Ian Bostridge CBE tenor
Joseph Middleton piano

Tickets:
£25
FREE (U30/students)

An established Leeds Lieder favourite, Ian Bostridge, returns to Leeds for a one-off recital with Joseph Middleton as the pair perform an all-Schubert programme.

Ian Bostridge’s extraordinary international career has taken him to the foremost concert halls, orchestras and opera houses in the world. Synonymous with the works of Schubert and Britten, his recital career has taken him to the Salzburg, Edinburgh, Munich, Vienna, Aldeburgh and Schwarzenberg Schubertiade Festivals and to the main stages of Carnegie Hall, the Bayerische Staatsoper, La Monnaie and Teatro alla Scala. In opera, Ian has received particular praise for his interpretation of Aschenbach Death in Venice at the Deutsche Oper & Peter Quint The Turn of the Screw for Teatro alla Scala. His recordings have won all the major international record prizes and been nominated for 15 Grammys.

Pianist Joseph Middleton specialises in the art of song accompaniment and chamber music and has been internationally acclaimed within this field. Described in the BBC Music Magazine as “one of the brightest stars in the world of song and Lieder”, he has also been labelled “the cream of the new generation” by The Times and “a perfect accompanist” by Opera Now.

Joseph enjoys fruitful partnerships with internationally established singers including Sir Thomas Allen, Louise Alder, Mary Bevan, Ian Bostridge, Allan Clayton, Dame Sarah Connolly, Marianne Crebassa, Iestyn Davies, Fatma Said, Samuel Hasselhorn, Christiane Karg, Katarina Karnéus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, John Mark Ainsley, Ann Murray, James Newby, Mark Padmore, Mauro Peter, Miah Persson, Carolyn Sampson, and Roderick Williams. He collaborates with rising stars from the younger generation and regularly programmes his own series for BBC Radio 3.

Programme:

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Das Heimweh D456
Sehnsucht D879
Im Freien D880
Bei dir allein! D866/2
Der Wanderer an den Mond D870
Das Zügenglöcklein D871
Die Perle D466
Freiwilliges Versinken D700
Der zürnenden Diana D707
Lied des gefangenen Jägers D843
Normans Gesang D846

INTERVAL

Der Wanderer D489
Hippolits Lied D890
An die Laute D905
An mein Klavier D342
Der Jüngling an der Quelle D300
Wie Ulfru fischt D525
Schlaflied D527
An die Freunde D654
Das Lied im Grünen D917
Der Einsame D800
Im Abendrot D799
Klage an den Mond D436

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