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Nicholas Madden (Tenor)

Born: New Zealand

The New Zealander-born tenor, Nicholas (Nick) Madden, moved to England in 2005 to take up a Lay Clerkship at Ely Cathedral, before moving on to St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, in 2007.

In addition to singing at daily services and regular appearances in front of the Royal Family at private and state occasions, Nicholas Madden has toured widely around the UK, Europe, USA and Asia with a variety of eminent chamber choirs and early music groups. He regularly appears as a member and soloist with professional ensembles including Tenebrae (Director: Nigel Short), Gabrieli Consort (Director: Paul McCreesh), The King's Consort (Director: Robert King), The Tallis Scholars (Director: Peter Phillips), The Sixteen (Director: Harry Christophers), Gallicantus, The Binchois Consort, Alamire, Polyphony (Director: Stephen Layton), BBC Singers, Arcangelo (Director: Jonathan Cohen) and the Netherlands Radio Choir. He has also worked as a soloist for a variety of chamber choirs and choral societies around London and the Home Counties, appearing in J.S. Bach's Magnificat (BWV 243) and Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248), Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle and Stabat Mater, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Verdi’s Requiem and for Sir Colin Davis in J.S. Bach's St Matthew Passion (BWV 244). He is a founding member of close-harmony group, The Queen’s Six, based at Windsor.

Source: The Binchois Consort Website (2018); Nicholas Madden profile on Facebook
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (February 2018)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Jonathan Cohen

Tenor

Member of Arcangelo:
[V-2] (2015): BWV 243

Nigel Short

Tenor

Member of Tenebrae:
[V-2] (2023, CD): BWV 229, BWV 227, BWV 225

Links to other Sites

The Binchois Consort: About US
Nicholas Madden on Facebook


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