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Be inspired, transported, and uplifted in this, a journey through no less than 600 years of music celebrating Christmas. From Pachelbel’s beloved Canon, heard afresh on their period instruments, through to the rich, melting harmonies of Tchaikovsky and John Taverner’s spare, haunting, The Lamb, plus a brand new piece by Roderick Williams, written especially for the occasion. Music that will resonate with you for long after the concert, and a perfect start to the Holiday season.

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Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Stanford University

The Voice Department welcomes baritone Roderick Williams, OBE, for a masterclass. Williams is one of the UK’s most sought-after baritones and is constantly in demand on the concert platform and in recitals, encompassing repertoire from the baroque to world premieres.

Roderick Williams Master Class

Boston Conservatory at Berklee

In a performance the Guardian called “an astonishing tour de force,” Swedish soprano Miah Persson enthralls at the center of Blank Out, Michel van der Aa’s chamber opera about tragedy, memory, and loss. Persson is the sole performer onstage, but throughout the work, she interacts with a video of her character’s grown son (baritone Roderick Williams), sings with a recording of the Netherlands Chamber Choir and with layered recordings of her own voice, and films herself as she navigates a miniature set of a country house, the imagery projected in real time to create the 3D backdrop that she inhabits onstage. In van der Aa’s singular creation, what is real and now melds with what is remembered and what is felt as Persson and Williams reveal a shared trauma, inspired by the life and work of South African poet Ingrid Jonker.

Michel van der Aa's Blank Out

University of California, Berkeley

Bach Collegium Japan was founded in 1990 by Masaaki Suzuki, its inspirational Music Director, with the aim of introducing Japanese audiences to period instrument performances of great works from the baroque period.

Virtual Concert: Bach Collegium Japan: Masaaki Suzuki, director & harpsichord & Roderick Williams OBE, baritone

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion speaks as urgently of compassion and hope today as it did 300 years ago—and when Music of the Baroque first performed it in 1974. One of the greatest creative achievements of all time, Bach wrote his masterpiece for two choruses, two orchestras, children’s chorus, and soloists. Dame Jane Glover conducts.

The St. Matthew Passion

Harris Theater

Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion speaks as urgently of compassion and hope today as it did 300 years ago—and when Music of the Baroque first performed it in 1974. One of the greatest creative achievements of all time, Bach wrote his masterpiece for two choruses, two orchestras, children’s chorus, and soloists. Only subscribers are guaranteed seats for what will be one of the musical highlights of the year. Dame Jane Glover conducts.

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie

Bach Collegium Japan: Masaaki Suzuki, director & harpsichord & Roderick Williams OBE, baritone

Bach’s B Minor Mass is one of the towering achievements of the Baroque, and indeed of all classical music. It is the summation of Bach’s creative output, but likely never performed in his lifetime.

Mass in B Minor

First Congregational Church

War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

In Songs of a Wayfarer you’ll hear Mahler’s affecting blend of joy and despair, as a young man mourns the loss of his beloved in four songs, performed by English baritone Roderick Williams. Never has heartbreak sounded more haunting. Our Principal Brass Quintet opens the concerts with engaging selections including Bernstein’s Dance Suite. Through Songs of a Wayfarer, Roderick Williams becomes a young man mourning the loss of his beloved, and the Philharmonic performs a new work by the “utterly original” (The New York Times) composer David Hertzberg.
Part of Mahler’s New York, two weeks celebrating the great composer and former New York Philharmonic Music Director.

Saturday Matinee: Mahler's 'Songs of a Wayfarer'

Join us for "Mahler Grooves", a one-night-only concert acquainting New Yorkers with Gustav Mahler — one of classical music’s most revered composers, tenth Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, and rider of the New York City subway. Through "Songs of a Wayfarer" baritone Roderick Williams becomes a young man mourning the loss of his beloved. And the Philharmonic performs Mahler’s exhilarating First Symphony and a World Premiere by the “utterly original” <em>(The New York Times)</em> composer David Hertzberg. Part of "Mahler’s New York", two weeks celebrating the great composer and former New York Philharmonic Music Director.

Roderick Williams

Baritone

Events

Dec 8, 2023

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra · Stanford Live

Nov 30, 2023

Roderick Williams Master Class · Boston Conservatory at Berklee

28 - 29 Apr, 2023

Michel van der Aa's Blank Out · Cal Performances

20 - 27 Apr, 2023

Virtual Concert: Bach Collegium Japan: Masaaki Suzuki, director & harpsichord & Roderick Williams OBE, baritone · Schubert Club

Apr 3, 2023

The St. Matthew Passion · Harris Theater

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