall Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 27 March 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A...

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Interview: BBC Music Magazine – Joseph Middleton

Interview: BBC Music Magazine – Joseph Middleton

Leeds Lieder Director Joseph Middleton devised the June 2023 edition of BBC Music Magazine's cover CD, Songs of the Night. He discusses selections on the CD – including works by Mahler, Schumann, Finzi, Maconchy, Brahms, Fauré and more – in the magazine feature. Read...

read more
Update: Closing Gala recital – Saturday 17 June

Update: Closing Gala recital – Saturday 17 June

With regret Dame Sarah Connolly has had to withdraw from the previously announced Closing Gala recital. A new date in the autumn with the same programme will be announced in due course. Leeds Lieder are thrilled that Sir Simon Keenlyside has agreed to step in to close...

read more
Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Nicky Spence

Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Nicky Spence

“Noël Coward was the best lyrical tongue and satirist of the last century and it’s a real delight to be able to bring him back to life so close to the 50th anniversary of his death." – Nicky Spence BBC Music Magazine Personality of the Year 2022 Nicky Spence was...

read more
Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Jennifer Johnston

Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Jennifer Johnston

“There's nothing broad-brush about a recital, I have to be specific in my storytelling to keep the audience engaged.” – Jennifer Johnston Ahead of her recital inaugurating the Leeds Lieder Spring 2023 Concert Season accompanied by Joseph Middleton, mezzo-soprano...

read more
Leeds Lieder contact details: important update

Leeds Lieder contact details: important update

Leeds Town Hall will close for two years on 31 December for a major programme of redevelopment and refurbishment. We have therefore had to give up our office, which has been generously provided to us by Leeds City Council as support-in-kind since 2014. While we look...

read more
Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 April recitals

Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 April recitals

Connolly, Middleton, Leeds Lieder online review - epic voyage on a luxury vessel. Lavish late-Romantic seascapes with a first-rate crew. "Connolly has lately made 'Sea Pictures' her own after its years in the velvet grip of Yorkshire’s own Janet Baker"  Read more... A...

read more
Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 March recitals

Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 March recitals

Spring song weekend; Bernadette Johns, Alexandra Standing, Fatma Said, Joseph Middleton, Laurence Kilsby, Ian Tindale, Kitty Whately, Madelaine Newton, Kevin Whately; Leeds Lieder at Leeds Town Hall Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 27 March 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A...

read more
Interview: BBC Music Magazine – Joseph Middleton

Interview: BBC Music Magazine – Joseph Middleton

Leeds Lieder Director Joseph Middleton devised the June 2023 edition of BBC Music Magazine's cover CD, Songs of the Night. He discusses selections on the CD – including works by Mahler, Schumann, Finzi, Maconchy, Brahms, Fauré and more – in the magazine feature. Read...

read more
Update: Closing Gala recital – Saturday 17 June

Update: Closing Gala recital – Saturday 17 June

With regret Dame Sarah Connolly has had to withdraw from the previously announced Closing Gala recital. A new date in the autumn with the same programme will be announced in due course. Leeds Lieder are thrilled that Sir Simon Keenlyside has agreed to step in to close...

read more
Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Nicky Spence

Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Nicky Spence

“Noël Coward was the best lyrical tongue and satirist of the last century and it’s a real delight to be able to bring him back to life so close to the 50th anniversary of his death." – Nicky Spence BBC Music Magazine Personality of the Year 2022 Nicky Spence was...

read more
Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Jennifer Johnston

Interview: The Yorkshire Times – Jennifer Johnston

“There's nothing broad-brush about a recital, I have to be specific in my storytelling to keep the audience engaged.” – Jennifer Johnston Ahead of her recital inaugurating the Leeds Lieder Spring 2023 Concert Season accompanied by Joseph Middleton, mezzo-soprano...

read more
Leeds Lieder contact details: important update

Leeds Lieder contact details: important update

Leeds Town Hall will close for two years on 31 December for a major programme of redevelopment and refurbishment. We have therefore had to give up our office, which has been generously provided to us by Leeds City Council as support-in-kind since 2014. While we look...

read more
Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 April recitals

Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 April recitals

Connolly, Middleton, Leeds Lieder online review - epic voyage on a luxury vessel. Lavish late-Romantic seascapes with a first-rate crew. "Connolly has lately made 'Sea Pictures' her own after its years in the velvet grip of Yorkshire’s own Janet Baker"  Read more... A...

read more
Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 March recitals

Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 March recitals

Spring song weekend; Bernadette Johns, Alexandra Standing, Fatma Said, Joseph Middleton, Laurence Kilsby, Ian Tindale, Kitty Whately, Madelaine Newton, Kevin Whately; Leeds Lieder at Leeds Town Hall Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 27 March 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A...

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