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Sunday 1 December 2024

Christmas Concert - another Box of Delights!

Church House, Wimborne

Five soloists singing and two pianists playing royally entertained a packed house to start Christmas in style.

The star-studded line-up mixed Bernstein and Lehar, Mozart and Verdi in a rich programme, evoking tears and laughter in equal measure. Performing were:

Isabelle Atkinson, soprano

Lily Mo Browne, mezzo soprano

Robert Forrest, tenor

James Atkinson, baritone

William Semple, baritone

Francesca Lauri, pianist

Lynton Atkinson, pianist and compère extarordinaire

The evening also marked the final event for Rosie Clay, a founding trustee of HCO, who retired at the end of 2024.

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From left: Rosie Clay, HCO trustee, Lynton Atkinson, pianist and HCO Artistic Director, Francesca Lauri, pianist, James Atkinson, baritone, William Semple, baritone, Lily Mo Browne, mezzo soprano, Robert Forrest, tenor and Isabelle Atkinson, soprano 

Saturday 2 November 2024

 

HCO Singer of the Year Competition 2024

in collaboration with The Grange Festival

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HarveyHall, St Swithun's School, Winchester

 

 

Semi-finals and finals of this national competition for singers aged between 20 and 29 years, with pianists Hamish Brown and Chad Vindin. Pictured right are the ten semi-finalists who performed on 2 November.

 

Click here for competition results and report.

 

Judges:

Michael Chance, CBE, Artistic Director of The Grange Festival (Chair)

Rosalind Plowright OBE, British mezzo soprano

James Black, Director, James Black Management

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Semi-finalists, clockwise from top left: Ana-Carmen Balestra (soprano), Lily Mo Browne (mezzo soprano), Olivia Carrell (soprano), Angelina Dorlin-Barlow (mezzo soprano), Ellen Pearson (mezzo soprano), Stephen Whitford (baritone), Jack Sandison (bass baritone), Ash Howard (mezzo soprano), William Diggle (tenor), and Katie Carmichael (soprano).

Saturday 7 & Sunday 15 September 2024

Prizewinners' Recital - The Last Rose of Summer

St Paul's Church, Winchester

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

Performed with great artistry and poise, this delightful Prizewinners' Recital combined opera and song themed on a summer's evening, summer in the country, summer by the sea and summer of love. The repertoire chosen by these well-matched singers included the 'Flower Duet' from Delibe's Lakmé, ‘Barcarolle’ from Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann, arias from Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette and Bizet's Carmen and an evocative selection of lieder, French and English song. 

Myrna Tennant, mezzo-soprano

winner of the 2023 Rosalind Armstrong Prize

 

Caroline Taylor, soprano 

Caroline kindly replaced Holly Teague, winner of the 2023 Roger Higgins Prize, who was unable to take part

 

Aleksandra Myslek, piano

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Sunday 14 July 2024

 

The John Seldon Masterclass with

Roderick Williams OBE

Merley House, Wimborne 

It was a great pleasure to welcome esteemed British baritone and composer Roderick Williams OBE to lead the 2024 John Seldon Masterclass. With characteristic generosity and kindness, he worked with three young singers: Harrison Chéné-Gration, Masetto in our Don Giovanni and an undergraduate at the Royal Academy of Music; Ash Howard, postgraduate student at Trinity Laban Conservatoire; and tenor Sebastian Hill, a postgraduate at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. The masterclass pianist was Panaretos Kyriatzidis.

Roderick delighted the audience by also performing Madeleine Dring's Take O Take Those Lips Away, accompanied by Lynton Atkinson. 

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From left: Panaretos Kyriatzidis (pianist), Harrison Chéné-Gration (baritone), Roderick Williams OBE, Sebastian Hill (tenor) and Ash Howard (mezzo-soprano)

Tuesday 9, Thursday 11 &  Saturday 13 April 2023

 

Mozart's Don Giovanni                            

Regent Centre Christchurch, Theatre Royal, Winchester and Coade Theatre, Blandford Forum

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Click here for review

 

Through the arc of a single night, the opera tracks Don Giovanni as he seduces and manipulates without conscience, leaving rejected conquests and vengeful victims in his wake. Mozart’s sublime music and glorious arias, in contrast, capture the humanity and strength of those he harms. 

Set in the early 21st-century film industry and with nods to the #metoo movement, this production addressed issues as relevant today as in Mozart’s time. A cast of emerging young opera stars with the Hurn Court Opera orchestra brought the multifaceted dark tale to life as the libertine Don charted his fatal course to destruction. Sung in Italian with English surtitles.

Cast

Don Giovanni    Sam Young

Il Commendatore    William Stevens

Donna Anna    Lizzie Ryder

Don Ottavio    Daniel Gray Bell

Donna Elvira    Hannah O'Brien

Leporello    Samuel Lom

Masetto    Harrison Chéné-Gration

Zerlina    Tilly Goodwin

Leporello cover   Johannes Gerges

 

Chorus 

Persha Darling (soprano)

Rachel McLean (soprano)

Katie Macdonald (mezzo soprano)

Will Diggle (tenor)

Luke Horner (tenor)

Yuki Okuyama (baritone)

Stephen Whitford (baritone)

Duncan Stenhouse (bass)

Creative team

Director    Joy Robinson

Musical Director    Lynton Atkinson

Design and set build    Michael Hart

Costumes    Peiyao Wang

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Sunday 3 December 2023

Christmas Concert - the Box of Delights opens again!

Church House, Wimborne

Another wonderful concert of  music from Hurn Court Opera young artists set the mood for the festive season. Performing before a packed and appreciative house were:

Isabelle Atkinson, soprano

Will Diggle, tenor

Armand Rabot, baritone

and

Chloe Bokmans, soprano

Maia Patel, soprano

with Chris Dowie and Lynton Atkinson, piano

Sunday 19 November 2023

 

HCO Singer of the Year Competition 2023

in collaboration with The Grange Festival

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Kimmeridge Theatre, Bournemouth University

 

 

Semi-finals and finals of this national competition for singers aged between 20 and 29 years. The semi-finalists are pictured right. Click here for competition results.

 

Judges:

Michael Chance, CBE, CEO and Artistic Director of The Grange Festival (Chair)

Sue Spence, Director of Askonas Holt arts management

Scott Cooper, Director of Artistic Administration, The Grange Festival

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 From left: Chloe BokmansLynton Atkinson, HCO Artistic Director, Maia Patel, Armand Rabot, baritone, Isabelle Atkinson, soprano and Will Diggle, tenor

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Semi-finalists, clockwise from top left: Myrna Tennant, mezzo soprano; Armand Rabot, baritone; Stephanie Hershaw, soprano; Morgan Michel, countertenor; Holly Teague, soprano; Daniel Gray Bell, tenor; Bethan Terry, soprano; Duncan Stenhouse, bass

Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 September 2023

Prizewinners' Recital - From Salon to Stage

Medieval Hall, Salisbury

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

For this year's Prizewinners' Recital, the artists delivered a two-part programme spanning the poetry and intimacy of art song, and arias and duets of grand opera. The song repertoire encompassed cycles by Finzi, Debussy and Strauss, as well as songs by Schubert. From the operatic stage, they performed arias by Donizetti, Wagner, Handel and Giordano. 

Marie Cayeux, soprano

winner of the the Rosalind Armstrong Prize and the Anthony Lowrey Audience Prize in 2022

James Atkinson, baritone

James, now a BBC Radio3 New Generation Artist and HCO alumnus, very kindly stood in for Michael Lafferty, winner of the Second Prize in our inaugural 2018 Competition, who was indisposed. 

JongSun Woo, piano

We are indebted to Nigel Beale for his kind sponsorship of this recital.

Sunday 9 July 2023

 

The John Seldon Masterclass with

Michael Chance CBE

Merley House, Wimborne 

World-renowned countertenor and Artistic Director and CEO of The Grange Festival, Michael Chance CBE, delivered an erudite and entertaining masterclass with three young singers: mezzo- soprano Ellen Pearson, a postgraduate student at the Royal College of Music; Morgan Michel, countertenor and undergraduate student at Trinity Laban Conservatoire; and baritone Toki Hamano, a recent graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Alexander Gibson opera school, and a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and Tokyo University of the Arts. The masterclass pianist was Francesca Lauri.

Prior to working with the young artists, Michael performed Purcell's Music for a While, accompanied by Lynton Atkinson. 

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Michael Chance CBE    Photo: Leela Bennett

Tuesday 11, Thursday 13 &  Saturday 15 April 2023

 

Puccini's La Bohème                            

Regent Centre Christchurch, Blackledge Theatre Salisbury and Theatre Royal, Winchester

Puccini's  opera about friendship, love and passion within the Parisian young artists' community never fails to touch audiences the world over.  With a cast of emerging vocal stars, poignantly close in age to the characters they portrayed, the production featured the Hurn Court Opera Orchestra under Lynton Atkinson. 

Cast

Mimi    Oksana Lepska   

Rodolfo    Robert Forrest   

Musetta    Isabelle Atkinson

Marcello    Jacob Phillips

Schaunard   Thomas Chenhall

Colline    Ross Fettes

Alcindoro    Lawrence Gillians

Benoit    Toki Hamano

Parpignol    Luke Horner

Other characters and understudies

Sopranos    Montserrat Castro Barrón, Rachel Speirs

Mezzo soprano    Olivia Carstairs

Tenors    Daniel Gray Bell, Luke Horner

Baritones    Lawrence Gillians, Peter Norris, Yuki Okuyama

Children's Chorus

Eloisa Adams, Madeleine Hall, Millie Hiscocks, Maya Patel, Eleanor Walker, Emily Williamson

 

Creative team

Director    Joy Robinson

Musical Director    Lynton Atkinson

Set designer    Michael Hart

Costumes    Sue Grove

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Photos: Patrick Frost, BlackStar Pictures

Sunday 4 December 2022

More from the Christmas Box of Delights

Church House, Wimborne

Our ever-popular concert of  Christmas music from Hurn Court Opera young artists set the mood for the festive season with:

Isabelle Atkinson, soprano

Caroline Taylor, soprano

James Atkinson, baritone

Francesca Lauri, piano

and friends

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From left: Lionel Handy (cello),  Chloe Bokmans (soprano), Francesca Lauri (piano), Isabelle Atkinson (soprano), James Atkinson (baritone), Caroline Taylor (soprano), Montserrat Castro (soprano) and Lynton Atkinson (Artistic Director) 

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Sunday 20 November 2022

 

HCO Singer of the Year Competition 2022

in collaboration with The Grange Festival

 

 

Kimmeridge Theatre, Bournemouth University

 

Semi-finals and finals of this national competition for singers aged between 20 and 29 years.

Judges:

Joan Rodgers, CBE, international soprano (Chair)

Michael Chance, CBE, CEO and Artistic Director of The Grange Festival

Scott Cooper, Director of Artistic Administration, The Grange Festival

Click here for competition results.

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Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 September 2022

Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness

St Thomas's Church, Salisbury

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

Prizewinners in the 2021 HCO Singer of the Year Competition delivered an atmospheric recital inspired by Keats' To Autumn, tracing through song the poem’s themes of fruitfulness, love and labour, and dusk. The programme included songs by  Hahn, Berg, Strauss, Armstrong Gibbs, Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Fauré, Muriel Herbert, Brahms, Schubert, Britten, Debussy, Dring and Mendelssohn, and arias by Douglas Moore and Barber.

Annabel Kennedy, mezzo-soprano

winner of the John Harding Second Prize and the Wendy Blamire Award

Johannes Moore, baritone

winner of the Rosalind Armstrong Prize and the Anthony Lowrey

Audience Prize

Ana Manastireanu, piano

We are indebted to Nigel Beale for his kind sponsorship of this recital.

Annabel Kennedy  Photo: Helen Lisk

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Kate Royal                                          Photo: Jason Joyce

Sunday 12 June 2022

 

The John Seldon Masterclass with

Kate Royal 

Merley House, Wimborne 

International soprano Kate Royal performed songs by Richard Strauss and generously worked with three emerging young singers: Anika-France Forget mezzo-soprano, and postgraduate student at the Guildhall School of Music and DramaIsabelle Atkinson soprano, graduate of the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music, and old girl of Kate's alma mater Talbot Heath School; and Robert Forrest, tenor, graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy Opera School. 

Pianist - Francesca Lauri

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Tuesday 12 & Thursday 14 April 2022

 

Donizetti's Don Pasquale                             5***** Opera Now 

Regent Centre, Christchurch and Blackledge Theatre, Salisbury 

Set in the 1950s, and full of fun, intrigue and the joy of youthful love, this sizzling production featured an international cast of rising young operatic stars and the Hurn Court Opera orchestra, directed by Lynton Atkinson. 

Cast

Don Pasquale    Louis Hurst

Ernesto    Chris Mosz

Norina    Miku Yasukawa

Dr Malatesta    Thomas Chenhall

Maid and Chorus    Madeline Robinson

Notary and Chorus    Adam Brown

Chorus    Olivia Carstairs

Chorus    Daniel Gray Bell

 

Creative team

Director    Joy Robinson

Musical Director    Lynton Atkinson

Set designer    Michael Hart

Costumes    Sue Grove

'Dazzling coloratura...some fine singing...the musical style and  excellent Italian pronunciation were admirable...the production brought out so much humour as well as romance...a most enjoyable evening at the opera.'

 

5-star review in Opera Now, August 2022, by Philip Blake-Jones, Artistic Director of London Festival Opera and Opera Interludes. For full review, click here.

Sunday 5 December 2021

The Christmas Box of Delights

Church House, Wimborne

The Hurn Court Opera Box of Christmas Delights this year showcased a stellar range of talent including: 

 

Caroline Taylor, soprano

Shakira Tsindos, mezzo soprano, winner of the Nigel Beale First Prize in our 2021 Singer of the Year Competition

Chris Mosz, tenor

James Atkinson, baritone

Francesca Lauri, piano

Lynton Atkinson, piano

 

Programme included operatic arias and ensembles by Bizet (Carmen and The Pearl Fishers),  Donizetti (L'Elisir d'amore and La Fille du Régiment), Verdi (Rigoletto), Offenbach (La Périchole), Gounod (Roméo et Juliette), Delibes (Lakmé), gems from My Fair Lady and The Merry Widow, and Christmas favourites.

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Sunday 14 November 2021

 

Hurn Court Opera Singing Competition 2021

Kimmeridge Theatre, Bournemouth University

 

Semi-finals and finals of this national competition, in 2021 for singers aged between 20 and 29 years.

Judges:

Sholto Kynoch, Artistic Director of the Oxford Lieder Festival (Chair)

Mark Milhofer, international tenor

Lynton Atkinson, Artistic Director of Hurn Court Opera, standing in for Dr Claire Rutter who was indisposed

Click here for competition results.

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Saturday 16 October & Sunday 17 October 2021

Calm before the Storm

St Thomas's Church, Salisbury

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

A recital of art song and operatic arias given by three previous finalists in the HCO Singer of the Year Competition: Natasha Page, soprano, Angharad Rowlands, mezzo soprano, and Konrad Jaromin, bass baritone with pianist Siobhain O'Higgins.

Encompassing both extremes of its title theme, the programme included English song, lieder from both Robert and Clara Schumann and arias by Handel (Alceste), Mozart (Così fan tutte), Borodin (Prince Igor), Bellini (La Sonnambula), Massenet (Werther) and Wagner (Die Fliegende Holländer). For HCO, Angharad previously sang Dido and Natasha Belinda in the 2021 production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. 

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Thursday 2 & Friday 3 September  2021

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

St Andrew's URC Church, Bournemouth
Wilton Parish Church, Wilton, Salisbury

Featuring a cast of rising young vocal stars, this new production melded choreographed movement with Purcell's exquisite music. Zenaida Yanowsky, former star principal of the Royal Ballet, joined us as Movement Director and baroque strings were led from the harpsichord by Lynton Atkinson.

Cast included:

Dido - Angharad Rowlands

Aeneas - Theo Perry

Belinda - Natasha Page

Sorcerer - Hamish McLaren

1st Witch - Olivia Bell

2nd Witch - Lily Mo Browne

2nd Woman - Eleanor Rosser-Smyth

Spirit - Cassandra Dalby

'A mesmerising Dido...Rowlands and her counterpart, Theo Perry as Aeneas were hugely impressive, expressing power and tenderness, never losing clarity.' Will Frampton, Bournemouth Echo. To read the whole review, click here.

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Sunday 27 June & Saturday 25 September 2021 

Where the Light Seeps in

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

St Thomas's Church, Salisbury

Our first live event following the Covid-19 pandemic, this memorable recital was given by Olivia Boen, soprano, finalist in the 2019 HCO Singer of the Year competition, and Ted Black, tenor, finalist in the 2020 HCO Singer of the Year competition, with pianist Dylan Perez.  The programme was reprised in Salisbury in September.

 

Programme included songs from the US by Previn and Barber, and from Europe by Schubert, Wolf, Alma Mahler, Marx, Ponce, Villa-Lobos, Frumerie, Messaien plus Poulenc's song cycle Tel jour tel nuit. 

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Tuesday 30 June 2020

The John Seldon Masterclass

with

Kate Royal

International soprano Kate Royal generously conducted an in-depth zoom masterclass, working with three emerging young singers: Olivia Boen, soprano, finalist in HCO's 2019 Singing Competition and cast as Despina in our postponed Cosi fan TutteTheo Perry, baritone, cast as Guglielmo in Cosi; and Isabelle Atkinson, soprano, postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music and old girl of Kate's alma mater Talbot Heath School.

Photo: Jason Joyce

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Sunday 1 March 2020

Come and Sing Opera Choruses

Richmond Hill St Andrew's Church, Bournemouth

The second of our fundraising workshop afternoons, open to all. Covering some gorgeous opera choruses and showcasing participants' solo skills, the day culminated in a free informal concert with a retiring collection for music therapy at the Child Development Centre of Poole Hospital. 

Lynton Atkinson, musical director

Chris Dowie, piano

Sunday 1 December 2019

More Delights from the Box

Church House, Wimborne Minster, Dorset

Seasonal favourites from the worlds of opera, art song and music theatre to capture the joys of Christmas, with Miku Yasukawa, soprano, Daniel Gray Bell, tenor, Marc Verter, piano, and surprise guests.

Thursday 21 November 2019

A Shropshire Lad and a Wiltshire Lass

Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury

Recital by Wiltshire-born Siân Dicker, soprano, winner of the Nigel Beale First Prize in the 2018 Hurn Court Opera Singing Competition, and Michael Lafferty, baritone, Second Prizewinner in the 2018 Competition, accompanied by Ashley Beauchamp, piano.

 

Programme included Rossini’s Largo al Factotum from The Barber of Seville, Butterworth’s A Shropshire Lad, plus arias and duets by Mozart and Nicolai, songs by Richard Strauss, Duparc, Meyerbeer, Brahms and Mendelssohn, and English songs by Head, Parry, Larsen and Lehmann.

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Sunday 6 October 2019

Prizewinners' Recital

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

 

Featuring winners of the 2019 Hurn Court Opera Singing Competition in a programme of Handel, Monteverdi and Purcell, through Grieg and Rangström, Smetana and Dvorak, and Johann Strauss, to Cecilia McDowall and Britten:

Milly Forrest - soprano

winner of the Nigel Beale First Prize and the Wendy Blamire Award

Alexander Simpson countertenor 

winner of the Rosalind Armstrong Second Prize and the Tony Lowrey Audience Prize

with Hamish Brown, piano

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Sunday 7 July 2019

 

Hurn Court Opera Singing Competition 2019

Kimmeridge Theatre, Bournemouth University

 

Semi-finals and finals of this national competition for singers aged between 20 and 28 years.

 

Judges:

Dr Claire Rutter, international soprano (Chair)

Roderick Kennedy, Artistic Director, Dorset Opera Festival

Sir Simon Keenlyside, international baritone

Click here for competition results.

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Sunday 9 June 2019

The John Seldon Masterclass

with

Dr Claire Rutter

International soprano Claire Rutter generously worked with a selected group of emerging young singers: Eleanor Penfold, soprano, Emma Roberts, mezzo-soprano and Andrew Woodmansey, tenor and performed Richard Strauss's sublime Four Last Songs, accompanied by Lynton Atkinson. Masterclass accompanist: Chad Vindin.

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Wednesday 17 April 2019

Mozart's The Magic Flute

Regent Theatre, Christchurch

Fully staged; featuring some of the UK's finest young opera singers,
with a professional orchestra. Cast included:

Pamina - Joanna Songi 

Tamino - James Hutchings 

Papageno - James Atkinson 

Queen of the Night - Eleanor Penfold 

First Lady - Siân Dicker 

Sarastro - Rhys Chard

 

'An unexpected feast of top drawer opera....one of the most enjoyable nights at the opera I have ever experienced... Some of these singers were not just already fit for performance with an established company, they were among the better singers I have seen in their role.' Will Frampton, Bournemouth Echo

For full review, click here

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Sunday 17 February 2019

A beautiful programme presenting one of our country's most special young countertenors Tim Morgan (right)  in concert with HCO favourite, tenor Guy Elliott. Programme included Benjamin Britten's powerful duet setting of Abraham and Isaac, as well as songs by Howells and Quilter and arias by Handel and Britten.

'Abraham and Isaac' Recital

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

Tim Morgan - countertenor
Guy Elliott- tenor 

Jo Ramadan - piano
 

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Sunday 2 December 2018

More Delights from the Box

Church House, Wimborne Minster, Dorset

Seasonal favourites - from opera to art song and jazz - to light the Christmas flame with Isabelle Atkinson, soprano, Sam Jewison, tenor and piano, Rhys Chard, bass, and surprise guests.

Sunday 4 November 2018

Come and Sing Opera Choruses

Richmond Hill St Andrew's Church, Bournemouth

Come and Sing Opera Choruses

Richmond Hill St Andrew's Church, Bournemouth

An fundraising afternoon’s workshop on some of the best-loved choruses in the repertoire. Covering aspects of vocal technique and culminating in a free informal concert.

Lynton Atkinson, musical director

Chris Dowie, piano

Retiring collection for music therapy at the Child Development Centre, Poole Hospital

An fundraising afternoon’s workshop on some of the best-loved choruses in the repertoire. Covering aspects of vocal technique and culminating in a free informal concert.

Lynton Atkinson, musical director

Chris Dowie, piano

Retiring collection for music therapy at the Child Development Centre, Poole Hospital

Sunday 30 September 2018

Lieder Recital

featuring HCO competition prizewinners

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

 

Siân Dicker, soprano (winner of Nigel Beale First Prize)
Florian Panzieritenor (winner of Rosalind Armstrong

Song Prize)

An elegant programme of Schubert, Wolf, Brahms and Wagner to kindle the last embers of summer.

Sunday 3 June 2018

Mark Milhofer - Masterclass and Concert

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

Mark Milhofer is one of the most versatile tenors of his generation. With an international reputation as a masterful interpreter of the most demanding repertoire, he shared unique experience  with three young singers and performed a selection of his favourite arias.

Mark Milhofer, tenor

Sunday 20 May 2018

English Song Recital

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

The fourth in our fundraising series. A summer’s evening of melodies capturing the beauty and variety of English song through the ages, featuring two outstanding young singers from Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Rebecca Leggett, mezzo-soprano and Michael Lafferty, baritone, accompanied by Ashley Beauchamp.

Michael Lafferty, baritone

Sunday 15 April 2018

Handel's Acis and Galatea

Shelley Theatre, Bournemouth

Featuring a cast of talented young singers, all students at or graduates of the London conservatoires and an orchestra of professional players, this new production integrated dance with music to tell the tale of Arcadian shepherd Acis’s love for nymph Galatea, and the fatal interference of monster Polyphemus.

Acis: William Branston, tenor

Galatea: Isabelle Atkinson, soprano

Damon: Guy Elliott, tenor

Polyphemus: Adam Maxey, bass

Musical director: Lynton Atkinson

Director: Joy Robinson

Sunday 4 March 2018

Le Papillon et la Fleur 

French Song Recital

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

The third in our series of fundraising recitals, this programme included songs by Fauré, Debussy, Poulenc and Duparc performed by two talented artists from the Royal College of Music, Isabelle Atkinson, soprano, and Stephen Mills, tenor, accompanied by award-winning pianist Lucy Colquhoun

Sunday 10 December 2017

A Box of Delights

Church House, Wimborne, Dorset

Isabelle Atkinson, soprano

Laura Hocking, mezzo-soprano

William Branston, tenor

James Atkinson, baritone

An concert of seasonal arias and songs.

Fundraising for Music Therapy and Broadstone Music Series.

Sunday 8 October 2017

Lieder Recital

Merley House, Wimborne, Dorset

Joel Williams, tenor

James Atkinson, baritone

João Pontes de Araújo, piano

The inaugural HCO fundraising event, featuring three

talented artists from the Royal College of Music who later

in October appeared at the Oxford Lieder Festival. Joel

and James, accompanied by João, performed songs by Schumann, Schubert and Brahms.

Sunday 7 July 2017

Bach's Kaffekantate

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

St John the Baptist Church, Broadstone, Dorset

Sunday 11 April 2015

Mozart's Die Zauberflöte

St Nicholas Church, Corfe Mullen, Dorset 

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