- FORTHCOMING
04/04/20 - CANCELLED
'Looking Ahead'
panel with OS, Ceri Owen, Stephen Banfield and James Murphy
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 10am
(The Ludlow English Song Weekend)
05/04/20 - CANCELLED
The RPS Conversation: Storytelling
Oliver Soden in conversation with Katy Hamilton
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 12.00pm
(The Ludlow English Song Weekend)
07/05/20 - CANCELLED
Park Lane Group, Roberto Gerhard Commemoration
In conversation with Thomas Hyde
St James's, Piccadilly, 6.30pm
27/06/20 - CANCELLED
Pre-performance talk: "Allan Clayton and Friends" - Priaulx Rainier
Aldeburgh Festival 2020
Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape, 2pm
15/10/20
Michael Tippett: The Biography - paperback release
Order here.
24/09/20
Jeoffry the Poet's Cat: A Biography - publication
The History Press
RECENT EVENTS
29/02/20
Chilterns Arts Festival: Oliver Soden on Michael Tippett
5pm, St Mary-le-More Church, Wallingford
Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8DW
17/02/20
Oliver Soden in conversation with David Cairns
Putney Music, Dryburgh Hall, SW15, 7.45pm
08/02/20
Pre-concert event: London Philharmonic Orchestra, "2020 Vision"
With Timothy Walker
6.15pm, Royal Festival Hall Stage
30/11/19
St Luke's Music Society, Festival Chorus
Pre-concert interview with Antony Lewis-Crosby (A Child of Our Time)
St Luke's Church, Thurleigh Road, SW12, 6.30pm
29/11/19
Reflections on "Tippett and Britten"
The Red House, Aldeburgh, 4.30pm
21/11/19
Headmaster's Lecture
Lancing College, Sussex
20/11/19
Discovery session: Tippett's The Knot Garden - guest speaker
The Red House, Aldeburgh, 11am
31/10/19
Guest Seminar: Oliver Soden on Michael Tippett
Royal College of Music, Recital Hall, 6.15pm
Tickets free but required.
27/09/19
Pre-concert talk: London Philharmonic Orchestra "Isle of Noises" season
with Lucy Walker
Royal Festival Hall stage, 6.15pm
26/09/19
Pre-concert talk: Tippett's A Child of Our Time
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, cond. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 6pm
20/09/19
Guest Seminar: Oliver Soden on Michael Tippett
Royal Academy of Music, 11.30am
20/06/19
Aldeburgh Festival: Film screening and introduction
11am, Aldeburgh Cinema
Michael Tippett: Songs of Experience, dir. Mischa Scorer
17/06/19
Aldeburgh Festival: Aldeburgh voices and Jesse Flowers
4pm, Orford Church
Featuring Tippett's vocal and guitar work
Programme essay by Oliver Soden
15/06/19
Aldeburgh Festival: Barlines by Sarah Gabriel
4pm, The Pumphouse, Aldeburgh
An hour of readings and music focussing on Michael Tippett's
time in Wormwood Scrubs prison during the Second World War
13/06/19
Aldeburgh Festival: Tippett: The Biography - book signing
5pm, The Red House, Aldeburgh
06/06/19
Hay Music: Film screening and talk
From 6pm, Richard Booth's Bookshop Cinema, Hay-on-Wye
Oliver Soden with Mischa Scorer, director of Poets in a Barren Age
23/05/19
Bath Festival: "Michael Tippett in Words and Music"
St Swithin's Church, Bath, 4pm
Oliver Soden in discussion with James Waters,
with a performance of Tippett’s The Heart’s Assurance by Nicholas Mulroy and Alisdair Hogarth.
07/05/19
"Oliver Soden on Michael Tippett"
Browsers Bookshop, Woodbridge, 7.30pm
In conversation with Catherine Larner
03/05/19
Penny Lecture: Michael Tippett, The Biography
Morley College, SE1, 6pm
"Oliver Soden introduces his new biography of composer Michael Tippett
with a lecture illustrated by live performances from Morley College's students and tutors."
26/04/19
Tippett & Britten: Recitals and Readings
4.30pm, The Red House, Aldeburgh
A programme of Britten and Tippett's vocal music, with Ben Vonberg-Clerk and Dylan Perez,
and with a pre-concert talk and readings by Oliver Soden
15/04/19 - 19/04/19
BBC Radio 4: Book of the Week - Michael Tippett: The Biography
Read by Oliver Soden
with Sir Derek Jacobi as Tippett
13/04/19
Music Matters - "Michael Tippett", BBC Radio 3, 11.45am
In conversation with Tom Service
04/04/20 - CANCELLED
'Looking Ahead'
panel with OS, Ceri Owen, Stephen Banfield and James Murphy
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 10am
(The Ludlow English Song Weekend)
05/04/20 - CANCELLED
The RPS Conversation: Storytelling
Oliver Soden in conversation with Katy Hamilton
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 12.00pm
(The Ludlow English Song Weekend)
07/05/20 - CANCELLED
Park Lane Group, Roberto Gerhard Commemoration
In conversation with Thomas Hyde
St James's, Piccadilly, 6.30pm
27/06/20 - CANCELLED
Pre-performance talk: "Allan Clayton and Friends" - Priaulx Rainier
Aldeburgh Festival 2020
Jerwood Kiln Studio, Snape, 2pm
15/10/20
Michael Tippett: The Biography - paperback release
Order here.
24/09/20
Jeoffry the Poet's Cat: A Biography - publication
The History Press
RECENT EVENTS
29/02/20
Chilterns Arts Festival: Oliver Soden on Michael Tippett
5pm, St Mary-le-More Church, Wallingford
Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8DW
17/02/20
Oliver Soden in conversation with David Cairns
Putney Music, Dryburgh Hall, SW15, 7.45pm
08/02/20
Pre-concert event: London Philharmonic Orchestra, "2020 Vision"
With Timothy Walker
6.15pm, Royal Festival Hall Stage
30/11/19
St Luke's Music Society, Festival Chorus
Pre-concert interview with Antony Lewis-Crosby (A Child of Our Time)
St Luke's Church, Thurleigh Road, SW12, 6.30pm
29/11/19
Reflections on "Tippett and Britten"
The Red House, Aldeburgh, 4.30pm
21/11/19
Headmaster's Lecture
Lancing College, Sussex
20/11/19
Discovery session: Tippett's The Knot Garden - guest speaker
The Red House, Aldeburgh, 11am
31/10/19
Guest Seminar: Oliver Soden on Michael Tippett
Royal College of Music, Recital Hall, 6.15pm
Tickets free but required.
27/09/19
Pre-concert talk: London Philharmonic Orchestra "Isle of Noises" season
with Lucy Walker
Royal Festival Hall stage, 6.15pm
26/09/19
Pre-concert talk: Tippett's A Child of Our Time
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, cond. Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
CBSO Centre, Birmingham, 6pm
20/09/19
Guest Seminar: Oliver Soden on Michael Tippett
Royal Academy of Music, 11.30am
20/06/19
Aldeburgh Festival: Film screening and introduction
11am, Aldeburgh Cinema
Michael Tippett: Songs of Experience, dir. Mischa Scorer
17/06/19
Aldeburgh Festival: Aldeburgh voices and Jesse Flowers
4pm, Orford Church
Featuring Tippett's vocal and guitar work
Programme essay by Oliver Soden
15/06/19
Aldeburgh Festival: Barlines by Sarah Gabriel
4pm, The Pumphouse, Aldeburgh
An hour of readings and music focussing on Michael Tippett's
time in Wormwood Scrubs prison during the Second World War
13/06/19
Aldeburgh Festival: Tippett: The Biography - book signing
5pm, The Red House, Aldeburgh
06/06/19
Hay Music: Film screening and talk
From 6pm, Richard Booth's Bookshop Cinema, Hay-on-Wye
Oliver Soden with Mischa Scorer, director of Poets in a Barren Age
23/05/19
Bath Festival: "Michael Tippett in Words and Music"
St Swithin's Church, Bath, 4pm
Oliver Soden in discussion with James Waters,
with a performance of Tippett’s The Heart’s Assurance by Nicholas Mulroy and Alisdair Hogarth.
07/05/19
"Oliver Soden on Michael Tippett"
Browsers Bookshop, Woodbridge, 7.30pm
In conversation with Catherine Larner
03/05/19
Penny Lecture: Michael Tippett, The Biography
Morley College, SE1, 6pm
"Oliver Soden introduces his new biography of composer Michael Tippett
with a lecture illustrated by live performances from Morley College's students and tutors."
26/04/19
Tippett & Britten: Recitals and Readings
4.30pm, The Red House, Aldeburgh
A programme of Britten and Tippett's vocal music, with Ben Vonberg-Clerk and Dylan Perez,
and with a pre-concert talk and readings by Oliver Soden
15/04/19 - 19/04/19
BBC Radio 4: Book of the Week - Michael Tippett: The Biography
Read by Oliver Soden
with Sir Derek Jacobi as Tippett
13/04/19
Music Matters - "Michael Tippett", BBC Radio 3, 11.45am
In conversation with Tom Service