Sunday 13th March 2022 at 7:30pm
The Hexagon, Reading
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Dominic Sedgwick
Dominic Sedgwick - Baritone
Eline Vandenheede - Soprano
Leila Zanette - Mezzo-soprano
Glen Cunningham - Tenor
Ian Brown - Conductor
Programme:
- Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 with the Reading Bach Choir, Henley Choral Society and Glass Ensemble
For its 22nd Hexagon concert, HSO is delighted to welcome Dominic Sedgwick, baritone, to perform Mahler’s deeply moving Songs of a Wayfarer. Dominic is a recent graduate of the prestigious Jette Parker Young Artist Programme at the Royal Opera House and has been selected as a Rising Star of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment for the 2020/21 season.
Eline Vandenheede
Leila Zanette
Glen Cunningham
For the first time in its 52 years, HSO is performing Beethoven’s famous Symphony No 9, ‘Choral’. This potent statement of brotherhood and fellowship reaches a glorious affirmation in its final movement when the orchestra is joined by singers from local choirs and soloists supported by Opera Prelude.
British baritone Dominic Sedgwick was a member of the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Young Artists Programme 2017-2019 where his roles included Kuligin in a new production of Káťa Kabanová, Novice’s Friend in a new production of Billy Budd, Moralès in a new production of Carmen and Third Ghost Child in the world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Coraline.
Recent roles include Melot in a new production of Tristan und Isolde for the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and English Clerk in David McVicar’s new production of Death in Venice for the Royal Opera.
His 2021/22 season sees a return to the Royal Opera as Marullo in a new production of Rigoletto, his debut at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma as Anthony in the world premiere of Giorgio Battistelli’s Julius Caesar and his debut for the Opéra National de Bordeaux as Belcore in L’elisir d’amore. Upcoming engagements include further roles for the Royal Opera and debuts for Théâtre Luxembourg and Grange Park Opera.
Concert engagements include Messiah with the OAE, the RLPO and Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, Pilate in Bach’s Matthäus-Passion at the BBC Proms with Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen as well as a number of concerts with the OAE featuring Bach Cantatas as part of their Bach, the Universe and Everything series at Kings Place.
He studied at Clare College, Cambridge and is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama’s Opera School. He was awarded the Audience Prize in the inaugural 2017 Grange Festival International Singing Competition.
Tickets
Tickets are available from Friday 21st January via the contact form or from the box office on 07726 459261. They can also be purchased through Reading Arts where a booking fee will apply.
Prices
- £22/£18/£14 unreserved seating
- 50% off for U16s/students
- Groups: 1 in every 8 goes free
- 1 child free with each paying adult (£18/£14 tickets only)
Saturday 18th June 2022 at 7:00pm
Christ Church, Henley-on-Thames
Ian Brown - Conductor
Programme:
- Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave)
- Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
- Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (Jupiter)
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Saturday 16th July 2022 at 4:00pm
Christ Church, Henley-on-Thames
Compère: TBC
Ian Brown - Conductor
Programme (Let's Dance!):
- Offenbach: Can Can
- Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
- Bartók: Romanian Dances
- Strauss: Thunder and Lightning Polka
- Ginastera: Malambo from Estancia
- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Ballet Suite
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