From oratorio to contemporary

Robert has performed in a huge variety of modern and contemporary works, both concert pieces and operas, in many cases creating roles from scratch. But he is also much in demand as a solo recitalist and as a soloist in choral works.

Modern and contemporary works performed:

George Benjamin: Sometime Voices, Cleobury/CUMS

Benjamin Britten; Vicar, Albert Herring, Opera East Productions

Paul Clark: The Priest (created role), Arcane, Opera Circus

Jacques Cohen: Passion Fragment, Lloyds Choir/Cohen

Paul Drayton: St Mark Passion, Three Spires Singers/Gray

Andrew Edwards: The Christmas Story, Academy of St Mary’s, Wimbledon/Edwards

Francis Grier: Around the Curve of the World, Harrow Choral Society/Woodcock

Peter Maxwell Davies: Eight Songs for a Mad King, South Bank Centre

Peter Maxwell Davies, Second baritone (Tempter), The Martyrdom of St Magnus, The Opera Group

Ed Hughes: Vulture/Herakles (created role), The Birds, The Opera Group

György Ligeti: Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures, RAM/Bonn Chance Festival

Nigel Osborne: Hasan (created role), Differences in Demolitions, Opera Circus

Richard Rijnvos: mappamondo, Asko Ensemble/Huddersfield CMF

Arnold Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, King’s College, Cambridge

Dimitri Shostakovich: Symphony no. 14, Nicholas Daniel/CUCO

Christopher Steel: Passion and Resurrection, Cheltenham Bach Choir/Jackson

Graham Treacher: created title role, Darwin’s Dream, Royal Albert Hall

Kurt Weill: Das Berliner Requiem, Adès/BCMG