repertorire
Upcoming Performances


September 2011


12-17 Sept
Development of Bach/Rag

30 Sept
Performances of Peter & the Wolf
Music@Malling International Festival
c. Thomas Kemp



October 2011

01 Oct
Autumn
The third of four seasonal events weaving words & music conceived and arranged by MS for Opera North and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
7.30 pm & 9.15pm
Chapel of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

08 Oct
Recital with Viv Mclean
Dichterliebe, Schumann's Adagio & Allegro, Chopin Sonata
The Red Hedgehog, 7.30pm

23 Oct
Recital with Viv Mclean
Schumann Songs, Chopin Sonata
Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 11.15am
 
25 Oct
Peter & the Wolf LIVE!
written & presented by MS
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, 3pm
c. Mark Stephenson

30 Oct
Violin & Cello duos with David Le Page
Ravel, Kodaly, Bartok, Berio
Market Harborough Concerts, 4pm



November 2011


03, 04 & 05 Nov
Solo performances
NCPA, Mumbai
Mumbai LitLive Festival
 
07 Nov
Uncharted
Cello, voice, percussion & electronics with Joby Burgess
Songs by Bjork, Byrne, Brel & Schumann
London premieres by Yarde, Wallen & Vir
King's Place, London, 8pm
 
11 Nov
Deal Festival recital with Nicola Vella & David Le Page
Duos by Ravel & Kodaly, Mozart & Beethoven
Special arrangements of folk songs
Deal Town Hall, 7.30pm
 
14 Nov
Death's Cabaret - A Love Story
with the Sacconi Quartet
Farnham Maltings, 7.30pm
 
18 Nov
Death's Cabaret - A Love Story
with the Sacconi Quartet
The North Wall, Oxford, 7.30pm
Presented by OCM
 
25 Nov
ZRi
Mumford Theatre, Cambridge, 1.10pm
 
29 Nov
Death's Cabaret - A Love Story
with the Sacconi Quartet
The Caves, Edinburgh, 7.30pm




December 2011

01 Dec
The Hall of the Bright Carvings
Homage to Mervyn Peake
with Sebastian Peake, David Le Page & Graham Instrall
Astor Theatre, Deal, 6pm
 
04 Dec
Schubert songs & the Schubert 5tet
with the David Le Page Ensemble
Market Harborough Concerts, 4pm
 
12 Dec
recital with Viv Mclean
St Andrew's, Newcastle, 1pm

14 Dec
recital with Viv Mclean
St Cuthbert's, Durham, 1pm

16 Dec
recital with Viv Mclean
Christ Church, North Shields, 7.30pm

18 Dec
recital with Viv Mclean
Saville Exchange, North Shields, 7.30pm
 
Programmes to include Strauss Sonata & Strauss Songs, Chopin Sonata & Schumann Songs




January 2011

12 Jan
Winter Moon
Conceived by MS for Opera North
Verklarte Nacht, Strauss' Das Schloss am Meere, Elgar's Dream Children, Mahler's Um Mitternacht
and other wintery songs and tales
Howard Assembly Room, Grand Theatre, Leeds, 7.30pm
 
21 Jan
Winter
The last of four seasonal events weaving words & music conceived and arranged by MS for Opera North and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
5pm & 7.30 pm
Chapel of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
 
27 Jan
Family Concert
Soloist & presenter
Essex Symphony Orchestra
c. Tom Hammond



Highlights of 2010
 
Premieres

Pleasure's Progress (Englishby/Middleton) Jack Hackabout ROH2
Exposure Principal Baritone ROH2

Space Odyssey - An Intergalactic Opera
Captain Odysseus Orchestra of the Swan/Talking Birds Theatre

The Hall of the Bright Carvings -
Mervyn Peake centenary celebration with David Le Page and Graham Instrall,
Victor Hugo International Music Festival

Voodoo - for cello and marimba by Errollyn Wallen MBE, performed with Joby Burgess at the Corsham Festival

A Ghost Story for Christmas
, written and directed by MS for Opera North
Peter and the Wolf Live, prologue written and performed by MS with RLPO

Stringy Tale
, written and performed by MS with LPO



Performances

The Solo Bach Suites @ Opera North as part of Light Night
Solo tours to festivals in Ireland, India, Spain, France and across the UK (including Kinsale, Mumbai, Delhi, Norfolk & Norwich and Sounds New)
 

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Appointed Artistic Director of the Deal Festival of Music and the Arts.
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'how often one has been bored by Papageno’s antics, but not this time. This was a
delightful performance by Matthew Sharp, with not a jarringly self-conscious note' The Sunday Telegraph