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The English soprano, Joanne Lunn, graduated from the Royal College of Music where she was awarded the Tagore Gold Medal.
Joanne Lunn performs internationally as a soloist with many other leading groups such as the English Baroque Soloists, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Philip Pickett's Musicians of the Globe, New London Consort, the London Handel Society, Academy of Ancient Music, The Hilliard Ensemble, Philippe Herreweghe's Collegium Vocale Gent, The King’s Consort and The Gabrieli Consort.
Joanne Lunn's operatic credits include Gluck's Orphee and Alceste, Verdi's Falstaff and Four Sacred Pieces and Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea. Her stage appearance include also her ENO debut in Steven Pimlott's production of Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea conducted by Harry Christophers, and in February last year (2004) she sang the role of Helena in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream in Venice conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner and directed by David Pountney. In 1999, she made her BBC Proms debut performing with the Academy of Ancient Music, New London Consort and Musicians of the Globe. She was a regular soloist in the John Eliot Gardiner Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000.
Recent engagements include performances of Bach's St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by Sir Roger Norrington, with the Musik Podium Stuttgart conducted by Frieder Bernius, and with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Händel's Messiah in the Halle Händel Festival and in St.Mark's Venice as well as Händel's L'Allegro and Haydn's Heiligmesse, Harmoniemesse and Paukenmesse with the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner; a semi staged production of Monteverdi's Orfeo in the Beijing International Music Festival with Philip Pickett directed by Sir Jonathan Miller; Händel's Messiah in Spain and Portugal and J.S. Bach's Magnificat (BWV 243) at the BBC Proms with the Academy of Ancient Music; John Rutter's Requiem with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Rutter; and Haydn's The Seasons with the Huddersfield Choral Society.
Joanne Lunn has recorded Vivaldi Laudate Pueri with The King’s Consort (Hyperion records), Haydn Masses (Philips) and Bach Cantatas recorded during the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage in 2000 (Deutsche Grammophon, Soli Deo Gloria) with the Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, John Rutter Mass of the Children with the City of London Sinfonia conducted by the composer (Collegium), Bach Easter Oratorio (BWV 249) with Frieder Bernius and the Stuttgart Kammerchor (Carus) and J.S. Bach Motets with The Hilliard Ensemble (ECM).
Current and future engagements include semi-staged performances of Monteverdi's Orfeo in Paris, concerts in Mexico with Musicians of the Globe directed by Philip Pickett, a tour of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas in Spain, Faure's Requiem in Toulouse directed by Marc Minkowski, and Händel's Messiah in Japan with Bach Collegium Japan conducted by Masaaki Suzuki. |
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John Eliot Gardiner |
Soprano |
BWV 72, BWV 73, BWV 111
BCP: BWV 3, BWV 5, BWV 13, BWV 14, BWV 26, BWV 28, BWV 30, BWV 44, BWV 57, BWV 71, BWV 79, BWV 80, BWV 88, BWV 93, BWV 110, BWV 131, BWV 150, BWV 155, BWV 167, BWV 183, BWV 192
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