Favourite pieces
Favourite pieces
Strauss' Cäcilie Op. 27 No. 2 performed in 2023 (February) and 2019 (October, 7) .
Royal Festival Hall, 17-Nov-2022 / 19:30
- Vaughan Williams: The Garden of Proserpine for soprano, chorus & orchestra
Unfortunately, her concert with
Florilegium and The Bach Choir scheduled for the 5th of April 2020 at the Royal Festival Hall was cancelled due to the pandemic.
Royal Albert Hall, 17-Aug-2022 / 19:30
- Nielsen: Symphony No. 3 ‘Sinfonia espansiva’ (39 mins)
Barbican Hall, 11-Mar-2022 / 19:30
- Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic (world premiere, original score live with film)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Martyn Brabbins - Conductor
Wigmore Hall, 3-Jan-2022 / 13:00
- Holst:
- Calm is the morn Op. 16 No. 1
- Persephone Op. 48 No. 1
- Betelgeuse Op. 48 No. 12
- Imogen Holst
Royal Albert Hall, 18-Sep-2021 / 19:30
- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
- Neville Creed - Conductor, Stuart Jackson - Tenor, Renata Pokupic, Jonathan Lemalu, London Philharmonic Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Wigmore Hall, 6-Jun-2021 / 19:30
- Bach: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV51
Wigmore Hall, 7-Mar-2020 / 19:30
- Rossini:
- Songs from Les soirées musicales
- Songs from Péchés de viellesse
- Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D965
She sang:
- > in Mendelssohn's Elijah with contralto Claudia Huckle, tenor Allan Clayton and the BBC Symphony Orchestra and chorus under the baton of Sakari Oramo on the 7th of February 2020 at the Barbican Hall
- > the roles of Angel Gabriel and Blessed Virgin Mary in Elgar's The Apostles at the Royal Festival on the 26th of October 2019. For more details see
Sir Mark Elder.,
- > Strauss' Einerlei Op. 69 No. 3, Meinem Kinde Op. 37 No. 3, Rote Rosen, Liebeshymnus Op. 32 No. 3, Winterweihe Op. 48 No. 4,
Die Nacht Op. 10 No. 3, Berg's 7 frühe Lieder, Chaminade's Ronde d'amour, L'anneau d'argent and further works by Rachmaninov and Rimsky-Korsakov on the
7th of October 2019..
Royal Albert Hall, 13-Sep-2019 / 19:30
- Beethoven: Concert aria ‘Ah! perfido’
- Beethoven: ‘Abscheulicher! … Komm, Hoffnung, lass den letzten Stern’ from Fidelio
- Elizabeth Watts
- NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover
- Andrew Manze - Conductor
Elizabeth Watts was replaced by Giselle Allen for a concert in the Royal Festival Hall with The Bach Choir on the 8th of November 2018,
She performed in:
- > Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at the Royal Festival Hall on the 11th of November 2018. See Marin Alsop for more details,
- > Rossini's Petite messe solennelle with Luca Pisaroni, contralto Sara Mingardo, tenor Kenneth Tarver, the London Philharmonic Choir and the London Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Gustavo Gimeno at the Royal Festival Hall on the 27th of October 2018
- > Britten's Spring Symphony with Alice Coote and the London Symphony Orchestra being conducted by Sir Simon Rattle at the Barbican Hall on the 16th and 18th of September 2018.
Royal Albert Hall, 18-Aug-2018 / 19:30
Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges (sung in French)
- London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle - Conductor
- Magdalena Kožená - Mezzo-soprano, Patricia Bardon as Mother and Shepherd and Dragonfly, Jane Archibald as Fire and Nightingale and Princess, Anna Stéphany as Chair and White Cat and Chinese Cup and Squirrel, Elizabeth Watts as Shepherdess and Bat and Owl, Gavan Ring as Grandfather Clock and Black Cat
Royal Albert Hall, 24-Jul-2018 / 19:30
- Schubert:
- Die junge Nonne
- Gretchen am Spinnrade
- Lied der Mignon
- Erlkönig
- Elizabeth Watts
- Louis Lortie
- BBC Philharmonic
- John Storgårds - Conductor
Wigmore Hall, 28-Jun-2018 / 19:30
Wolf: Italienisches Liederbuch
Royal Festival Hall, 18-Mar-2018 / 11:00
Bach: St Matthew Passion (performed in English)
- Florilegium, The Bach Choir, David Hill - Conductor, Ed Lyon as Evangelist, Mark Stone as Christ, Elizabeth Watts, Jennifer Johnston - Mezzo-soprano, Nicky Spence - Tenor, Brindley Sherratt - Bass
The BBC Proms debut of Elizabeth Watts came in the performance listed below.
Royal Albert Hall, 18-Aug-2017 / 19:30
Mahler: Symphony No 2 (Resurrection)
- BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo - Conductor, The Bach Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus, Elizabeth Watts, Elisabeth Kulman - Mezzo-soprano
Wigmore Hall, 29-Jul-2017 / 19:00
- Schubert:
- Viel tausend Sterne prangen D642
- Klaglied D23
- Trost in Tränen D120
- Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben D168
- Jesus Christus unser Heiland (Osterlied) D168a
- Das Mädchen von Inistore
- Nur wer die Liebe kennt (fragment) D513a
- Purcell:
- Z583 (arr. Sir Michael Tippett/Walter Bergmann)
- If music be the food of love Z379c
- William Croft: A Hymn on Divine Musick (realised by Britten)
- Elizabeth Watts, Mary Bevan, Eleanor Dennis, Ruby Hughes, Gemma Summerfield - Sopranos
- Tara Erraught, Anna Huntley, Kathryn Rudge, Kitty Whately - Mezzos
- Benjamin Hulett
- Nick Pritchard - Tenor, Nicky Spence - Tenor, Robin Tritschler - Tenor
- Benjamin Appl
- Marcus Farnsworth - Baritone
- Gavan Ring - Baritone, Milan Siljanov - Bass-baritone
On the 4th of June 2017 she sang with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Rodolfus Choir and Philharmonia Voices in both Duruflé's and Fauré's Requiem at the Royal Festival Hall.
Elizabeth Watts withdrew from her planned Schubert recital at the Wigmore Hall for the 19th of July 2017 due to her pregnancy.
Wigmore Hall, 2-Feb-2017 / 19:30
An all Schubert song recital with pianist Malcolm Martineau
- Nähe des Geliebten D162
- Vergebliche Liebe D177
- Liebe schwärmt auf allen Wegen
- Das Rosenband D280
- Lambertine D301
- Die verfehlte Stunde D409
- Gott im Frühlinge D448
- Aus Diego Manazares D458
- Pflicht und Liebe D467
- Der Sänger am Felsen D482
- Die Blumensprache D519
- La pastorella al prato D528
- Heiss mich nicht reden D726
- So lasst mich scheinen D727
- Der Blumen Schmerz D731
- Nachtviolen D752
- Du bist die Ruh D776
- Auf dem Wasser zu singen D774
- Im Frühling D882
- Über Wildemann D884
- Heimliches Lieben D922
- Frühlingslied D919
Elizabeth Watts made her BBC Proms at Greenwich debut on the 6th of August 2016 at The Chapel, Old Royal Naval College in Rossini's Petite messe solennelle.
Royal Albert Hall, 9-Oct-2016
Beethoven: Symphony No.9
- Elizabeth Watts, Gwyn Hughes Jones - Tenor, David Soar - Baritone, London Philharmonic Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gareth Hancock - Conductor
Wigmore Hall, 21-Jul-2016
Recital with painist Roger Vignoles
- Louis Vierne: Beaux papillons blancs Op. 11 No. 1
- Edouard Lalo: L’esclave from 3 mélodies
- Charles Gounod: La chanson du pêcheur
- Bizet: Absence Op. 21 No. 13
- Henri Duparc: Lamento
- Reynaldo Hahn: Infidélité
- Ernest Chausson: La caravane Op. 14
- Debussy:
- Les papillons
- Coquetterie posthume
- Séguidille
- Manuel de Falla:
- Les colombes
- Chinoiserie
- Séguidille
- Berlioz: Les nuits d'été
Elizabeth Watts performed:
- > in A Pastoral Symphony by Vaughan Williams on the 28th April 2016. See Mark Elder for more concert details.
- > with pianist Julius Drake on the 26th October 2015 in a lunch time recital at the Wigmore Hall,
- > sang at Roger Vignoles 70th Birthday Concert on the 11th July 2015 at the Wigmore Hall.
Royal Festival Hall, 30-Mar-2015
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
- Orchestra Vitae, Neil Ferris - Conductor, Elizabeth Watts, Jacques Imbrailo - Baritone, Wimbledon Choral Society, East London Chorus
Elizabeth Watts performed in Bach's St Matthew Passion's on the 29th of March 2015. See Ben Johnson for details.
Royal Albert Hall, 14-Dec-2014
Handel: Messiah
- Goldsmiths Choral Union, English Concert Chorus, Highgate Choral Society, Elizabeth Watts, Allan Clayton - Tenor, Brian Wright - Conductor, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Milton Court Concert Hall, 9-Nov-2014 / 19:30
Recital with The English Concert and Laurence Cummings as Harpsichordist and Director
- Scarlatti:
- Se geloso e il mio core from Endimione e Cinta; Ergiti, amor Scipione nella Spagne from Sussurrando il venticello Tigrane; Figlio, tiranno! from Griselda
- Qui, dove al germogliar... Torbido, irato from Erminia
- Con voce festiva; Nacque, col Gran Messia from Nacque, col Gran Messia; Ombre opache from Correa nel seno amato
- Mentre io godo in dolce oblio (Il giardino di rose) from Oratorio la Santissima Vergine
- D'amor l'accesa face from Venere, amore e ragione
- Esci Omai from Mitridate Eupatore
- From A battaglia:
Elizabeth Watts is one of the vocalists on a CPE Bach recording that won the Baroque Vocal gramophone award in 2014 with Hans-Christoph Rademann directing the
Akademie für Alte Musik.
Elizabeth Watts sang:
Royal Albert Hall, 2-Sep-2010 / 22:00
In 2007 Elizabeth Watts won the Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition.