Philip Eve - Tenor
Biography
Philip is a graduate of the University of Sussex, where he read English and French. Active on the Brighton amateur music scene throughout his undergraduate years, he was a founder member of New Sussex Opera, and sang with the Brighton Festival Chorus and the Brighton Consort. Studying privately, he became a professional singer in 1988. He now lives and teaches in Canterbury, and is a Lecturer in the Music Department of Canterbury Christ Church University.
Philip sang in the Glyndebourne Chorus from 1991-1996, and from September 1996 spent a year working at La Scala, Milan. Other opera companies he has worked with include L’Opéra National de Lyon, ENO, Welsh National Opera, Garsington Festival Opera, Scottish Opera and Longborough Festival Opera, as well as taking part in productions with the Salzburg Osterfestspiele in Salzburg and Tokyo.
Philip also organises and performs (with Christopher Gould) in a regular Song Recital series to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society, and they have raised in excess of £3,000 for this important cause.
Repertoire
C P E Bach Magnificat; J S Bach B minor Mass; J S Bach G minor Mass; J S Bach Christmas Oratorio; J S Bach Magnificat; J S Bach St John Passion (arias); Beethoven Symphony No 9; Beethoven Mass in C; Berlioz Te Deum, Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts; Britten St Nicolas; Campra Requiem; Charpentier Messe de Minuit; Dyson The Canterbury Pilgrims; Handel Judas Maccabaeus; Handel Messiah; Handel Samson; Acis and Galatea; Haydn The Creation; Haydn Nelson Mass; Mozart Requiem; Mozart Kronungsmesse; Puccini Messa di Gloria; Respighi Lauda per la Nativita del Signore; Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle; Rossini Stabat Mater; Verdi Requiem; Brahms many songs; Britten 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo; Copland Old American Songs; Debussy many songs; Faure many songs; Finzi A Young Man’s Exhortation; Finzi Till Earth Outwears; Massenet many songs; Quilter 3 Shakespeare Songs; Ravel 5 melodies populaires grecques; Schubert Winterreise; Schumann Dichterliebe; Schumann Liederkreis Opus 39; Wolf Brahms many songs; Britten 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo; Copland Old American Songs; Debussy many songs; Faure many songs; Finzi A Young Man’s Exhortation; Finzi Till Earth Outwears; Massenet many songs; Quilter 3 Shakespeare Songs; Ravel 5 melodies populaires grecques; Schubert Winterreise; Schumann Dichterliebe; Schumann Liederkreis Opus 39; Wolf Brahms many songs; Britten 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo; Copland Old American Songs; Debussy many songs; Faure many songs; Finzi A Young Man’s Exhortation; Finzi Till Earth Outwears; Massenet many songs; Quilter 3 Shakespeare Songs; Ravel 5 melodies populaires grecques; Schubert Winterreise; Schumann Dichterliebe; Schumann Liederkreis Opus 39; Wolf many songs;
Soundclips
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