Pianist

Hugo Wolf remains one of the high points of the entire Lieder tradition, his songs combining sophistication with directness of utterance. Here two admired singers and one of the most experienced of collaborative pianists tackle one of his greatest and most varied compositional achievements.

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Erin Morley soprano; Huw Montague Rendall baritone; Malcolm Martineau piano

Wigmore Hall

As the San Francisco Chronicle suggested of a recent Das Lied von der Erde, ‘anytime you add Cooke into the mix, there’s a whole new level of magic involved. She brings an extraordinary wealth of tonal colour to a performance, as well as a degree of emotional intensity that can be almost unnerving in its focus’. Her programme culminates in a cycle setting texts written by Cooke and her husband and which the singer premièred in the US in February.

Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano; Malcolm Martineau piano

Glaswegian mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor, praised for her ‘warm, caressing timbre’ and ‘sensational coloratura’, has already made notable debuts across Europe and the UK, and is an active arts accessibility advocate.

Beth Taylor & Malcolm Martineau

St John's Church Buxton

One of today’s most in-demand lyric coloratura sopranos, Erin Morley has been praised for the “silken clarity of her voice and the needlepoint precision of her coloratura” (The New York Times). Since graduating from the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, Morley has appeared in more than 100 Met performances, most notably as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, Olympia in Tales of Hoffmann, Constance in Les Dialogues des Carmélites, and Pamina in The Magic Flute. Opera lovers who streamed the Met Stars at Home Gala during the pandemic will never forget her delightful rendition of “Chacun le sait, chacun le dit” from La Fille du Régiment, as she deftly accompanied herself at the piano. Here the supremely sensitive pianist Martin Martineau joins Morley for a magical matinee performance.

Erin Morley, soprano Malcolm Martineau, piano

University of California, Berkeley

The leading collaborative pianist has worked with innumerable great artists and covered vast swathes of repertoire. His complete Fauré songs on disc has been much praised: ‘Martineau’s understanding of Fauré’s piano-writing, in which less means more, and virtuosity is avoided in favour of nuance, remains impeccable’, wrote Gramophone of Volume 2, while for The Observer he has been ‘ever an authoritative, agile and responsive pianist’.

Malcolm Martineau

Pianist

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 27, 2024

Fauré Song Masterclass with Malcolm Martineau · Wigmore Hall

Past events

Nov 19, 2024

Erin Morley soprano; Huw Montague Rendall baritone; Malcolm Martineau piano · Wigmore Hall

Oct 15, 2024

Sasha Cooke mezzo-soprano; Malcolm Martineau piano · Wigmore Hall

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