| Christopher Sheldrake, Bass-Baritone, was born in Leicester. He was a Junior Exhibitioner at the Royal Academy of Music, a graduate of the Royal College of Music where he studied with Edward Brookes, and a Lay Clerk at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. He has studied with Quentin Hayes and has been a Vicar Choral at Wells Cathedral. |
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| Christopher has sung with the Musicke Company, with whom he made his Wigmore Hall debut, European Voices and the Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh. Highlights include Mozart's C Minor Mass in Athens, Madrid and Innsbruck, Handel's Belshazzar in Paris, Lyon and Zurich and Schoenberg's Gurrelieder conducted by Sir Simon Rattle at the Proms. |
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| Solo performances include most of the mainstream oratorios: Bach's Weinachts Oratorium (Wells Cathedral), Johannes Passion (Tilford Bach Festival), St. Mathew Passion (conducted by Sir David Willcocks at the memorial concert for Sir Keith Faulkner, Royal College of Music), Monteverdi Vespers (Truro Cathedral), Messiah (St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh), Mozart's Requiem with the London Mozart Players (Madrid, Segovia) and Verdi's Requiem (Downside Abbey). |
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| Operatic credits include Mars, God of War in Boyce's The Secular Masque (London Handel Festival) and The Voice of God in Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde (Royal Albert Hall). Christopher performed the world premiere of And the Music Played On by Hungki-Joo (Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival), Stanley Glasser's Ezra (St. George's Chapel, Windsor) and the British premiere of John Joubert's Three Faces of Love (Windsor Fringe Festival). |
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| Christopher has been involved in many recordings with labels such as Hyperion, Priory, and Lammas. Recent recordings with Deutsche Grammophon's Archiv label include Biber's F Minor Requiem and C Minor Mass, Mozart for the Gabrieli Consort and Players. |
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| Christopher Sheldrake, Bass-Baritone, was born in Leicester. He was a Junior Exhibitioner at the Royal Academy of Music, a graduate of the Royal College of Music where he studied with Edward Brookes, and a Lay Clerk at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. He has studied with Quentin Hayes and has been a Vicar Choral at Wells Cathedral. |
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| Christopher has sung with the Musicke Company, with whom he made his Wigmore Hall debut, European Voices and the Gabrieli Consort under Paul McCreesh. Highlights include Mozart's C Minor Mass in Athens, Madrid and Innsbruck, Handel's Belshazzar in Paris, Lyon and Zurich and Schoenberg's Gurrelieder conducted by Sir Simon Rattle at the Proms. |
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| Solo performances include most of the mainstream oratorios: Bach's Weinachts Oratorium (Wells Cathedral), Johannes Passion (Tilford Bach Festival), St. Mathew Passion (conducted by Sir David Willcocks at the memorial concert for Sir Keith Faulkner, Royal College of Music), Monteverdi Vespers (Truro Cathedral), Messiah (St. Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh), Mozart's Requiem with the London Mozart Players (Madrid, Segovia) and Verdi's Requiem (Downside Abbey). |
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| Operatic credits include Mars, God of War in Boyce's The Secular Masque (London Handel Festival) and The Voice of God in Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde (Royal Albert Hall). Christopher performed the world premiere of And the Music Played On by Hungki-Joo (Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival), Stanley Glasser's Ezra (St. George's Chapel, Windsor) and the British premiere of John Joubert's Three Faces of Love (Windsor Fringe Festival). |
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| Christopher has been involved in many recordings with labels such as Hyperion, Priory, and Lammas. Recent recordings with Deutsche Grammophon's Archiv label include Biber's F Minor Requiem and C Minor Mass, Mozart for the Gabrieli Consort and Players. |
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