Mr. Bagby comes as close to holding hundreds of people in a spell as ever a man has... That is much too rare an experience in theater. — The New York Times » High-resolution photo
›› Interview with Benjamin Bagby on WNYC, New York Public Radio
Forthcoming Performances
November 19, 2011
INVOCATION - International Vocal Night
Köln (Germany): Kartäuserkirche, Kartäusergasse 7a
24h (!) Heroes and Villains
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Benjamin Bagby's "Beowulf"- (Excerpt 50 mins.)
with video titles in German
preceded by:
20h - Experimental Choirs
- kosmosVokalensemble (Cologne)
- Experimentalchor Alte Stimmen (Cologne)
- Phil Minton´s Feral Choir Cologne
22h - Voice Extensions
- Maja Ratkje (Oslo)
- Phil Minton/Maggie Nicols/Isabelle Duthoit/Dylan Nyoukis
- London/Paris/Brighton)
Tickets: 10.- EUR/concert; 20.-/15.-/festival ticket
November 30, 2011
Basel (Schweiz): Museum Tinguely, 20h
video titles in German
February 23, 2012
Washington D.C. (USA)
Georgetown University (details to be announced)
video titles in English
Some Recent Performances
October 8, 2011: Konstanz (D), Archäologisches Museum Baden-Württemberg – 'Hildebrandslied, Heliand und Beowulf'
September 2, 2011: Wratislava Cantans Festival / Poland
September 29, 2011: Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, CA / USA
October 4, 2011: Wake Forest University, Winston- Salem, North Carolina / USA
August 27, 2011: Fränkischer Sommer / Germany
November 20, 2010: London, British Library
October 22, 2010: California University of Pennsylvannia, California, PA
October 26, 27, 29 and 30, 2010: Cal Performances, Zellerbach Theater, Berkeley, CA
November 4, 2010: Chesterton, Maryland, Washington College, Decker Hall
November 5, 2010: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
July 16, 2010: Madison Early Music Festival, Mills Concert Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
July 21, 2010: Tanglewood Music Festival, Ozawa Hall, Lenox, MA
25-28 October, 2009: London, UK, British Library: Beowulf 1000: A Celebration of a Heroic Poem
A four-day celebration of the magnificent Anglo-Saxon epic in performance, readings, discussion, family events and workshops, tohether with a new display of the unique surviving manuscript.
- 25/10/09: performance (London, British Library)
- 26/10/09: performance (London, BL)
- 27/10/09: round table discussion with poet Seamus Heaney (London, BL)
- 28/10/09: performance (London, BL)
September 6, 2009: Vokalmusik entlang der Romanischen Straße, Germany
(For details, consult www.kultursommer.de)
June 18, 2009: Ancona, Italy
Presenter: Cantar Lontano Festival, organized by E lucevan le stelle
Venue: Abbazia di Sant'Elena
www.cantarlontano.com, www.elucevanlestelle.com, www.youtube.com/cantarlontano
July 21, 2009: Vendôme, France, 21h00
Presenter: Le CliO (Conservatoire contemporain de Littérature Orale)
Quartier Rochambeau, 41100 Vendôme, France, Tél. 02 54 72 26 76
www.clio.org
November 10, 2008, 8:00 – Hanover, NH
Rollins Chapel
Dartmouth College
November 1, 2008, 8:00 – Vancouver, BC
UBC Recital Hall
www.earlymusic.bc.ca
March 8, 2009, 1:00 – New York, NY
The Cloisters
February 28, 2009, 8:00 – Kansas City, MO
Grace and Holy Trinity Church
www.chambermusic.org
