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HANDEL - DOVE SEI, AMATO BENE? ACT 1 RODELINDA HWV 19. LIVE PERFORMACE FROM ST GEORGE’S, HANOVER SQUARE, 23 OCTOBER 2019. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE DEPARTMENT
HANDEL - ARSACE: SENTO AMOR CON NOVI DARDI ACT 1 PARTENOPE HWV27. LIVE PERFORMANCE TEATRU MANOEL, MALTA. CAPPELLA NEAPOLITANA - ANTONIO FLORIO. EARLY OPERA&MUSIC FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 2022
HANDEL - SCHERZA INFIDA - ARIODANTE HWV 33. PIANIST LEO NICHOLSON
BENJAMIN BRITTEN - I KNOW A BANK - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. PIANIST MATTHEW JORYSZ
HENRY PURCELL ARR. BRITTEN - I TAKE NO PLEASURE. PIANIST MATTHEW JORYSZ
FELIX MENDELSSOHN - VENETIANISCHES GONDELLIED OP.57 NO.5. PIANIST MATTHEW JORYSZ
PURCELL – SORCERER – DIDO AND AENEAS EXCERPT – HURN COURT OPERA. LIVE PERFORMANCE AT WILTON SEPTEMBER 2021
Excerpts from Hamish’s debut CD on Orchid Classics - SPHINX
NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY – СФИНКС – THE SPHINX OP.2 NO.11. PIANIST MATTHEW JORYSZ
“Russian pessimism, potently performed by countertenor Hamish McLaren”
“…his tone is not just ‘sweet’ but very focused and distinctive, and his articulation of the Russian texts of these songs is idiomatically forthright, with consonants making their mark.”
Claire Seymour, Opera Today, July 2021.
Read the full Opera Today review here
SERGEI TANEYEV – СТАЛАКТИТЫ – STALACTITES OP.26 NO.6 (1909). PIANIST MATTHEW JORYSZ
ПЕРВАЯ ВСТРЕЧА – THE FIRST MEETING NO.3 – FROM SPANISH SONGS OP.100. PIANIST MATTHEW JORYSZ
Сон – THE DREAM (BARCAROLLE) NO.6 – FROM SPANISH SONGS OP.100. PIANIST MATTHEW JORYSZ
ELENA FIRSOVA – WINTER ELEGY OP.91 (1999) FOR COUNTER-TENOR AND STRING TRIO. TEXT ALEXANDER PUSHKIN. VIOLIN – CLAUDIA FULLER, VIOLA – NATHALIE GREEN-BUCKLEY, CELLO – BEN MICHAELS
Hamish interviewed on the Podcast TOTAL DISSONANCE episode 5
‘In this episode, we welcome our sophomore guest, Hamish McLaren. Hamish is a counter-tenor who studied at the Royal Academy of Music, with (what I’m convinced is) an encyclopedic knowledge of classical music. In this episode, we touch on classical music politics, tanks and dinosaurs. Thanks to Hamish for his wealth of knowledge and general charm, and enjoy the episode!’
