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Recitals Concert
Opera Education Other Biographies Solo
Performances, Concert and Oratorio 2008:
J.S. Bach Cantata 4, 9, 78, 144, 172...St. Matthew Passion; Vivaldi
Gloria 2007:
J.S. Bach Cantatas 13, 18, 20, 29, 78, 80, 87, 127 & 140, St.
Matthew Passion, Easter Oratorio, Christmas Oratorio; Heinrich Bach
Ach, daß ich Wassers gnug hätte C.P.E. Bach Magnificat
Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri Purcell Fairy
Queen, Haydn Kleine Orgelmesse Leonardo Leo Lamentazione
Mozart Solemn Vespers of the Confessor Schütz
Symphoniae Sacrae op 6 "in lectulo per Noctes" and "Invenerunt
me custodes"
2006:
J.S. Bach Mass in G; Solo Cantata 170, "Vergnügte Ruh";
Cantatas 33, 62, 79, 91, 110, 123, 167, 176; St. John Passion; Magnificat; Haydn
Nelson Mass; Maria Theresa Mass; Schütz Kleine geistliche Konzerte
Vol 1-III "Ich danke dem Herrn" for solo alto; Kleine geistliche Konzerte
Vol 1-II "Bringt her dem Herren", for solo alto; "Sei Gegrüßet,
Maria" for solo alto and soprano; Hummel Missa Brevis in C;
Handel Chandos Anthem no. 36 "As Longs the Hart for Flowing
Streams"; Dettingen Te Deum; Brahms Alto Rhapsody, Liebeslieder
Waltzer; Mozart Missa Brevis in G ; Mass in C "Krönungsmesse";
Vesprae Solenelle di Domenica; Requiem; Couperin Troisième
Leçon à Deux Voix; from Leçons de Ténèbres;
Matthias Weckmann Lamentation "Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste;"
Telemann Solo Cantata "Weg mit Sodoms gift'gen Früchten;"
Solo Cantata "Jauchzet, frohlocket, der Himmel ist offen"; Vivaldi
Stabat Mater; J.C. Bach Dies Irae. 2005:
Rossini "Petite" Messe Solennelle, Bach
Christmas Oratorio, Cantata no. 182; Cantata 62; Cantata 131; Cantata 132; Cantata
135; Cantata No. 71; Magnificat; B minor Mass; Rutter Feel the Spirit
for solo alto and chorus, Mozart Solemn Vespers of the Confessor;
Telemann cantata Auf Himmelfahrt: "Du fährest mit Jauchzen
empor" for alto, organ and violin; Haydn Theresienmesse; Nelsonmesse;
Kleine Orgelmesse; Duruflé Requiem, Handel
Messiah, Schütz Kleine geistliche Konzerte Vol 1, No. I "Eile
mich, Gott zu erretten" Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri. 2004:
Bach Cantata No. 62, Mass in G, Cantata 106 "Actus Tragicus";
Schubert Mass in A flat, Mozart Solemn Vespers of
the Confessor; Requiem; Croft Te Deum; Vivaldi Gloria; Rutter Feel
the Spirit; Dvorak Mass in D; Stabat Mater; Caldara
"Vicino a un Rivoletto" solo cantata for alto, cello and continuo; Haydn
Nelson Mass, Seven Last Words (English version, choir and soloists); Paukenmesse;
Te Deum in C; Opera arias for Mezzo and choir; Schütz Herr,
wie lang willst du mein so gar vergessen. 2002:
Vivaldi: Gloria; Haydn: Nelson Mass; Bach:
St John Passion, Cantata No. 77; Mendelssohn Lobgesang; Arias from
Handel's Silla and Rezurrezione; Messiah 2001:
Bach Cantata No 39; Mozart Requiem; Handel
Israel in Egypt; Pergolesi Stabat Mater; Rossini Stabat
Mater. 2000:
Dvorak Stabat Mater; Bach B Minor Mass; Handel
Messiah. 1999:
Vivaldi Stabat Mater, Bach St. Matthew Passion, Cantata
No. 170 "Vergnügte Ruh", arias from Cantatas No. 12 and 103 with
Flute obbligato.
Chorus
Work:
2007:
Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri, Choir of the Enlightenment,
(also solo in the duet of the Houris) Sir Simon Rattle cond, Royal Festival
Hall, London, 7th Dec; Théâtre des Champs-Elysées,
Paris, 8th Dec; Lingotto Concert Hall, Turin, 10th Dec; Müvészetek
Palotája, Budapest, 11th Dec.
2003:
Mozart Mass in C minor, Choir of the Enlightenment, Sir Charles
MacKerras cond, Prom Concert, Royal Albert Hall (September).
2003: Brahms
Requiem, chorus, OAE, Royal Festival Hall, London; Kölner Philharmonie; Symphony
Hall, Birmingham; Sir Simon Rattle cond. (December).
Mozart
Idomeneo, chorus, Berlin Philharmonic, Luzern Konsertsaal, Berliner Philharmonie;
Sir Simon Rattle cond. (September)
Operas - Alkandre, Fauré Pénélope, Theatre Royal,
Wexford Festival (Ireland) Jean-Luc Tingaud cond., Renaud Doucet/André Barbe director/designer,
October/Nov. 2005
- Ensemble, Britten Peter Grimes, Salzburger
Grosse Festspielhaus and Berliner Philharmonie, European Voices, Berlin Philharmonic,
Sir Simon Rattle cond., Sir Trevor Nunn dir., March/April 2005.
- Third Woman, Second Witch, and Alto in one-voice-per-part
ensemble, Purcell Dido and Aeneas, St John's Smith Square
(London), David Roblou cond., Chris Tudor dir., English Bach Festival, July 2004.
(NB Della Jones was Dido, the Sorceress and the Spirit)
- Ensemble, Mozart Idomeneo, Berlin and
Lucerne, European Voices, Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, cond. September
2003.
- Nymph/Shade, Gluck Telemaco, Sadler's
Wells (London) and Herodus Atticus Theatre (Athens), Nicholas Cleobury cond.,
Alain Germain dir., English Bach Festival, July 2003.
- Syrene/Miss Young , Handel Alceste,
Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Nicholas Cleobury cond., Tom
Hawkes dir., English Bach Festival, May 2002
- Nereid (solo alto), Handel Acis and Galatea,
Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Nicholas Cleobury cond., Chris
Tudor dir., English Bach Festival, July 2001
- Lucretia, Britten Rape of Lucretia,
Scene: 'Give him this orchid... Flowers bring to every year' Western Front, Vancouver
BC, Nov. 1999
- Carmen, various scenes from Bizet's Carmen,
Capilano College Opera Workshop (1995)
Recitals - 2007:
Schaffhausen ~ Chateau d'Oex ~ Hartley
Wintney ~ Lost Chord ~ St. John's Notting Hill
~ Private venues
- 2006: ~ The
Arts Club ~ Concert Bites ~ Ashford Sacred Concert Series ~ Ian Liston's Hiss
and Boo company ~ The Arts Centre, Sechelt, British Columbia ~ Chateau d'Oex
- 2005: ~ Opera
Gala, Deal Festival ~ Cheslea Schubert Festival ~ St. Anne and St. Agnes Bach
Festival ~ Handel House Museum, Mayfair ~ New London Orchestra Concert Series
- 2004: ~ An
evening of songs by composer Michael Brough, presented by Princess Nadejda
Imeretinsky, Geneva, Switzerland; Michael Brough, piano ~ A Brahms
evening with Stephen Kovacevich and friends at The Wabe ~ Bushey Festival
~ Ramster (Stately Home near Haslemere) for the ARC ~ Warwick University Recital
Series ~The Reform Club, Pall Mall ~ Holy Trinity, Sloane Street ~ France Lynch
Recital Society ~ Lost Chord Foundation, South Yorkshire, with harpist ~ various
private venues. (Most of the above with Zoë Mather)
- 2003: ~ Canada
House, Trafalgar Square with Zoë Mather ~ Variety Shows with Ian Liston's
Hiss & Boo company (The Mill, Sonning Dinner Theatre) ~ Grandvillard,
Switzerland ~ Various private entertainments for corporate events, and privately
owned Stately Homes.
- 2002: ~ Anglo-Suisse Foundation (Principe
Leopoldo, Lugano, Switzerland) ~ Salvi Harp Foundation ~ Opera Omnibus (Stately
Homes) ~ Frome Festival ~ Brighton Festival ~ The Wabe (Hampstead, at the invitation
of Tom Conti) ~ St. Bride's, Fleet Street ~ various other venues in the
UK and Switzerland. Collaborations with Aileen Ribeiro (Professor,
History of Dress, Courtauld Institute), Martin Starkie, Gwyneth Wentink (harp).
- 2001: ~ The
Wabe ~ St. Bride's Fleet Street ~ St. Anne and St. Agnes ~ Holy Trinity Sloane
Street ~ various other venues in the UK and Switzerland. Collaborations
with John Julius Norwich, James Grout, Lord Oaksey, Pam Ayres, Michael
Brough (first performances, songs from Op.12 and 15)
- 2000: ~ Penryhn
Concert Series ~ Pender Harbour Concert Series ~ various recitals in venues in
and around Vancouver and Seattle.
- 1999: ~ Vancouver
Celebration of Women Composers (songs of Cécile Chaminade) ~ vars. other Vancouver
recitals.
Education - Associate Bachelor of Music, Voice Major (Capilano
College, 1994)
- Vocal studies with Alexandra Browning and Rena Sharon
at CYMC (1989)
- Grade 10 Piano, RCM, (First Class Honours,1993)
- Grade 8 Voice, ABRSM, UK (Distinction, 1997)
- Private voice studies with Arlene McIntyre (1991
- 96), Bruce Pullan (1998-2000), David Lowe,Valerie Masterson, (currently) Kari
Lovaas (2000-present, Switzerland)
- Flamenco Dance studies with Rosario Ancer (1997-98)
- Acting in Opera; BYO workshop with Martin Lloyd-Evans
(2002)
- Private coaching: Harold Brown, Peter Gellhorn (Art
song), Edward Evanko (Acting)
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Other
Musical Activities
- Occasional guest on BBC Radio 4's "You and Yours"
- Interviewed by Kirsty Lang on BBC4 TV and BBC World
- Organist (albeit with only IV, V and I on pedals!)
and singer at St. Mellitus Church most Sundays and for funerals (2001 to present)
- Have occasionally accompanied singers on the piano,
including the premiere of Derek Wong's "Also Sprach Zarathustra" for
soprano and sprechstimme at the Glass Slipper [RIP] in 1997.
- Wrote a column for Strut.net internet magazine (1998-2000)
www.strut.net/classical
- Invited to write "Discography" column for
Vancouver Opera Magazine (1998-99)
- "Recommendations" page in Virgin Megastore
magazine, North America (1998)
- Articles in Vancouver Opera Club newsletter/magazine
(1995-96)
Biographies SHORT VERSION
British-Canadian mezzo-soprano Patricia Hammond studied
singing in Canada and Switzerland before moving to the UK in 2001. She has appeared
as an oratorio soloist in venues as varied as Leeds Town Hall, the Herodus Atticus
Theatre in Athens, the Concertgebouw at Bruges, and London's Queen Elizabeth and
Royal Festival Halls; the latter two with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
under Ivan Fischer and Sir Simon Rattle respectively. Most recently she was featured
in the duet of the Houris in Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri in London, Paris,
Turin and Budapest with the OAE under Sir Simon Rattle.
As a recitalist, Patricia
has been invited to perform at the Brighton, Deal and Frome Festivals, the Swiss
Global Foundation and Opera Omnibus, as well as in many private venues including
the home of the actor Tom Conti.
In Opera, she has performed solo roles at
the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the Wexford Festival.
Patricia
works regularly with Martin Knizia's Baroque group, the Sweelinck Ensemble, and
has been featured on BBC Radio 4 and BBC4 Television's "The World,"
in an interview with Kirsty Lang. Her CD "Le Charme," of French Salon
song, is available in shops and online, or from the artist herself! LONGER
VERSION
PATRICIA HAMMOND studied singing in Vancouver and
Switzerland before moving to London in 2001, using the flexibility of her British
and Canadian nationality. Now she studies with Kari Lovaas in Schaffhausen, hopping
back and forth between London and Switzerland. She has performed as a recitalist
in Canada, the US, Switzerland, Great Britain and the Channel Islands, and in
numerous festivals including the Brighton, Deal and Frome Festivals, the Swiss
Global Foundation (www.swissglobal.org)
and Opera Omnibus. She was invited by Tom Conti to perform at the Wabe in Hampstead,
and also has collaborated with such personalities as John Julius Norwich and James
Grout. Patricia is in increasing demand as a soloist in oratorio, appearing in
venues as varied as Leeds Town Hall, the Herodus Atticus Theatre in Athens, the
Concertgebouw at Bruges, and London's Queen Elizabeth and Royal Festival Halls;
the latter two with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Ivan Fischer
and Sir Simon Rattle respectively. Most recently she was featured in the duet
of the Houris in Schumann's Das Paradies und die Peri in London, Paris, Turin
and Budapest with the OAE under Sir Simon Rattle. Her operatic debut was as a Neried in Acis and Galatea,
and since then has appeared as Syrene in Handel's Alceste, and most recently Alkandre
in Fauré's opera Pénélope, in the critically acclaimed Barbe/Doucet production
at the 2005 Wexford Festival. She is also featured regularly as a soloist in Martin
Knizia's period instrument Sweelinck Ensemble concerts, with whom she was broadcast
live on BBC Radio 3. Her solo CD of French Salon songs, 'Le Charme,' (Belleville
records, BEVI 001) is now available in shops, and on Amazon.co.uk. Future projects
include a recital disc of the songs of British composer Michael Brough. In August
of this year, she sang on BBC 4 TV and BBC World, and was interviewed by Kirsty
Lang. Visit Patricia's website at www.patriciahammond.com GERMAN
LANGUAGE VERSION: Die britisch-kanadische Mezzosopranistin Patricia Hammond
studierte Gesang in Kanada und in der Schweiz. Seit 2001 wohnt sie in London und
studiert in Schaffhausen bei Kari Lövaas. Als Konzertsängerin ist sie
in Kanada, den USA, Grossbritannien und der Schweiz an mehreren Festivals aufgetreten.
Zunehmend ist sie auch als Oratoriensängerin gefragt und zudem an verschiedenen
Opernhäusern und in BBC Radio 3 aufgetreten. Sie wirkt als Solistin regelmässig
in Martin Knizias „Sweelinck Ensemble“ mit und ist auf CD zu hören
(‚Le Charme’, Belleville records, BEVI 001). Weitere Angaben unter:
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