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Benjamin Appl - Baritone

Wigmore Hall, 15-Jun-2024 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 14-Sep-2023 / 19:30

Queen Elizabeth Hall, 19-Mar-2023 / 19:30

Royal Albert Hall, 17-Aug-2022 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 18-Feb-2022 / 19:30

Favourite pieces

Schubert's Der entsühnte Orest D699 and Freiwilliges Versinken D700 performed in 2018 (October) and 2016 (March).

Schubert's Prometheus D674, Strophe aus Die Götter Griechenlands D677 and An die Leier D737 performed in 2018 (October) and 2015 (March).

Schumann's Frühlingsfahrt No. 2 from Romanzen und Balladen Vol. I Op. 45 performed in 2021 (June) and 2016 (January, 4).

Wigmore Hall, 19-Jun-2021 / 19:30

Recital with James Baillieu

  • Duparc: L'invitation au voyage
  • Ernst Krenek: No. 1 Motive (Motiv) from Reisebuch aus den österreichischen Alpen Op. 62
  • Schumann:
    • Ins Freie No. 5 from Sechs Gesänge Op. 89
    • In der Fremde No. 1 from Liederkreis Op. 39
  • Wolf, Vaughan Williams, Berg, Schubert

Wigmore Hall, 12-Apr-2021 / 13:00

  • Mauricio Kagel: Hebrew from Der Turm zu Babel

Mr. Appl performed in John Blows' Venus and Adonis on the 12th of March 2020 at the Wigmore Hall. Please see Anna Dennis for further details.

Benjamin Appl performed at the Wigmore Hall on the 1st of February 2020 in a concert also featuring soprano Fatma Said, mezzo-soprano Catriona Morison, tenor Alessandro Fisher, clarinetists Katherine Spencer, violaist Eivind Ringstad and pianist Joseph Middleton.

Milton Court Concert Hall, 19-Jan-2020 / 19:30

  • Bach:
    • ‘Willkommen, werter Schatz!’ from Schwingt Freudig euch empor BWV36
    • Ich habe genug BWV82
    • Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen BWV56
    • St Matthew Passion:
      • ‘Am Abend, da es kühle war’
      • ‘Mache dich, mein Herze, rein’
    • Jerusalem BWV159:
      • ‘Es ist vollbracht’
      • 'Jesu deine Passion'
  • Academy of Ancient Music
  • Masato Suzuki - Director
  • Benjamin Appl

He performed the role of Guiglielmo in Mozart's Così fan tutte with The Mozartists on the 6th of November 2019 at the Cadogan Hall.

And he sang Schumann's Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt, Wer nie sein Brot mit Tränen ass and An die Türen will ich schleichen from Lieder und Gesänge aus Wilhelm Meister Op. 98a and Mendelssohn's An die Entfernte Op. 71 No. 3, Schilflied Op. 71 No. 4 and Frühlingslied Op. 47 No. 3 and Zelter's Einsamkeit (Harfenspieler I), Harfenspieler II and Klage on the 16th of September 2019 with Kristian Bezuidenhout on the fortepiano at the Wigmore Hall.

Wigmore Hall, 14-Sep-2019 / 19:00

  • Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte Op. 98
  • Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters'

Wigmore Hall, 18-Feb-2019 / 19:30

Recital with soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Iain Burnside

Royal Festival Hall, 30-Jan-2019 / 19:30

Wigmore Hall, 24-Jan-2019 / 19:30

His 1st solo album 'Heimat' won the Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Best Lieder Singer award at the Académie du Disque Lyrique Orphées d’Or in 2018.

Royal Albert Hall, 21-Dec-2018 (2 performances)

Handel: Messiah

  • Anna Devin - Soprano, Anna Harvey - Mezzo, Nick Pritchard - Tenor, Benjamin Appl - Bass, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Maxim Emelyanychev - Conductor

Wigmore Hall, 11-Oct-2018 / 19:30

Recital with pianist Graham Johnson

  • Schubert:
    • Orest auf Tauris D548
    • Der zürnenden Diana D707
    • Amphiaraos D166
    • Atys D585
    • Lied des Orpheus, als er in die Hölle ging D474
    • Fahrt zum Hades D526
  • Faure: Lydia Op. 4 No. 2
  • Duparc: Phidylé
  • Debussy:
    • Le faune from Fêtes galantes Book II
    • La chevelure from Chansons de Bilitis
  • Emmanuel Chabrier: L'île heureuse
  • Butterworth: Look not in my eyes from 6 Songs from A Shropshire Lad
  • Warlock: Heraclitus
  • Lennox Berkeley: To Aster and Spring Song from 3 Greek Songs Op. 38
  • Britten: Sokrates und Alcibiades Op. 61 No. 3

Wigmore Hall, 26-Oct-2017 / 19:30

Recital with pianist Graham Johnson

Benjamin Appl:

Wigmore Hall, 18-Jul-2016 / 19:30

He became the Gramophone Young Artist of the Year in 2016.

Wigmore Hall, 6-Mar-2016

An all Schubert song recital with pianist Graham Johnson

  • Adelaide D95
  • Lied aus der Ferne D107
  • An Emma D113
  • Abschied D475
  • Die Mutter Erde D788
  • Der Einsame D800
  • Lied des gefangenen Jägers D843
  • Fülle der Liebe D854
  • Sehnsucht D879
  • Trinklied D888
  • An Silvia D891
  • An die Laute D905
  • Jägers Liebeslied D909
  • Herbst D945

Wigmore Hall, 6-Jan-2016

Wigmore Hall, 4-Jan-2016

Recital with pianist Graham Johnson

Milton Court Concert Hall, 29-Oct-2015

Recital with pianist James Baillieu

Mr. Appl performed in Orff's Carmina burana together with the BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Keith Lockhart, the Southend Boys’ Choir, the Southend Girls’ Choir, the BBC Symphony Chorus and the London Philharmonic Choir in the Royal Albert Hall on the 6th of September 2015.

Mr Appl made his BBC Proms debut on the 1st of September 2015 in a concert with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

St John's Smith Square, 16-Jun-2015

Bach: St Matthew Passion

Mr. Appl was a BBC New Generation Artist between 2014 and 2016.

He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London.

Wigmore Hall, 27-Mar-2015

An all Schubert song recital with pianist Graham Johnson

  • Am Bach im Frühling D361
  • Der Wanderer an den Mond D870
  • Im Freien D880
  • Geheimes D719
  • Wandrers Nachtlied D768
  • An den Mond D259
  • Das Lied im Grünen D917
  • Fischerweise D881
  • Verklärung D59
  • An den Tod D518
  • Der Zwerg D771
  • Gruppe aus dem Tartarus D583
  • Memnon D541
  • Alinde D904
  • Der Kampf D594
  • Die Gebüsche D646
  • Nachtstück D672
  • Im Abendrot D799

Wigmore Hall, 3-Jan-2014