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Leeds Song festival review – from haiku to hauntings in evening that thinks outside the box

Roderick Williams could breathe life into a telephone directory, but found much better material in his recital with Iain Burnside. A later concert featured atmospheric soundscapes from local composer Martin Iddon

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15

An English Song Winterreise review – Roderick Williams masterfully mirrors Schubert’s iconic song cycle

The baritone has refined his playlist to include Vaughan Williams, Ina Boyle and Gerald Finzi, lending this enthralling cycle deeper melancholy than the original

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11

MacMillan’s Christmas Oratorio review – a magical choral performance

Roderick Williams and Rhian Lois were the perfectly matched vocal soloists as James MacMillan conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a ferociously committed performance of his own Christmas story

The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2025

‘Take anything, but please not my voice!’: the Royal Opera’s Sound Voice Project

In a space that usually rings with opera, a poignant and moving video installation examines the intimate connection between our voices and our selves

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2024

Williams/Burch; Booth/Waley-Cohen review – persuasive Schubert and superb Kurtág

Roderick Williams was vivid and compelling in Schubert’s Schwanengesang, while Claire Booth rose to the challenges of Kafka Fragments

The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024

Baritone Roderick Williams: ‘I once heard a singer at a party say: “No peanuts. I’m singing in three days!”’

The baritone on how he looks after his voice, why he likes to talk to his audience, and playlists for the dying

The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024

Nardus Williams/Elizabeth Kenny review – compelling and crystalline duo open Spitalfields festival

Premiering Roderick Williams’ song cycle about Black Tudors alongside songs from the period itself, the rising-star soprano was elegant, while the uber-lutenist poured her solos like liquid

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024

‘I’ve always been a glass half full person’: Aldeburgh festival’s outgoing CEO Roger Wright

After 10 years at the helm of Britten Pears Arts, Wright is stepping down. He looks back at his festival highlights, and forwards to classical music’s increasingly uncertain future.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2024

Remarkable talent invited for Newcastle Music Festival

10 days in August featuring local, national and international artists.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 28, 2024

Leeds Lieder festival Opening Gala review – a good old-fashioned Schubertiade

The song festival – with Arts Council funding reinstated – opened with a meaty all-Schubert programme full of delights and camaraderie

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024