Carolyn Sampson
Equally at home on the concert and opera stages, Carolyn Sampson has enjoyed notable successes in the UK as well as throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
Last season marked an incredible achievement for Carolyn as she celebrated her recording legacy with the release of her 100th album as a featured solo artist. Over the last twenty-five years of her career, she has sung with countless world-class musicians and these recordings serve as testament to both her versatility as an artist and the scope of her repertoire. In 2024 she was also awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year Honours and was elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music.
Recent performance highlights include her debut at Berlin Staatsoper singing Créuse in a new Peter Sellers production of Charpentier’s Medée conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, Mahler’s 8th Symphony (soprano 1) with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester under Semyon Bychkov, Bach’s Passions with the Netherlands and Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest and concerts with the Česká Filharmonie, Budapesti Fesztiválzenekar, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and a European Tour with Bach Collegium Japan including a return to the BBC Proms. She presented recitals at Wigmore Hall, Queen’s Hall Edinburgh, the Muziekgebouw as part of the Grote Zangers series, for Leeds Lieder and for International Lied Festival Zeist.
Borealis Chamber Choir
Borealis is a professional chamber choir based in the north of England, drawing membership from among the finest singers in or from the north. Their mission is to give performances of the highest quality, building audiences across northern England, whilst also touruing further afield and aborad. Alongside the standard choral repetoire, the choir aims to present ambitious and exciting programmes and similarly innovative recordings, often bringing to light composers who have not received the recognition that they deserve.
Stephen Muir
Stephen Muir was born in Zambia and gained B.Mus. and Ph.D. degrees from Birmingham University, specialising in singing and percussion at Birmingham Conservatoire. He also studied conducting under George Hurst at the Canford Conducting Academy.
He has worked extensively in the UK as a singer, percussionist and conductor, includign recordings and boradcasts for BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM. With the Leeds Baroque Choir and Orchestra under the direction of Peter Holman, he has sung Bach's Evangelist roles on several occasions, and recently appeared alongside trumpeter, Crispian Steele-Perkins as timpanist for the debut of the new hand-crafted kettle drums of Leeds Baroque.
Tickets:
£22 Seated / £16 Standing / £10 Student
