Following ten days in Italy with Collegium Vocale Gent to give two performances and make a recording of Monteverdi’s ‘Vespers’ we have today travelled to Poland and will give another performance of the piece this evening at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall. There will be a live broadcast of this concert which starts at 20:30 BST for those who would like to listen online.
“Displaying elegant phrasing and good dynamic control, [Samuel Boden] captured the slow-burning intensity of Pigmalion’s love for his creation.”The Australian, 19 June 2017 “Samuel Boden looks like a fairy tale prince and has a limpid, languishing aria at the beginning bemoaning his love for the inanimate sculpture he has created. His voice is perhaps light but it is a performance of great virtuosity”Performing Arts Hub, 19 June 2017 “Tenor Samuel Boden is Pigmalion, the sculptor who creates a statue so beautiful he falls in love with it, only to have it come to life. He brings an exquisitely crafted, nuanced sound to the role, offset...
“Best of all, Samuel Boden’s classic, appealing tenor finally shone out in Qui tollis peccata mundi, with perfect projection and diction enabled by supple strength right through his range, in an account at once sincere and affecting: a talent to watch.” Bachtrack, 11th April 2017
I am pleased to be working on home soil with the Academy of Ancient Music this week, in a programme entitled “Bach Reconstructed” which explores musical recycling – one of Bach’s creative processes. Tickets are available for tonight’s concert in Cambridge (West Road Concert Hall) and Friday’s concert in London (Milton Court Concert Hall).
Following the ROH announcement about its forthcoming production of George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence, which will have its world premiere on 10 May 2018, I am delighted to say that I will be involved. Full details can be found in this article on the Royal Opera House website.
“…the tenderly announced message of “Comfort ye”, delivered with exquisite technique by tenor Samuel Boden” ★★★★☆ Bachtrack, 19 December 2016
