Katharine Fuge grew up on the Channel Island of Jersey, and moved to London to study music at City University. She excels in the music of J. S. Bach, performing the B Minor Mass, the St John Passionand the Christmas Oratoriowith the English Baroque Soloists, Cantataswith the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and the Ricercar Consort, the Christmas Oratoriowith the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and the Real Filharmonia de Galicia, Jauchzet Gottwith the Akademie für Alte Musik, the St John Passionwith the Gabrieli Consort & Players and Le Concert Lorrain and the St Matthew Passionwith the Netherlands Bach Society.
Other highlights have included Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Orchestre des Champs Élysées and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique,Peer Gynt with the Basel Chamber Orchestra, Athalia at the Göttingen Festival, Belshazzar with the Akademie für Alte Musik, L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato with the Freiburger Baroque Orchestra, Israel in Egyptwith Arsys Bourgogne, Haydn Harmonie-Messe with the Orchestra of Radio France conducted by Ton Koopman,the Nelson Mass at the Winchester Festival, Die Schöpfung at the Tage Alter Musik, Regensburg and with the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Elijah with the Regensburger Domspatzen, Monteverdi Vespers 1610 with Collegium Vocale Gent and Currende, Mozart Mass in C Minor with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Carmina Burana and the première of Carl Rütti’s Requiem with the Bach Choir, Poulenc Gloria with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, A Rameau Spectacular at the BBC Proms and the Opening Concert of the 2009 EARLYMUSIC Festival, St Petersburg. Conductors with whom she has worked include Frieder Bernius, Harry Christophers, Marcus Creed, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, David Hill, Ton Koopman, Paul McCreesh, Erik van Nevel, Sir Roger Norrington, Philippe Pierlot, Hans-Christoph Rademann and Daniel Reuss.
Her recordings include assorted Cantatas from Sir John Eliot Gardiner’s Bach Cantata Pilgrimage on DG Archiv and SDG, Bach Actus Tragicus, Aus der Tiefe and Tombeau de Sa Majesté la Reine de Pologne with Philippe Pierlot and the Ricercar Consort for Mirare (this last a GRAMOPHONE Editor’s Choice for September 2007), Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Vivaldi’s Gloria for Philips Classics, Messiah with Musica Florea Prague for Feldgen and Late Night Sessions – Live at the Edinburgh International Festival with Concerto Caledonia for Delphian CD. Most recently released are Welt, gute Nacht (music by J. C. Bach), the St John Passion and the Brahms Requiem with Sir John Eliot Gardiner on SDG.
Recent and current highlights include the B Minor Mass with Arsys Bourgogne, Ich habe genug and Jauchzet Gott with Florilegium, the St John Passion with the Orchestra of the 18th Century, the St Matthew Passion and Pergolesi Stabat Mater with the North Netherlands Orchestra, The Seasons with the Nagoya Symphony Orchestra, Mozart Mass in C Minor with Musica Saeculorum, the Mozart Requiem with the Academy of Ancient Music, the City of London Sinfonia and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Scarlatti Su le sponde del Tebro on tour with the Israel Camerata and her debut with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
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