James Gilchrist
James Gilchrist began his working life as a doctor, turning to a full-time career in music in 1996.
James' recent concert appearances include: Damon in Acis and Galatea at the Proms (Academy of Ancient Music/Paul Goodwin), Bach cantatas with the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra in their celebrated Bach Pilgrimage (Sir John Eliot Gardiner/Europe - America), Monteverdi Vespers and Messiah (The Sixteen/Japan), Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance and Ralph in HMS Pinafore (Scottish Chamber Orchestra), the title role in Judas Maccabeus (The King's Consort), Elgar Dream of Gerontius, Septimius in Theodora (Scottish Chamber Orchestra), Israel in Egypt (Norddeutscher Rundfunk and Scottish Chamber Orchestra), B Minor Mass (Semyon Bychkov/Turin and Santa Caecilia in Rome), Mozart Requiem (Seattle Symphony Orchestra), L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato and a televised performance of Berlioz L'enfance du Christ at the BBC Proms (Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra), Alexander's Feast in Salzburg, Judas Maccabeus with the Danish Radio Orchestra, Bach's Christmas Oratorio with Ton Koopman and the Tönhalle Orchestra in Zurich, L'enfance du Christ with the Northern Sinfonia, and the Evangelist in the Bach/Mendelssohn St Matthew Passion with the OAE.
As a recitalist, he has appeared with Malcolm Martineau performing a new commission by Francis Grier, with Stephen Varcoe and Della Jones in St John's, Smith Square performing Percy Grainger, and with John Constable performing Britten Canticles, Quilter To Julia and Tippett The Heart's Assurance for the BBC. In his partnership with the pianist Anna Tilbrook, he has performed Schumann Liederkreis (op 24), Finzi Till Earth Outwears and Poulenc Metamorphoses for BBC Radio 3. James is also partnered in recital by the harpist Alison Nicholls and recently appeared at the Bury St Edmunds Festival in a programme featuring a new commission by Alec Roth based on Vikram Seth's ‘All You Who Sleep Tonight'.
Operatic performances include: Quint in Britten's Turn of the Screw (New Chamber Opera), Ferrando in Cosi Fan Tutti, Scaramuccio in Strauss' Ariadne Auf Naxos (Richard Hickox), Gomatz in Mozart's Zaide (Istanbul), Vaughan Williams' Sir John in Love (Barbican/Radio 3), Hyllus in Handel's Hercules (Berlin), Acis & Galatea at the Berlin Staatsoper, and Evandre in Gluck's Alceste at La Monnaie in Brussels.
For further information -
www.jamesgilchrist.co.ukManagement -
Sue Nicholls (sue.nicholls@hazardchase.co.uk)
Hazard Chase Ltd
25 City Road
Cambridge
CB1 1DP
Web: www.hazardchase.co.uk
Tel: 44 (0)1223 312400
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Linn Records artists join the sensational line up for the 2007 BBC Proms09 July 2007
James Gilchrist, Sir Charles Mackerras, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and many more to perform at the BBC Proms 2007
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Opus Musica (Spanish)Un Cd muy recomendable para aquellos melómanos interesados en la canción de concierto inglesa.
more >>PizzicatoSupersonic Award November 2007 - Für mich ist dies eine der schönsten Lied-Platten der letzten Monate!
more >>Pizzicato (English)Supersonic Award November 2007 - This singer has something above and beyond others...
more >>OpusHD.net'Highly Recommended' from the French website
more >>Sunday Herald
A performance of 'thoughtful elegance'
more >>High Fidelity PolandAn excellent review from the Polish audiophile publication
more >>Independent on SundayA beautiful recording of "music alternately windswept and haunted"
more >>Nottingham Evening PostGilchrist's voice is well attuned to this spiritual landscape
more >>Sunday Telegraph
Five stars for the 'beautifully performed' recording
more >>Classic FM MagazineI wish this recording had been around during my formative years, for I'm sure it would have left a lifelong mark.
more >>Gramophone...its finest performance on record. Strongly recommended.
more >>BBC Music MagazineJames Gilchrist's elegant, shapely phrasing soars through it all like a bird.
more >>AllMusic.comA performance with "polish, power, and passion"
more >>Hi Fi Choice
...winning, measured performances...
more >>Audiophile AuditionJames Gilchrist is simply without peer in this music...
more >>MusicalPointers.co.uk...it is hard to imagine a more satisfying performance.
more >>The TelegraphCD of the Week!
more >>The Sunday Times
The songs are beautiful...
more >>sa-cd.netArtistically and sonically this is an outstanding issue
more >>HMV Choice...immaculate diction and mellifluous vocalism...
more >>The ObserverCD of the Week: 'This is an excellent collection for lovers of English song.'
more >>The Times Knowledge'...he has a simple warmth and easy beauty, perfect for these songs of loss.'
more >>The Times'...as an interpreter of English song, Gilchrist is often in a class by himself.'
more >>Atlanta Audio SocietyThe beauties in this recital are impossible to enumerate in a short review.
more >>BBC Online...he breathes life into the music here and throughout this evocative disc.
more >>Audiophile.No (Norwegian)...en nesten magisk vokal strofe...der det er fokusert på en flott bredde og dybde i scenebildet...
more >>International Record Review...unfailing pleasure throughout.
more >>The GuardianJames Gilchrist catches those different emphases superbly
more >>The Scotsmana deliciously fresh account
more >>This is OxfordA rare combination of vocal beauty and the intelligence
more >>Scotland on SundayA welcome edition to the English song genre
more >>Sunday HeraldThese are fine performances and a valuable insight into the art of Finzi.
more >>Northumberland JournalCD of the Week
more >>What's on in LondonCD of the Week
more >>GramophoneAnother singer and pianist fully in tune with the spirit of these elusive songs.
more >>BBC Music MagazineOutstanding for performance and sound - a Benchmark Recording
more >>International Record ReviewAn effective and reflective recording of Finzi
more >>Daily TelegraphHis clear, easily produced voice is a pleasure in itself.
more >>ClassicalSource.comA CD of innumerable treasures, one essential for any lover of English song - or of song in general.
more >>MusicWeb-International.comGilchrist's voice is in superb form here
more >>The IndependentGilchrist savours his words
more >>The ScotsmanPure and penetrating
more >>The Evening StandardI have no doubt he would have been a fine doctor, but I'm glad Gilchrist made the career choice he did.
more >>MusicalPointers.co.ukA superb and lovely disc
more >>MusicalPointers.co.uk'A completely satisfying' live performance
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06 May 2008
England
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, University of York, York
Recital with Alison Nicholls, Harp. To include works by Alec Roth, Nicola LeFanu, Howard Skempton, Jonathan Eato, Sally Beamish and Harrison Birtwistle
08 May 2008
Scotland
Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
Haydn Nelson Mass with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Thierry Fischer
09 May 2008
Scotland
City Halls, Glasgow
Haydn Nelson Mass with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Thierry Fischer
10 May 2008
Scotland
Music Hall, Aberdeen
Haydn Nelson Mass with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Thierry Fischer
12 May 2008
England, London
Royal Festival Hall, The South Bank Centre
Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (with Richard Watkin, Hn) and Songs of the Cormandle Coast (new work) by Chris Williams
17 May 2008
England, London
Hendon Parish Church, Hendon
Vaughan Williams Day. To include On Wenlock Edge With Anna Tilbrook, Piano and the Fitzwilliam Straing Quartet
31 May 2008
Europe
St Maria im Kapitol, Köln
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 with the Köln Kammerchor
01 June 2008
Europe
Kloster Maria Laach, Köln
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 with the Köln Kammerchor
07 June 2008
England
St Mary’s, Warwick
Schubert Die Schöne Müllerin with Peter Seymour, Fortepiano
14 June 2008
England
King's Hall, Newcastle University
Bach Cantatas 78, 97 and 135 with Newcastle Bach Choir, Eric Cross