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Ben Alden
Representation: General Management
Ben studied Modern Languages at Durham University before embarking on Postgraduate Vocal studies as an ABRSM scholar at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. He studied under Peter Alexander Wilson and also worked with Malcolm Martineau, Ann Murray and Philip Langridge.
Ben currently combines his freelance singing with a Lay Clerkship at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. As an accomplished ensemble singer, he works regularly with the Monteverdi Choir under Sir John Eliot Gardiner, the BBC Singers, Tenebrae, Polyphony, The Sixteen and Dunedin Consort. In addition he is a member of male-voice consorts Quintessential Voices and Liedertafel. He appears frequently on CD and in television and radio broadcasts, including the BBC Proms. Engagements have taken him abroad throughout Europe, the Isle of Man and the U.S.A. and he has appeared on stage in the Salle Pleyel, Paris and The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
As a recitalist Ben has an extensive repertoire of Lieder, French song and English song. His performances include Britten Canticle III, Ireland The Land of Lost Content and Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge.
With a repertoire spanning over a millennium, Ben enjoys a varied career on the concert platform. His repertoire includes Mozart C Minor Mass with Leeds Festival Chorus, Bach St Matthew Passion and Christmas Oratorio in Durham Cathedral, Mass in B Minor for the Edinburgh Fringe, St John Passion in Durham and Dunblane Cathedrals and Magnificat in Inverness Cathedral, Messiah with the London Handel Orchestra in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, Carissimi Jephte, Cavalieri Rappresentatione de Animo e di Corpo, Zelenka’s Lamentations, Elgar The Kingdom, Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle, Britten St Nicolas, Stainer Crucifixion, Haydn Nelson Mass and Harmoniemesse.
Recent and future engagements include Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music for Windsor Festival, Stainer Crucifixion in Sandjefjord, Norway, Mozart Requiem, Monteverdi 1610 Vespers, Bach Mass in B Minor, Swayne Stabat Mater and Handel Messiah.
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