REGINALD MOBLEY countertenor

GRAMMY-nominated American countertenor Reginald Mobley leads a prolific career on both sides of the Atlantic.

An advocate for diversity in music and its programming, Reginald became the first ever Programming Consultant for the Handel & Haydn Society and is also leading a research project in the UK funded by the AHRC to uncover music by composers from diverse backgrounds. His American 2022/2023 season starts with a solo recital at the Miller Theatre, Carmina Burana with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and concerts with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Early Music Vancouver and Seraphic Fire. Future highlights include his debuts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood Festival, conducted by Andris Nelsons, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and with Orchestre Métropolitain de Montreal conducted by Masaaki Suzuki.

In Europe, Reginald performs with ensembles including the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestras, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Balthasar Neumann Chor & Ensemble, and Holland Baroque Orchestra. In 2022, Reginald debuted with the Dutch Bach Society and I Barocchisti at Opéra de Lausanne under the baton of Diego Fasolis as Disinganno in Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, as well as at the Barbican Centre with Academy of Ancient Music and Laurence Cummings. In autumn 2021, he performed Ottone in L’incoronazione di Poppea in a European tour with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.

JONATHAN HANLEY tenor NICK PRITCHARD tenor

Jonathan is a British tenor working as both a soloist and ensemble singer, with a particular interest in Baroque vocal music. A history graduate from the University of York, Jonathan has since been a member of the Genesis Sixteen (2016/2017) and a Monteverdi Choir Apprentice (2018/2019).

He has recently performed as a soloist in Bach Cantata 106, Schütz Musikalsiche

Exequien, Carissimi Jepthe and Mendelssohn

Die Erste Walpurgisnacht (Haus für Mozart, Salzburg), with the Monteverdi Choir; Bach St Matthew Passion (Cadogan Hall); and Britten St Nicolas (York Minster). Jonathan also enjoys performing English song and lieder, most recently performing recitals of song devoted to the music of Finzi, Britten and Raymond Yui, and Schumann Liederkreis (Op. 39) interspersed with Britten folksongs, both accompanied by pianist Gavin Roberts. Jonathan is a member of the awardwinning vocal ensemble Stile Antico, as well as Sansara and the Monteverdi Choir, and performs regularly with other vocal ensembles such as Tenebrae, the English Concert and the Sixteen. He has appeared on discs with Stile Antico, the Monteverdi Choir, Sansara and the Sixteen.

Highlights in 2023 include tours of B minor Mass with the Monteverdi Choir, and Buxtehude Jesu Membra Nostri in the York Early Music Festival with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, alongside a busy international schedule with Stile Antico.

Nick Pritchard was an inaugural member of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s (OAE) ’Rising Stars’ scheme and is a Samling artist. Described as a ‘Masterly Evangelist’ in The Guardian he has sung the role in Bach’s St John and Matthew Passions around the world. His recording of the St John Passion on Deutsche Gramophon was recently nominated for a Grammy Award. He has appeared with groups including Concerto Köln, Les Talens Lyriques, Les Violons du Roy, English Concert, Early Opera Company, Philharmonia Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, La Nuova Musica at the BBC Proms, L’Orchestre de Chambre de Paris and Academy of Ancient Music.

Operatic roles include Oronte Alcina at Opera North, Lysander A Midsummer Night’s Dream Aldeburgh Festival, Tamino Die Zauberflöte Glyndebourne on Tour, Amphinomus The Return of Ulysses Royal Opera House and Purcell’s The Indian Queen at Opéra de Lille and Théâtre de Caen, Opera Vlaandern and Grand Theatre Luxembourg (under Emmanuelle Haïm).

Alex Ashworth

bass-baritone

Bass-baritone Alex Ashworth studied at the Royal Academy of Music and has sung with opera houses including Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Welsh National Opera and Scottish Opera. Abroad he has performed for the Opéra Comique in Paris, Opéra de Lille and the Icelandic Opera.

Alex sings regularly on the concert platform and has worked as a soloist for conductors including Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Sir Colin Davis and Paul McCreesh. Recent appearances include the UK première, with the Classical Opera Company, of Telemann’s Orfeo as Pluto, Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the Hallé Orchestra, Messiah with the CBSO and City of Birmingham Choir in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, a tour of Australia with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and performances of Brahms’ Requiem in China.

Alex’s recordings include Œdipus Rex, Stravinsky, with the London Symphony Orchestra, Monteverdi Vespers with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Bach’s B Minor Mass for Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists and Handel’s Giulio Cesare for Glyndebourne Festival Opera (DVD).

Recent engagements include Œdipus Rex with the Berlin Philharmonic, St Matthew Passion on tour across Europe and Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem for the Three Choirs Festival.