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| Jonathan Arnold |
| Bass-Baritone |
"... a powerful portrayal of Christ by bass Jonathan Arnold."
JS Bach St Matthew Passion, 20th March 2004 / Roy McKay - Slough Observer
“Jonathan Arnold - magnificent performance.”
The Herald
“... basse Jonathan Arnold … donnent une véritable leçon de clarité et de style”
Le Tribune, France
“Bass Jonathan Arnold brought a round, refined tone to the part of Jesus.”
The Scotsman
Since studying at Oxford University and The Royal Academy of Music, Jonathan has performed as a soloist with many leading British orchestras, including The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Mozart Players, City of London Sinfonia, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Florilegium, Symphony of Harmony and Invention, and the Gabrieli Players. He also sings regularly with some of the country’s finest ensembles, including The Sixteen, The Tallis Scholars and the Hilliard Ensemble.
For Harry Christophers he has performed as a soloist with the Seville Baroque Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchesta de la Communidad de Madrid and the Symphony of Harmony and Invention in works by Purcell, Mozart, Fauré and Duruflé.
Jonathan has recorded as a soloist with Philippe Herreweghe’s Collegium Vocale in Purcell’s Ode to St. Cecilia and Welcome to all the Pleasures; in Dvorak’s Mass in D with and with St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir, with Emma Kirkby in a recording of music by Thomas Tomkins, with the consort Fretwork, entitled Above the Stars. With Harry Christophers, Jonathan has recently recorded a disc of English seventeenth-century Verse Anthems as bass soloist.
His most recent operatic performance was as Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in Turin. He has sung operatic roles with Les Arts Florissants at the Bastille Opera House, Paris (Corydon in Purcell’s The Faery Queen); with Kent Opera at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (Apollo in Monteverdi’s Orfeo); New Chamber Opera (Azarius in Britten’s The Burning Fiery Furnace), Opera Brava (Sacristan in Tosca); Opera Restor’d (Title role in Lampe’s The Dragon of Wantley); and European Chamber Opera (Speaker in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte) both in Britain and abroad.
Jonathan made his debut at the Purcell Room on London’s South Bank in 2002, with a recital of English Song with pianist Patricia Holmes. Last year Jonathan appeared as a soloist with the BBC Philharmonic at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall in Fauré’s Requiem, at London’s Barbican performing Mozart’s Mass in C with the Symphony of Harmony and Invention, and toured the country with The Sixteen’s Choral Pilgrimage, performing music by Tallis and Tippet in several British Cathedrals, and in The Tallis Scholars’ 25th Anniversary recording of Allegri’s Miserere and Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcellae in Oxford. He also performed as a soloist at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall in a performance of John Tavener’s Tribute to Cavafy with the Tallis Scholars, and in Mozart’s Mass in C Minor at The Barbican in London and Madrid Cathedral. In 2007, Jonathan will appear as a soloist in the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
Schumann
Dichterliebe
Liederkreis Opus 39
Wolf
Three Songs of Michelangelo
Männerliedern
Poems by Möricke, Eichendorff and Goethe
Brahms
Vier Ernste Gesang (Four Serious Songs)
Strauss
Selected Songs
ITALIAN
Arie Antique
Handel Arias
Mozart Operatic Arias
Mozart Concert Arias
Romantic Operatic Arias
FRENCH
Songs by Fauré and Duparc
ENGLISH
Song Cycles
Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs / Songs of Travel
Quilter Three Shakespeare Songs
Finzi Earth, Air and Rain / Let us Garlands Bring
Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
Peel A Shropshire Lad
Somervel A Shropshire Lad
Britten Folk Songs
Stanford Songs of the sea / Songs of the Fleet
Songs by Warlock, Ireland, Arne, Purcell, Gurney etc.
CANTATAS
JS Bach - Ich Habe Genug / Amore Traditore
THEMED RECITALS
Songs of the Sea
Songs inspired by Nature
A Tour of Regional England - An evening of English Folk and Art Songs
Music for a While - Songs and Arias inspired by Music
Songs of the Riverbank - Songs and Arias inspired by Water and Rivers
An Evening of Operatic Arias
Early Music - An evening of Baroque Classics from Purcell to Bach
JOINT RECITALS WITH AN ACTOR
Any of the above can be incorporated with appropriate readings. Jonathan has performed many such evenings with the acclaimed actor Nicholas Asbury of the Royal Shakespeare Company and with actress Carol Boyd. Readings help to add variety to the recital and allow each song to be introduced to great effect. Readings can also add a touch of humour to the entertainment and bring some light relief to a recital.
“Jonathan Arnold as Jesus – magnificent performance”
The Herald, Scotland
“Jonathan Arnold as Jesus must be singled out”
Aberdeen Press & Journal
“Bass Jonathan Arnold brought a round, refined tone to the part of Jesus”
The Scotsman