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Praise for Adriatic Voyage: Seventeenth-century music from Venice to Dalmatia
“… the bracing vigour of bass Edmund Saddington.”
BBC Music Magazine, 2022
“I am especially impressed by the performances of the bass Edmund Saddington… don’t miss this disc.”
Music Web International, 2023
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“… the long pause is magnificent when Christ, beautifully sung by Edmund Saddington, remains silent on all false accusations.”
De Vierklank (NL), 2023
“Edmund Saddington revealed a smooth and even tonal quality which never flagged.”
Edinburgh Music Review, 2021
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British baritone Edmund Saddington performs as a concert soloist across the UK and Europe with numerous international ensembles.
In the UK he has made solo appearances with Gabrieli Consort and Players, Instruments of Time and Truth, Mahogany Opera, Hanover Band, London Mozart Players, Spiritato, and Illyria Consort. In the Netherlands he has performed solos with the National Symfonisch Kamerorkest, Nederlands Begeleidingsorkest, Florilegium Musicum, Het Promenade Orkest, Dudok Koor en Orkest, and in Poland with Orkiestra Historyczna. He has recently collaborated with conductors including Paul McCreesh, David Hill, Edward Higginbottom, Malcolm Archer and David Gibson.
Recent solo concerts have included solo-voice motets by Couperin with Instruments of Time and Truth, Bach’s St. Matthew and St. John Passion across the Netherlands, Bach’s St. Mark Passion in Ipswich, Handel’s Messiah in Eton College Chapel, the world premiere of Janet Wheeler’s cantata for solo soprano, solo baritone and choir The Measure of a Tree in Saffron Hall, and Fauré Requiem in Sherborne Abbey.
An experienced consort singer, Edmund records and performs regularly with many of the UK and Europe’s finest vocal ensembles, including The Monteverdi Choir, The Sixteen, ORA Singers, Gabrieli Consort, London Voices, and Collegium Vocale Gent. He is co-founder of the baroque ensemble Apollo of the Arts.
Edmund began his musical career as a chorister in the cathedral choir of Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire, and studied for an undergraduate degree at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in London. He continues his vocal studies with Gary Coward.
Please do not copy this biography. Contact Edmund directly for an up-to-date version.
[photo credit: Ben Durrant – www.bendurrantphoto.co.uk]