Sensational countertenor Bejun Mehta returns to the Festival with long term collaborator Julius Drake for this concert of works by Purcell, Haydn, Beethoven's only song cycle An die ferne Geliebte and a host of romantic English songs by Vaughan Williams, Berkeley, Warlock, Howells and Gurney.

‘A ballsy, risk-taking singer, he flings coloratura about like weaponry and pushes himself to his limits in his quest for musical and dramatic expression. You are conscious of being in the presence of greatness.' (The Guardian)

‘what of the voice? ...with a rich, bright, voluptuous tone, and a brilliant breath control; it's big too, capable of thrilling power' (Opera)

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