Mark Padmore
Mark Padmore and Jonathan Biss review – Schumann’s agony and ecstasy laid bare
The British tenor and the American pianist are true equals in the service of the composer’s humanity and fragility
Fiona Maddocks
04, Dec, 2021 @12:30 PM
Mark Padmore/Mitsuko Uchida review – Wigmore recital series ends on compelling and sombre note
Padmore and Uchida’s punctilious and austere reading of Schubert’s Winterreise gave this final recital depth and clarity
Martin Kettle
26, Jun, 2020 @4:04 PM
'Glimmer of hope': leading performers return to London's Wigmore Hall
Musicians including Mark Padmore, Mitsuko Uchida, Angela Hewitt and Stephen Hough feature in ‘empty hall’ concert series to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June
Imogen Tilden
11, May, 2020 @11:01 PM
Death in Venice review – Britten's opera dazzles and glows
Mark Padmore’s impressive central performance powers David McVicar’s luxurious if earthbound revival of Britten’s final opera
Erica Jeal
22, Nov, 2019 @1:00 PM
Jonathan Dove: In Damascus, etc CD review – beauty in its restraint
Kate Molleson
08, Jun, 2017 @5:30 PM
Biss/Padmore review – elegance and intensity in compelling Schubert
Jonathan Biss and Mark Padmore brought coherence and poignancy to Schubert’s late works
Tim Ashley
03, May, 2017 @12:44 PM
St John Passion review – Britten Sinfonia deliver no sermons, but plenty of feeling
Mark Padmore resurrected the role of Evangelist in an experimental staging of Bach’s choral masterpiece that included compelling readings by Simon Russell Beale
George Hall
16, Apr, 2017 @1:24 PM
A Passion for Bach: why the St John belongs on the live stage at Easter
You may have heard the St John Passion – but how often have you actually listened to it? Tenor Mark Padmore explains how TS Eliot and the John Gospel are bringing its sacred meaning back to life
Mark Padmore
07, Apr, 2017 @1:01 PM
Sacconi Quartet/Padmore review – a terrible tragedy, beautifully expressed
The Sacconi Quartet played Jonathan Dove’s new setting of words by the Syrian poet Ali Safar – a profound example of music’s capacity to turn pain into art
George Hall
14, Jul, 2016 @10:22 AM
Mark Padmore/Paul Lewis review – passion and intoxication let rip
This lieder recital of Heine and Goethe set to Schumann and Schubert allowed the tenor and pianist to surge with and cede to the poets’ bliss and longing
Rian Evans
10, Jan, 2016 @3:48 PM
Padmore/Vignoles review – scrupulous musicianship and genuine insight
An outstanding programme of Schubert and Britten showed tenor Mark Padmore and pianist Roger Vignoles at their best
George Hall
18, Jun, 2015 @11:51 AM
Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart: An die ferne Geliebte CD review – clarity and brio from Padmore and Bezuidenhout
Beethoven’s only song cycle is the centrepiece of this engaging recital
Fiona Maddocks
03, May, 2015 @6:59 AM
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