Baritone performing in Shropshire as part of world tour
A renowned singer is performing in Shropshire this week as part of a tour which also takes in London and New York.
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Acclaimed baritone Benjamin Appl is appearing in Shrewsbury on Friday (March 7).
Accompanied by prominent pianist James Baillieu, he will perform a ‘Homage to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’ at 7.30pm in St Chad’s Church.
Featured composers will include Franz Schubert, Albert Fischer-Dieskau, Johannes Brahms, Edvard Grieg, Benjamin Britten, Clara Schumann and Carl Maria von Weber.
He presented the same programme in the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre in London on March 2 and will then also be performing it in the Carnegie Hall, New York, one of the world's most prestigious venues.
John Moore, musical director of Shropshire Music Trust, which is staging the Shrewsbury event, said that Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau was one of the most famous ‘Lieder’ – or art song - performers of the post-war period.
“His singing reached so many people and he touched their hearts with the art of song. To this day he is considered to be a source of inspiration, a role model to thousands of singers, with many of his recordings remaining unsurpassed.
“Benjamin Appl is carrying on and enhancing his legacy. He is celebrated for a voice that belongs to the last of the old great masters of song, with an almost infinite range of colours, and has won multiple awards.”
Described by The Daily Telegraph as ‘in a class of his own’, James Baillieu is one of the leading song and chamber music pianists of his generation. He has given solo and chamber recitals throughout the world and collaborates with a wide range of singers and instrumentalists.
John added: “This should be a very special evening and an opportunity for Shropshire music lovers to come along and hear some gorgeous singing.”
To learn more and buy tickets, visit shropshiremusictrust.co.uk/tickets.
