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More details of the following performances… in no particular order – JW
2009.01.06 Wigmore Hall: Mark Padmore, Doric String Quartet, etc
2008.10.20 Michael Berkeley Concert, Wigmore Hall: Felicity Lott, Susan Bickley
2006.06.21 Snape, Maltings, Aldeburgh: Ian Bostridge
2006.06.24 Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh: James Gilchrist, Richard Watkins
2006.12.02 Bedford, England: Joy Farrall, Nicholas Daniel

More glowing reviews… JW
2004.10.11 Oxford Lieder Festival: Mark Padmore
Some new performances… JW
2004.06.29 Oxford Chamber Music Festival: Adrian Brendel, Natalie Clein
2004.07.18 Cheltenham Festival: Alice Coote
2004.08.31 Tabernacl, Machynlleth: Szymanowski Quartet (with great review)

Reviews of the following recitals – JW
2006.06.21 Snape, Maltings, Aldeburgh: Ian Bostridge – “Drake both reactive and thrillingly proactive” The Times
2005.11.28 Lunchtime concert, Wigmore Hall, London: Ailish Tynan
2004.01.14 Wigmore Hall, London: Alice Coote (Telegraph, FT)
Details and reviews of some new recitals with Julius & Ian Bostridge/Alice Coote – JW
2004.11.15 Wigmore Hall, London: Alice Coote
2005.11.28 Queen [...]

* Video clips:  An EMI  trailer added: “The Singer’s Tale”
* Details and German reviews added to
2001:
2001.07.23 Prinzregentheater München: Ian Bostridge
2004:
2004.07.21 Prinzregententheater München: Ian Bostridge
2005:
2005.07.10 Prinzregententheater, Munich: Ian Bostridge
2006:
2006.05.28 Laeiszhalle, Hamburg: D. Röschmann and I.Bostridge
2006.11.01 Laeiszhalle, Hamburg: D. Röschmann, I.Bostridge and Th. Quasthoff
2006.07.06 Prinzregententheater, Munich: D.Röschmann and I.Bostridge
* CD/DVD:
Review and German Price of  “Schallplattenkritik 2001″ [...]

Don’t forget Julius’ recital at LSO St Luke’s with Ian Bostridge is being broadcast by BBC Radio 3 TODAY at 1pm. It will be available to listen again online for 7 days – JW
A fascinating article (The Guardian) by Ian Bostridge about Hans Werner Henze’s Sechs Gesänge aus dem Arabischen – JW
More glowing reviews for [...]

A 2007 Wigmore perf (plus review) that had slipped through the net – JW
2007.09.28 Wigmore Hall, London: Patricia Rozario
Great reviews for the following performances – JW
2008.10.20 Michael Berkeley Concert, Wigmore Hall: Felicity Lott, Susan Bickley (Times)
2008.09.28 Wigmore Hall, London: Angelika Kirchschlager (Telegraph & Times)
2008.09.11 Wigmore Hall, London: Joan Rodgers, Christopher Maltman (Times)
2008.07.03 City of London [...]

Reviews from the Guardian of the following performances
2004.01.14 Wigmore Hall, London: Alice Coote
2003.02.14 Director’s Festival, Wigmore Hall, London: Ian Bostridge
2002.09.12 Wigmore Hall, London: Thomas Quasthoff
2002.03.04 Wigmore Hall, London: Ian Bostridge
2001.10.03 Wigmore Hall, London: Ian Bostridge
2001.01.05 Wigmore Hall, London: Lisa Milne, Sarah Connolly
1999.11.26 Wigmore Hall, London: Ian Bostridge
and Heard but not seen – an article in [...]

Details of more Wigmore Hall recitals – from 1997 to 1999 – with many thanks to the ladies in the WH archive – JW
1997
1997.01.08 Wigmore Hall, London: Michael Chance
1997.03.25 Wigmore Hall, London: Ian Bostridge
1997.09.30 Wigmore Hall, London: Chance, York, North
1997.10.15 Wigmore Hall, London: Gerald Finley
1997.10.22 BBC Lunchtime Concert Series I: Wigmore Hall, London
1997.12.03 Wigmore Hall, [...]

Four star review from the Times of Julius’s 4x singer 2x pianist concert at the Barbican last week and two reviews of the same concert in Hamburg (translations to come) – PH
Programme details for tomorrow’s recital in Madrid with Gerald Finley, plus news that it will be broadcast live on Radio Nacional España – JW