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Saturday 11 February, 2012 Shirley Hall, King's School, Canterbury, Kent
Concert with the Festival Chamber Orchestra

Michael Chance, Countertenor
Anthony Halstead, Conductor
Ian Crowther, Oboe
Jeremy Ovenden, Leader
Festival Chamber Orchestra

Vivaldi: Stabat Mater RV 621
Barber: Adagio for Strings Op 11
Corelli: Concerto Grosso No 8 in G minor Op 6
Elgar: Soliloquy for oboe

Concert and ticket info
 
Thursday 8 March, 2012 Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape
Aldeburgh residency - 'Open Session: Toward the Sea'

Spring, Open Sessions and Masterclasses

Guitarist/sailor James Boyd in residence with Michael Chance, workshopping some new work which will form part of Boyd’s cargo when he embarks on a musical voyage sailing around the British coastline during the summer.

This Open Session includes the world premiere of a new work by Joseph Phibbs for countertenor and guitar, preliminary sketches from Jonathan Dove, Alasdair Nicholson, Tarik O’Regan and Anthony Powers, poetry by Irene Noel Baker and new songs.

Aldeburgh residency
James Boyd, classical guitarist
Concord's voyage
Irene Noel-Baker
 
Sunday 18 March, 2012 deSingel International Arts Campus, Antwerp
Britten Happening

Benjamin Britten - Canticles I-V, opus 40, 51, 55, 86, 89

Roger Vignoles, Piano
Ben Johnson, Tenor
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Roderick Williams, Bass
Richard Watkins, Horn
Lucy Wakeford , Harp

deSingel - International arts campus - Concert page
Roger Vignoles at intermusica
 
Saturday 24 March, 2012 King’s College Chapel, Cambridge
HANDEL: Israel in Egypt

Alison Daniels
Michael Chance
Nicholas Morris
Richard Lloyd Morgan
English Chamber Orchestra
Fairhaven Singers

Fairhaven Singers
English Chamber Orchestra
 
Sunday 25 March, 2012 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
BACH: St John Passion, BWV 245

Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Brüggen

Andreas Dahlin, Tenor (Evangelist)
Thomas Oliemans & Michael Tews, Baritone (Jesus)
Lisa Larsson, Soprano
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Marcel Beekman & Fabio Trümpy, Tenor
André Morsch, Bass

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Cappella Amsterdam
 
Monday 26 March, 2012 Geneva, Switzerland
BACH: St John Passion, BWV 245

Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Brüggen

Andreas Dahlin, Tenor (Evangelist)
Thomas Oliemans & Michael Tews, Baritone (Jesus)
Lisa Larsson, Soprano
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Marcel Beekman & Fabio Trümpy, Tenor
André Morsch, Bass

 
Tuesday 27 March, 2012 Padua, Italy
BACH: St John Passion, BWV 245

Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Brüggen

Andreas Dahlin, Tenor (Evangelist)
Thomas Oliemans & Michael Tews, Baritone (Jesus)
Lisa Larsson, Soprano
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Marcel Beekman & Fabio Trümpy, Tenor
André Morsch, Bass

 
Thursday 29 March, 2012 De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
BACH: St John Passion, BWV 245

Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Brüggen

Andreas Dahlin, Tenor (Evangelist)
Thomas Oliemans & Michael Tews, Baritone (Jesus)
Lisa Larsson, Soprano
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Marcel Beekman & Fabio Trümpy, Tenor
André Morsch, Bass

De Doelen - Concert page
 
Friday 30 March, 2012 Paris
BACH: St John Passion, BWV 245

Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Brüggen

Andreas Dahlin, Tenor (Evangelist)
Thomas Oliemans & Michael Tews, Baritone (Jesus)
Lisa Larsson, Soprano
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Marcel Beekman & Fabio Trümpy, Tenor
André Morsch, Bass

 
Sunday 1 April, 2012 De Oosterpoort, Groningen, Netherlands
BACH: St John Passion, BWV 245

Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Brüggen

Andreas Dahlin, Tenor (Evangelist)
Thomas Oliemans & Michael Tews, Baritone (Jesus)
Lisa Larsson, Soprano
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Marcel Beekman & Fabio Trümpy, Tenor
André Morsch, Bass

De Oosterpoort - Concert page
 
Tuesday 3 April, 2012 Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BACH: St John Passion, BWV 245

Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Brüggen

Andreas Dahlin, Tenor (Evangelist)
Thomas Oliemans & Michael Tews, Baritone (Jesus)
Lisa Larsson, Soprano
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Marcel Beekman & Fabio Trümpy, Tenor
André Morsch, Bass

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ - Concert page
 
Wednesday 4 April, 2012 Philharmonie Haarlem, Netherlands
BACH: St John Passion, BWV 245

Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Brüggen

Andreas Dahlin, Tenor (Evangelist)
Thomas Oliemans & Michael Tews, Baritone (Jesus)
Lisa Larsson, Soprano
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Marcel Beekman & Fabio Trümpy, Tenor
André Morsch, Bass

Philharmonie Haarlem - Concert page
 
Thursday 5 April, 2012 Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn Utrecht, Netherlands
BACH: St John Passion, BWV 245

Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Brüggen

Andreas Dahlin, Tenor (Evangelist)
Thomas Oliemans & Michael Tews, Baritone (Jesus)
Lisa Larsson, Soprano
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Marcel Beekman & Fabio Trümpy, Tenor
André Morsch, Bass

Vredenburg - Concert page
 
Friday 6 April, 2012 Congress Saal 'Tirol', Innsbruck, Austria
BACH: St John Passion, BWV 245

Cappella Amsterdam & Orchestra of the 18th Century / Frans Brüggen

Andreas Dahlin, Tenor (Evangelist)
Thomas Oliemans & Michael Tews, Baritone (Jesus)
Lisa Larsson, Soprano
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Marcel Beekman & Fabio Trümpy, Tenor
André Morsch, Bass

Congress Innsbruck
Concert and ticket info
 
Sunday 29 April, 2012 St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen
BACH: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Aberdeen Bach Choir
St Margaret's School for Girls Chamber Choir
Musical Director: Peter Parfitt

Nicholas Mulroy, Evangelist
Henry Waddington, Christus
Emma Kirkby, Soprano
Michael Chance, Counter-tenor
Malcolm Bennett, Tenor
Alex Ashworth, Bass

Aberdeen Sinfonietta - Leader: Bryan Dargie

The Cathedral Church of St Machar
Concert and ticket info
 
Wednesday 9 May, 2012 Holywell Music Room, Oriel College, Oxford
Concert with Roger Vignoles

Music by Dowland, Schubert, and Purcell.

Concert and ticket info
 
Tuesday 26 June, 2012 St James Piccadilly, London
Lunchtime Recital

Sulis with monks of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery

St James Piccadilly, lunchtime recitals
 
Saturday 30 June, 2012 at 7.30pm Stour Festival, East Kent
A Counter-Tenor Extravaganza to mark the centenary of the birth of Alfred Deller

With counter-tenors:

Andreas Scholl,
Michael Chance
Iestyn Davies
Robin Blaze
David Allsopp
David James
Christopher Royall

Deller Consort
Stour Music Chamber Choir
Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord / organ
Brecon Baroque, led by Rachel Podger
Mark Deller, conductor

Stour Music - A Counter-Tenor Extravaganza
 
Saturday 30 June, 2012 at 10.00 pm Stour Festival, East Kent
Stour Music Clerks

Tallis: Spem in alium
Bach: Singet dem Herrn

The Stour Music Clerks will be augmented by all the singers from the earlier 7.30pm concert.

Mark Deller, Conductor

Stour Music Clerks
 
Sunday 1 July, 2012 at 3.00 pm Stour Festival, East Kent
BACH: Mass in B minor

Lynne Dawson, Soprano
Michael Chance, Counter-tenor
Charles Daniels, Tenor
Thomas Eaglen, Baritone

Stour Festival Choir & Orchestra
Margot Rusmanis, leader

Mark Deller, Conductor

Stour Music - Bach: Mass in B minor
 
Saturday 18 August, 2012 Degollado Theater, Guadalajara, Mexico
Michael Chance with Santiago Cumplido

Rebecca Huber, Conductor
Rezan Onen-Lapointe, Violin
Roberto Rivadeneyra, Viola
Anton Baba, Cello
Daniel Olivares, Contrabass
Alex Jenne, Lute
Ramsés Juaréz, Harpsichord and Organ

Ticket info
Concert page on Facebook
 
Wednesday 26 September, 2012 Grove Park Festival, Chiswick, London
HARPER: Canticle

Premiere of "Canticle". Words attributed to St Francis.
Michael Chance, Countertenor, with 2 harps.

Celia Harper
 
Wednesday 26 September, 2012 Grove Park Music Festival, London
Heavenly Harps

Artistic director Skaila Kanga
Michael Chance(counter tenor) joins The Royal Academy’s famous ensemble in a programme featuring 2 world premières:

1. Canticle for counter tenor Michael Chance and 2 Harps by Celia Harper.

2. Whitest Moon for Harp Quartet by Ruth Byrchmore.

Hugely talented students of The Royal Academy of Music present an eclectic programme featuring two new commissions, one of which has been written for world famous counter -tenor Michael Chance.

Grove Park Music Festival
 
Friday 28 & Sunday 30 September, 2012 Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
HAYDN: Il Mondo della Luna
Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian
 
Friday 5 October, 2012 Fundación Juan March, Madrid
Five centuries of British music

Organized on the occasion of the exhibition "Treasure Island: British Art from Holbein to Hockney".

Michael Chance, Contourtenor
David Miller, Lute

John Dowland (1563-1626):
- Come again: sweet love doth now invite
- Now, oh now I needs must part
- Flow my tears
- Come, heavy sleep
- A shepherd in a shade

Anonymous: The Willow song

Henry Purcell (1659-1695):
- If music be the food of love, Z 379C
- Music for a while, Z 631, de Oedipus
- The Evening Hymn, Z 193

Fundación Juan March - Concert page
David Miller
 
Thurdsay 25 & Friday 26 October, 2012 Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Coaching 'Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria' (Monteverdi), RNCM
Concert page (Sun 09 Dec 2012 - Sat 15 Dec 2012 )
 
Wednesday 14 November, 2012 Salle Gaveau, Paris
James Bowman et ses invités
Salle Gaveau, Paris - Concert page
 
Saturday 27 November, 2012 Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Public Masterclass

Internationally acclaimed counter-tenor Michael Chance is this year's Visiting Musician at Oriel College. He is offering a masterclass focussing on Italian and English Baroque music.

Free admission - Open to all

University of Oxford - Masterclass page
Holywell Music Room
 
Saturday 8 December, 2012 Wells Cathedral, Wells
HANDEL: Messiah

Wells Cathedral Oratorio Society

Music for Awhile Orchestra (on period instruments)
Laurie Ashworth, Soprano
Michael Chance, Countertenor
Anthony Gregory, Tenor
David Stout, Bass
Matthew Owens, Conductor

Wells Cathedral
Music in Wells Cathedral 2012 (PDF)
 
Tuesday 18 - Thursday 20 December, 2012 Nikolaos Mantzaros Conservatory, Athens
Public Masterclasses
Mantzaros Conservatory
 
Saturday 22 December, 2012 'Parnassos' Concert Hall, Athens
Baroque evening with Bach, Purcell and Handel

Michael Chance, Countertenor

Early Music Ensemble 'Ex Silentio':
Dimitris Kountouras, recorder
Jason Ioannou, baroque cello
Markellos Chrysikopoulos, harpsichord

Parnassos - Recitals and ticket info
Early Music Ensemble 'Ex Silentio'
Online ticket booking
 
Saturday 29 December, 2012 Moscow
Recital with Maggie Cole
Maggie Cole, official website
 
Monday 31 December, 2012 Kings Place, London
BACH: Cantatas 170 & 12

Overture No. 6 in G minor, BWV 1070
Cantata: ‘Vergnügte Ruh’, beliebte Seelenlust’, BWV 170
Cantata: ‘Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen,Zagen’, BWV 12
Concerto in C for three violins, strings & continuo (reconstruction of original source of BWV 1064)

Anna Fraser, Soprano
Michael Chance, Alto
Stuart Jackson, Tenor
Sanford Sylvan, Baritone
Wallfisch Band

Kings Place - Concert page
The Wallfisch band