February 27, 1998

Tenor Ian Bostridge and Pianist Julius Drake to

Perform at the Middlebury College Center for the Arts

Tenor Ian Bostridge will perform with pianist Julius

Drake on Friday, March 13, in the Concert Hall at the Center for

the Arts, at 8 p.m. The program will feature music by Robert

Schumann, including “Liederkreis” and “Dichterliebe.”

Bostridge, an accomplished musicologist and performer, also will

give a talk on Schubert at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, in

the Center for the Arts music rehearsal room (Room 221).

One of the outstanding young tenors of a new generation

of brilliant lieder singers, Bostridge’s Middlebury performance

is one of four that comprise his North American debut tour. He

also has two sold-out appearances to look forward to this spring

in Wigmore Hall, London’s leading concert space. He made his

Wigmore Hall debut in 1993 and gave his first solo recital there

in 1995, winning the Royal Philharmonic Society’s debut award

in 1995. Hilary Finch, of the London Times, describes Bostridge’s

singing as some of the finest that Wigmore Hall has heard in the

past 10 years.

In addition to his Wigmore Hall performances and

appearances with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Scottish

Chamber Orchestra, Bostridge has made a number of recordings,

including Schubert’s “Die Muellerin,” for which he won

“Gramophone” magazine’s prize for best vocal recording

of the year in 1996.

Tickets for this concert series performance are $9.00

general admission and $7.00 for senior citizens. To order tickets,

please call the College box office at 802-443-6433.