James Taylor

Guest Artist

James Taylor is one of the most sought-after oratorio singers of his generation, appearing worldwide with many renowned conductors and touring extensively with Helmuth Rilling. Guest appearances have included concerts with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Concentus Musicus of Vienna, Toronto Symphony, Tafelmusik, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke's, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Los Angeles Symphony, Houston Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and the San Francisco Symphony. Recent engagements include performances of Mozart's Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots with Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Salzburg, four performances of Bach's St. Matthew Passion with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Kurt Masur, and a tour of Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. His more than thirty-five professional recordings on CD include Dvořák's Stabat Mater, Mendelssohn's Paulus and Elijah, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Handel's Messiah, Bach's B Minor Mass and Christmas Oratorio, and the songs of John Duke. A recording of Scottish and Welsh songs by Franz Josef Haydn, with Donald Sulzen and the Munich Piano Trio, has recently been released. He is an associate professor of voice and adviser to the Program in Voice: Early Music, Oratorio, and Chamber Ensemble for the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale School of Music.

At the 2010 OBF

Bach and Brahms
40th Anniversary Gala Concert
At Home with the Schumanns
Elijah-Portland
Elijah-Eugene

SEARCH THE SITE:

BACH ALERTS: