“Samuel Boden’s tenor was shown to its best in the following aria, “I see she flies me”, where the more melancholic and austere moments let the creaminess of his voice take on a more reflective colour.” “The comedy that these two singers created, particularly Boden, spectacular in drag and crying “no Kissing at all” was terrific fun and dispatched with impressive speed and precision – Boden’s vocal inflections were highly enjoyable.” ★★★★☆ Backtrack, 14th August 2016
Live at the BBC Proms – Arcangelo, directed by Jonathan Cohen, at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe, in music by Purcell, Blow and Matthew Locke. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07nm3lg
This evening as part of the Beaune International Baroque Opera Festival I will be singing the role of Acis in one of Handel’s masterpieces(!) “Acis and Galatea”. A fabulously compact, varied and rich piece, combined with a very simple story makes for a thoroughly enjoyable listening experience. The wonderful Damien Guillon is at the helm – directing the equally capable Le Banquet Céleste. It will be broadcast live on France Musique at 8pm uk time (9pm French time), for French speakers/sympathisers I will be interviewed at 7pm uk time. Please see www.francemusique.fr/emission/le-concert-du-soir/2016-ete/festival-de-beaune-2016-acis-et-galatee-de-g-f-haendel-en-direct-07-30-2016-20-00 for more details.
‘The Centenary of the Battle of the Somme: The Vigil‘ will be broadcast on BBC Two from 7:30-9:30pm on Thursday 30th June. ‘The Centenary of the Battle of the Somme: Thiepval‘ will be broadcast on BBC One from 9:15am-12:15pm on Friday 1st July.
I am tremendously honoured to have been asked to sing at the commemorative events to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, at the Thiepval Memorial in France. There will be a military vigil starting at 21:15 on 30th June 2016 where I will be singing ‘The Lads in their Hundreds’ (Butterworth) unaccompanied, and on 1st July 2016 I will sing ‘Abide With Me’ (Monk) for the main National Commemorative Event. There will be worldwide coverage provided by the BBC and both events will be broadcast live on BBC Two. For more details please see this article on The...
This Sunday I will be performing in a concert dedicated to HM Queen Elizabeth II in the week of her 90th birthday with Ensemble Marsyas at the Wigmore Hall in London, in a programme about Irish culture in Britain. More information can be found on the Wigmore Hall’s website here including a link to buy tickets online. There is a pre-concert talk at 3pm before the performance which starts at 4pm. There is also an interesting article about one of the pieces here.
