Artists

Andrew Hamilton baritone
Joseph Middleton piano 

Baritone Andrew Hamilton brings his distinctive warmth, agility, and expressive range to Leeds Song for the first time, alongside Director Joseph Middleton.

A BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist and former member of the Bayerische Staatsoper Ensemble, Andrew enters a landmark year as he joins the Staatsoper Hamburg and continues to build a reputation that critics describe as “powerful”, “naturally engaging”, and marked by “an astonishing wealth of expression.”

At the heart of this programme lies Schumann’s Dichterliebe, one of the defining cycles of the Romantic repertoire, before opening into a distinctly British landscape: Britten’s folksong arrangements, with their clarity, wit, and luminous simplicity, sit alongside songs by Novello and Coates, whose charm and melodic ease bring a lighter, nostalgic counterbalance.

This combination of cornerstone repertoire and characterful British song highlights Andrew’s versatility and his instinct for programmes that feel both intimate and inviting. For audiences, it offers the chance to hear a rising baritone at a moment of exciting artistic momentum, bringing familiar music into fresh focus with sincerity, colour, and unmistakable presence.

Programme

Robert Schumann 
Dichterliebe  

Benjamin Britten
Selection of folksongs  

Other songs by Eric Coates and Ivor Novello