News and Reviews
New for 2017 – Lieder for Littl’uns!
This year we invite littl'uns under the age of 5 to join us at Leeds Lieder Festival. In an immersive relaxed performance which has been especially designed to introduce young children to the joys of the sung voice and piano, we welcome children in their early years...
Review: Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 4 March 2017
'Although Mahler’s Knaben Wunderhorn songs with orchestra are well known, one rarely encounters them with piano; and this version, presented by Leeds Lieder at the University of Leeds, was a revelation...' Read more here Thank you to Anthony Ogus for this review....
Ian Bostridge indisposed, 18 February, Winterreise
We are sorry to announce that Ian Bostridge is indisposed. However, we are delighted to announce that James Gilchrist has been able to stand in at less than 24 hours notice, for which we are most grateful.
Winterreise: Pre-concert Talk with Dr Clive McClelland
Ticket holders for the recital of Winterreise by Ian Bostridge and Joseph Middleton on 18 February are invited to join Dr Clive McClelland of University of Leeds for a pre-concert talk at 6.30pm, The Venue, Leeds College of Music. The talk will explore the idea of the...
Leeds Lieder Festival Launch in London with Dame Felicity Lott
Thank you to Dame Felicity Lott who sang so beautifully last night, with festival director Joseph Middleton at the piano, for our London launch of the 2017 Leeds Lieder Festival. Thank you also to the Vernon Ellis Foundation for hosting the occasion and all who joined...
‘This was an evening filled with lovely moments…’ Review of Sarah Connolly recital, 26 November 2016
Thanks to Seen & Heard International for this review! http://seenandheard-international.com/2016/11/connolly-provides-a-real-buzz-at-the-launch-of-the-2017-leeds-lieder-festival/
Leeds Lieder Festival 2017 announced!
We are thrilled to announce Leeds Lieder Festival, 21 April - 23 April 2017: Songs of Travel. One of the world's most sought after and charismatic singers, British baritone Simon Keenlyside opens the Festival on 21 April with a characteristically thoughtful programme...
Sarah Connolly Live on BBC Radio 3 In Tune
Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton chat to Sean Rafferty on BBC Radio 3 In Tune, 25 November 2016
Leeds Lieder Festival dates announced: 21-23 April 2017
We are delighted to announce that the 2017 Leeds Lieder Festival will take place on 21-23 April 2017. Further information will follow soon!
Leeds Lieder 2016-17 season opening concert
The 2016-17 Leeds Lieder concert season's first recital is almost upon us! On 12 October 2016 at 7.30pm Ruby Hughes and Joseph Middleton perform the first in the Mahler Song Series in Clothworkers' Centenary Concert Hall at the University of Leeds. The concert will...
Welcome to the 2016-17 Leeds Lieder Concert Season
Welcome to our 2016-17 Season! Amongst these events you will find a veritable selection of treats to tempt you along to join the warm, inquisitive and knowledgable audiences at Leeds Lieder as we share together some of the most remarkable poetry and music...
Telegraph and New York Times critic Michael White finds Leeds Lieder Festival “flourishing” “outstanding” “a relentless sequence of superb recitals”
Catholic Herald review 11 May 2016, 10_21
Bachtrack reviews the Leeds Lieder 2016 Festival Opening Concert – Songs of the Sea
https://bachtrack.com/review-roderick-williams-mark-padmore-leeds-lieder-april-2016
Bachtrack reviews the Leeds Lieder Poets and Composers Showcase
https://bachtrack.com/review-leeds-lieder-composers-poets-showcase
Opera Anecdotes – Travels with my Opera Glasses by Anthony Ogus
http://anthonyogus.co.uk/blog.php?b=178&t=
Hugh Canning’s review of the Leeds Lieder Festival for the Sunday Times
'...a compact triumph of outstanding art song.' - The Sunday Times http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article1685413.ece
Roderick Williams and Joseph Middleton, curators of Leeds Lieder 2016. They talk about this year’s festival in this Gramophone podcast
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/talking-song-with-a-pianist-and-a-singer-a-gramophone-podcast
Classical Music Magazine features the Leeds Lieder Festival
Classical Music Magazine features the Leeds Lieder Festival
Ruby Hughes to perform…
Due to ill health, Lucy Crowe has been forced to cancel her appearance with Leeds Lieder. We are delighted that Ruby Hughes will perform in her absence.
Leeds Lieder Director, Joseph Middleton, features in ‘My Yorkshire’
Leeds Lieder Director, Joseph Middleton, features in My Yorkshire
New for 2017 – Lieder for Littl’uns!
This year we invite littl'uns under the age of 5 to join us at Leeds Lieder Festival. In an immersive relaxed performance which has been especially designed to introduce young children to the joys of the sung voice and piano, we welcome children in their early years...
Review: Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 4 March 2017
'Although Mahler’s Knaben Wunderhorn songs with orchestra are well known, one rarely encounters them with piano; and this version, presented by Leeds Lieder at the University of Leeds, was a revelation...' Read more here Thank you to Anthony Ogus for this review....
Ian Bostridge indisposed, 18 February, Winterreise
We are sorry to announce that Ian Bostridge is indisposed. However, we are delighted to announce that James Gilchrist has been able to stand in at less than 24 hours notice, for which we are most grateful.
Winterreise: Pre-concert Talk with Dr Clive McClelland
Ticket holders for the recital of Winterreise by Ian Bostridge and Joseph Middleton on 18 February are invited to join Dr Clive McClelland of University of Leeds for a pre-concert talk at 6.30pm, The Venue, Leeds College of Music. The talk will explore the idea of the...
Leeds Lieder Festival Launch in London with Dame Felicity Lott
Thank you to Dame Felicity Lott who sang so beautifully last night, with festival director Joseph Middleton at the piano, for our London launch of the 2017 Leeds Lieder Festival. Thank you also to the Vernon Ellis Foundation for hosting the occasion and all who joined...
‘This was an evening filled with lovely moments…’ Review of Sarah Connolly recital, 26 November 2016
Thanks to Seen & Heard International for this review! http://seenandheard-international.com/2016/11/connolly-provides-a-real-buzz-at-the-launch-of-the-2017-leeds-lieder-festival/
Leeds Lieder Festival 2017 announced!
We are thrilled to announce Leeds Lieder Festival, 21 April - 23 April 2017: Songs of Travel. One of the world's most sought after and charismatic singers, British baritone Simon Keenlyside opens the Festival on 21 April with a characteristically thoughtful programme...
Sarah Connolly Live on BBC Radio 3 In Tune
Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton chat to Sean Rafferty on BBC Radio 3 In Tune, 25 November 2016
Leeds Lieder Festival dates announced: 21-23 April 2017
We are delighted to announce that the 2017 Leeds Lieder Festival will take place on 21-23 April 2017. Further information will follow soon!
Leeds Lieder 2016-17 season opening concert
The 2016-17 Leeds Lieder concert season's first recital is almost upon us! On 12 October 2016 at 7.30pm Ruby Hughes and Joseph Middleton perform the first in the Mahler Song Series in Clothworkers' Centenary Concert Hall at the University of Leeds. The concert will...
Welcome to the 2016-17 Leeds Lieder Concert Season
Welcome to our 2016-17 Season! Amongst these events you will find a veritable selection of treats to tempt you along to join the warm, inquisitive and knowledgable audiences at Leeds Lieder as we share together some of the most remarkable poetry and music...
Telegraph and New York Times critic Michael White finds Leeds Lieder Festival “flourishing” “outstanding” “a relentless sequence of superb recitals”
Catholic Herald review 11 May 2016, 10_21
Bachtrack reviews the Leeds Lieder 2016 Festival Opening Concert – Songs of the Sea
https://bachtrack.com/review-roderick-williams-mark-padmore-leeds-lieder-april-2016
Bachtrack reviews the Leeds Lieder Poets and Composers Showcase
https://bachtrack.com/review-leeds-lieder-composers-poets-showcase
Opera Anecdotes – Travels with my Opera Glasses by Anthony Ogus
http://anthonyogus.co.uk/blog.php?b=178&t=
Hugh Canning’s review of the Leeds Lieder Festival for the Sunday Times
'...a compact triumph of outstanding art song.' - The Sunday Times http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article1685413.ece
Roderick Williams and Joseph Middleton, curators of Leeds Lieder 2016. They talk about this year’s festival in this Gramophone podcast
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/talking-song-with-a-pianist-and-a-singer-a-gramophone-podcast
Classical Music Magazine features the Leeds Lieder Festival
Classical Music Magazine features the Leeds Lieder Festival
Ruby Hughes to perform…
Due to ill health, Lucy Crowe has been forced to cancel her appearance with Leeds Lieder. We are delighted that Ruby Hughes will perform in her absence.
Leeds Lieder Director, Joseph Middleton, features in ‘My Yorkshire’
Leeds Lieder Director, Joseph Middleton, features in My Yorkshire
New for 2017 – Lieder for Littl’uns!
This year we invite littl'uns under the age of 5 to join us at Leeds Lieder Festival. In an immersive relaxed performance which has been especially designed to introduce young children to the joys of the sung voice and piano, we welcome children in their early years...
Review: Des Knaben Wunderhorn, 4 March 2017
'Although Mahler’s Knaben Wunderhorn songs with orchestra are well known, one rarely encounters them with piano; and this version, presented by Leeds Lieder at the University of Leeds, was a revelation...' Read more here Thank you to Anthony Ogus for this review....
Ian Bostridge indisposed, 18 February, Winterreise
We are sorry to announce that Ian Bostridge is indisposed. However, we are delighted to announce that James Gilchrist has been able to stand in at less than 24 hours notice, for which we are most grateful.
Winterreise: Pre-concert Talk with Dr Clive McClelland
Ticket holders for the recital of Winterreise by Ian Bostridge and Joseph Middleton on 18 February are invited to join Dr Clive McClelland of University of Leeds for a pre-concert talk at 6.30pm, The Venue, Leeds College of Music. The talk will explore the idea of the...
Leeds Lieder Festival Launch in London with Dame Felicity Lott
Thank you to Dame Felicity Lott who sang so beautifully last night, with festival director Joseph Middleton at the piano, for our London launch of the 2017 Leeds Lieder Festival. Thank you also to the Vernon Ellis Foundation for hosting the occasion and all who joined...
‘This was an evening filled with lovely moments…’ Review of Sarah Connolly recital, 26 November 2016
Thanks to Seen & Heard International for this review! http://seenandheard-international.com/2016/11/connolly-provides-a-real-buzz-at-the-launch-of-the-2017-leeds-lieder-festival/
Leeds Lieder Festival 2017 announced!
We are thrilled to announce Leeds Lieder Festival, 21 April - 23 April 2017: Songs of Travel. One of the world's most sought after and charismatic singers, British baritone Simon Keenlyside opens the Festival on 21 April with a characteristically thoughtful programme...
Sarah Connolly Live on BBC Radio 3 In Tune
Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton chat to Sean Rafferty on BBC Radio 3 In Tune, 25 November 2016
Leeds Lieder Festival dates announced: 21-23 April 2017
We are delighted to announce that the 2017 Leeds Lieder Festival will take place on 21-23 April 2017. Further information will follow soon!
Leeds Lieder 2016-17 season opening concert
The 2016-17 Leeds Lieder concert season's first recital is almost upon us! On 12 October 2016 at 7.30pm Ruby Hughes and Joseph Middleton perform the first in the Mahler Song Series in Clothworkers' Centenary Concert Hall at the University of Leeds. The concert will...
Welcome to the 2016-17 Leeds Lieder Concert Season
Welcome to our 2016-17 Season! Amongst these events you will find a veritable selection of treats to tempt you along to join the warm, inquisitive and knowledgable audiences at Leeds Lieder as we share together some of the most remarkable poetry and music...
Telegraph and New York Times critic Michael White finds Leeds Lieder Festival “flourishing” “outstanding” “a relentless sequence of superb recitals”
Catholic Herald review 11 May 2016, 10_21
Bachtrack reviews the Leeds Lieder 2016 Festival Opening Concert – Songs of the Sea
https://bachtrack.com/review-roderick-williams-mark-padmore-leeds-lieder-april-2016
Bachtrack reviews the Leeds Lieder Poets and Composers Showcase
https://bachtrack.com/review-leeds-lieder-composers-poets-showcase
Opera Anecdotes – Travels with my Opera Glasses by Anthony Ogus
http://anthonyogus.co.uk/blog.php?b=178&t=
Hugh Canning’s review of the Leeds Lieder Festival for the Sunday Times
'...a compact triumph of outstanding art song.' - The Sunday Times http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/culture/music/article1685413.ece
Roderick Williams and Joseph Middleton, curators of Leeds Lieder 2016. They talk about this year’s festival in this Gramophone podcast
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/talking-song-with-a-pianist-and-a-singer-a-gramophone-podcast
Classical Music Magazine features the Leeds Lieder Festival
Classical Music Magazine features the Leeds Lieder Festival
Ruby Hughes to perform…
Due to ill health, Lucy Crowe has been forced to cancel her appearance with Leeds Lieder. We are delighted that Ruby Hughes will perform in her absence.
Leeds Lieder Director, Joseph Middleton, features in ‘My Yorkshire’
Leeds Lieder Director, Joseph Middleton, features in My Yorkshire
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.
Listed again HERE