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Simon Keenlyside - Baritone

Wigmore Hall, 8-May-2023 / 19:30

Royal Festival Hall, 30-Nov-2022 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 2-Jan-2020 / 19:30

Favourite pieces

Schubert's An den Mond in einer Herbstnacht D614 in 2018 (May) and 2016.

Simon Keenlyside's concerts, unfortunately, cancelled due to the pandemic.

On the 7th of March 2021 with Thomas Adès and Christianne Stotijn at the Barbican Hall.

On the 22nd of December 2020 with Malcolm Martineau at the Wigmore Hall.

On the 10th of December 2020 with Malcolm Martineau at the Wigmore Hall.

Unless otherwise stated Malcolm Martineau accompanied Mr. Keenlyside at the recitals listed on this page.

Mr. Keenlyside sang the role of Giorgio Germont at the Royal Opera House in December 2019 and January 2020.

He sang the role of Count Almiviva in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Royal Opera House in June and July of 2019.

Wigmore Hall, 26-Jul-2019 / 19:30

  • Irving Berlin:
    • Isn’t this a lovely day?
    • Call me up some rainy afternoon
  • Emmerich Kálmán:
    • the first verse of Lichtreklamen from Die Herzogin von Chicago
    • Cowboy Song from Arizona Lady
  • Weill:
    • Johnny Johnson's Song from Johnny Johnson
    • Song of the bigshot from Happy End
    • Lonely House from Street Scene
  • Kid Ory: Muskrat Ramble
  • George Shearing: Lullaby of Birdland
  • Richard Rodgers: Soliloquy (lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) from Carousel
  • Ellington: Mood Indigo
  • Jerome Kern: Let's begin from Roberta
  • Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life
  • Frederick Loewe: On the street where you live (lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner) from My Fair Lady
  • Hoagy Carmichael: Stardust
  • Gershwin: Love is Here To Stay
  • Howard McGill - Woodwind
  • Gordon Campbell - Trombone
  • Richard Pryce - Double bass
  • Matthew Regan - Piano
  • Mark Allis - Drums

Wigmore Hall, 25-Jun-2019 / 19:00

Recital with pianist Emanuel Ax and the Dover Quartet

  • Schumann:
    • Piano Quartet in E flat
    • Fantasiestücke Op. 12
    • Dichterliebe Op. 48
    • Piano Quintet in E flat Op. 44

Simon Keenlyside performed:

Wigmore Hall, 27-May-2018 / 19:30

Mr. Keenlyside took the role of Tonio in Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci from the 2nd of December 2017 onwards at the Royal Opera House.

Wigmore Hall, 5-Jul-2017 / 19:30

  • Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs
  • Finzi: Fear no more the heat o' the sun from Let us garlands bring Op. 18
  • Sibelius:
    • Romeo Op. 61 No. 4
    • Illalle (To Evening) Op. 17 No. 6
    • Kaiutar (The Echo Nymph) Op. 72 No. 4
    • Svarta rosor (Black Roses) Op. 36 No. 1
    • Im Feld ein Mädchen singt Op. 50 No. 3
    • Die stille Stadt Op. 50 No. 5
  • Poulenc, Chansons gaillardes:
    • La maîtresse volage
    • Chanson à boire
    • Madrigal
    • Invocation aux Parques
    • L'offrande
    • La belle jeunesse
    • Sérénade
  • Mahler, Des Knaben Wunderhorn:
    • Verlorne Müh
    • Ablösung im Sommer
    • Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
    • Das irdische Leben
    • Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt
    • Der Tamboursg'sell
    • Revelge

Mr. Keenlyside replaced Ruben Drole for a performance of the German Requiem by Brahms with soprano Julia Kleiter, the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and conductor Fabio Luisi at the Barbican Hall on the 19th of March 2017

A planned concert featuring Mr. Keenlyside and friends at the Wigmore Hall for the 26th of January 2016 was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

Wigmore Hall, 31-Jan-2016 / 19:30

An all Schubert song recital

  • Alinde D904
  • Geheimes D719
  • Seligkeit D433
  • Bei dir allein D866 No. 2
  • Nachtstück D672
  • Der Wanderer D649
  • Herbstlied D502
  • Im Haine D738
  • Im Walde D708
  • L'incanto degli occhi D902 No. 1
  • Pensa, che questo istante D76
  • Der Jüngling und der Tod D545
  • Strophe aus Die Götter Griechenlands D677
  • Des Fischers Liebesglück D933
  • Die Sterne D939
  • Herrn Josef Spaun, Assessor in Linz D749
  • Fischerlied D351
  • Der Wanderer an den Mond D870
  • Abschied from Schwanengesang D957

Wigmore Hall, 22nd and 24th of October 2014

Recital with pianist Emanuel Ax

Wigmore Hall, 7-Sep-2013 / 19:30

Song recital with bass-baritone Bryn Terfel and Malcolm Martineau

Royal Albert Hall, 17-Jul-2013 / 19:30

Mr. Keenlyside made his BBC Proms debut on the 18th of July 1992 in Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony with Vernon Handley conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.