News and Reviews
Touches of Sweet Harmony: Leeds Lieder Festival 2023
TOUCHES of SWEET HARMONY Friday 9 to Saturday 17 June 2023 The 2023 Leeds Lieder Festival extends from four days to nine and presents its most wide-reaching programme to date, with an array of recitals, masterclasses and events in and around the city of Leeds....
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...
A Most Marvellous Party! Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence and Joseph Middleton host an evening of Noël Coward songs
A MOST MARVELLOUS PARTY! It’s partytime at Leeds Lieder as soprano Mary Bevan, tenor Nicky Spence and Festival Director Joseph Middleton join forces for an evening of songs by Noël Coward. Leeds Lieder are in party mode as they prepare for an evening of songs by Noël...
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...
Leeds Lieder 2023 Young Artists Programme: Applications Now Open
Announcing our Leeds Lieder 2023 Young Artists programme – applications now open. Dates: Sunday 11 June to Saturday 17 June 2023 Application deadline: Friday 24 February 2023 Click here to view the application form. Building on the success of our Young Artists...
Leeds Lieder begins Spring 2023 with Contemporary Music Festival recital at University of Leeds
ONE LIFE STAND Leeds Lieder starts 2023 with a recital celebrating English and American art song performed by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston and accompanied by Festival Director Joseph Middleton As part of the 2023 Contemporary Music Festival at the University of...
Feature: BBC Music Magazine – Joseph Middleton
As he prepares for a four-day celebration of song as artistic director of Leeds Lieder, the leading collaborative pianist discusses his art, and much besides, with Natasha Loges
Walking the SongPath in collaboration with Leeds Lieder
SongPath, the West Yorkshire organisation, aims to support those with mental health challenges with musical trails through England.
Leeds Lieder 2022 Festival
Announcing the Leeds Lieder 2022 Festival – Song Illuminated
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...
Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 Festival
Reviews and from our 2021 Festival
Leeds Lieder announces 10th Anniversary Festival
Leeds Lieder has ‘fully realised its potential and become an event of international stature. It attracts a large, loyal and knowledgeable audience, and not just from the locality’ Opera Now Ten Festivals and a Pandemic! In 2004 a group of passionate,...
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...
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...
Reviews: Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer in collaboration with Blackheath Halls
Reviews from our Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer concert at Blackheath Halls
Leeds Lieder announce Spring 2021 recitals presented from Leeds Town Hall
Join Leeds Lieder this Spring for recitals presented live from Leeds Town Hall. Now on sale!
Join Leeds Lieder and Blackheath Halls for a musical Valentine’s Day treat!
Join Leeds Lieder and Blackheath Halls for a Valentine’s treat!
Catch Leeds Lieder on BBC Radio 3 all this week!
The highly acclaimed Leeds Lieder ‘Mahler Song Series’ is to be broadcast again this week on BBC Radio 3!
Autumn 2020 concert reviews
Reviews from our weekend of song at Leeds Town Hall – October 2020
Leeds Lieder announces Autumn 2020 Weekend of Song
Leeds Lieder announces first live recitals of the 2020-21 season, and among the first socially distanced song recitals outside of London since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.
Touches of Sweet Harmony: Leeds Lieder Festival 2023
TOUCHES of SWEET HARMONY Friday 9 to Saturday 17 June 2023 The 2023 Leeds Lieder Festival extends from four days to nine and presents its most wide-reaching programme to date, with an array of recitals, masterclasses and events in and around the city of Leeds....
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...
A Most Marvellous Party! Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence and Joseph Middleton host an evening of Noël Coward songs
A MOST MARVELLOUS PARTY! It’s partytime at Leeds Lieder as soprano Mary Bevan, tenor Nicky Spence and Festival Director Joseph Middleton join forces for an evening of songs by Noël Coward. Leeds Lieder are in party mode as they prepare for an evening of songs by Noël...
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...
Leeds Lieder 2023 Young Artists Programme: Applications Now Open
Announcing our Leeds Lieder 2023 Young Artists programme – applications now open. Dates: Sunday 11 June to Saturday 17 June 2023 Application deadline: Friday 24 February 2023 Click here to view the application form. Building on the success of our Young Artists...
Leeds Lieder begins Spring 2023 with Contemporary Music Festival recital at University of Leeds
ONE LIFE STAND Leeds Lieder starts 2023 with a recital celebrating English and American art song performed by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston and accompanied by Festival Director Joseph Middleton As part of the 2023 Contemporary Music Festival at the University of...
Feature: BBC Music Magazine – Joseph Middleton
As he prepares for a four-day celebration of song as artistic director of Leeds Lieder, the leading collaborative pianist discusses his art, and much besides, with Natasha Loges
Walking the SongPath in collaboration with Leeds Lieder
SongPath, the West Yorkshire organisation, aims to support those with mental health challenges with musical trails through England.
Leeds Lieder 2022 Festival
Announcing the Leeds Lieder 2022 Festival – Song Illuminated
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...
Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 Festival
Reviews and from our 2021 Festival
Leeds Lieder announces 10th Anniversary Festival
Leeds Lieder has ‘fully realised its potential and become an event of international stature. It attracts a large, loyal and knowledgeable audience, and not just from the locality’ Opera Now Ten Festivals and a Pandemic! In 2004 a group of passionate,...
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...
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...
Reviews: Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer in collaboration with Blackheath Halls
Reviews from our Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer concert at Blackheath Halls
Leeds Lieder announce Spring 2021 recitals presented from Leeds Town Hall
Join Leeds Lieder this Spring for recitals presented live from Leeds Town Hall. Now on sale!
Join Leeds Lieder and Blackheath Halls for a musical Valentine’s Day treat!
Join Leeds Lieder and Blackheath Halls for a Valentine’s treat!
Catch Leeds Lieder on BBC Radio 3 all this week!
The highly acclaimed Leeds Lieder ‘Mahler Song Series’ is to be broadcast again this week on BBC Radio 3!
Autumn 2020 concert reviews
Reviews from our weekend of song at Leeds Town Hall – October 2020
Leeds Lieder announces Autumn 2020 Weekend of Song
Leeds Lieder announces first live recitals of the 2020-21 season, and among the first socially distanced song recitals outside of London since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.
Touches of Sweet Harmony: Leeds Lieder Festival 2023
TOUCHES of SWEET HARMONY Friday 9 to Saturday 17 June 2023 The 2023 Leeds Lieder Festival extends from four days to nine and presents its most wide-reaching programme to date, with an array of recitals, masterclasses and events in and around the city of Leeds....
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...
A Most Marvellous Party! Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence and Joseph Middleton host an evening of Noël Coward songs
A MOST MARVELLOUS PARTY! It’s partytime at Leeds Lieder as soprano Mary Bevan, tenor Nicky Spence and Festival Director Joseph Middleton join forces for an evening of songs by Noël Coward. Leeds Lieder are in party mode as they prepare for an evening of songs by Noël...
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...
Leeds Lieder 2023 Young Artists Programme: Applications Now Open
Announcing our Leeds Lieder 2023 Young Artists programme – applications now open. Dates: Sunday 11 June to Saturday 17 June 2023 Application deadline: Friday 24 February 2023 Click here to view the application form. Building on the success of our Young Artists...
Leeds Lieder begins Spring 2023 with Contemporary Music Festival recital at University of Leeds
ONE LIFE STAND Leeds Lieder starts 2023 with a recital celebrating English and American art song performed by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston and accompanied by Festival Director Joseph Middleton As part of the 2023 Contemporary Music Festival at the University of...
Feature: BBC Music Magazine – Joseph Middleton
As he prepares for a four-day celebration of song as artistic director of Leeds Lieder, the leading collaborative pianist discusses his art, and much besides, with Natasha Loges
Walking the SongPath in collaboration with Leeds Lieder
SongPath, the West Yorkshire organisation, aims to support those with mental health challenges with musical trails through England.
Leeds Lieder 2022 Festival
Announcing the Leeds Lieder 2022 Festival – Song Illuminated
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...
Reviews: Leeds Lieder 2021 Festival
Reviews and from our 2021 Festival
Leeds Lieder announces 10th Anniversary Festival
Leeds Lieder has ‘fully realised its potential and become an event of international stature. It attracts a large, loyal and knowledgeable audience, and not just from the locality’ Opera Now Ten Festivals and a Pandemic! In 2004 a group of passionate,...
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...
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...
Reviews: Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer in collaboration with Blackheath Halls
Reviews from our Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzer concert at Blackheath Halls
Leeds Lieder announce Spring 2021 recitals presented from Leeds Town Hall
Join Leeds Lieder this Spring for recitals presented live from Leeds Town Hall. Now on sale!
Join Leeds Lieder and Blackheath Halls for a musical Valentine’s Day treat!
Join Leeds Lieder and Blackheath Halls for a Valentine’s treat!
Catch Leeds Lieder on BBC Radio 3 all this week!
The highly acclaimed Leeds Lieder ‘Mahler Song Series’ is to be broadcast again this week on BBC Radio 3!
Autumn 2020 concert reviews
Reviews from our weekend of song at Leeds Town Hall – October 2020
Leeds Lieder announces Autumn 2020 Weekend of Song
Leeds Lieder announces first live recitals of the 2020-21 season, and among the first socially distanced song recitals outside of London since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.
Louise Alder (winner of the Joan Southerland Audience prize, Cardif Singer of the World 2017) and Joseph Middleton’s recital from last year’s Leeds Lieder Festival featured as part of the Cardiff Singer of the World focus on BBC Radio 3.
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