{"id":2293,"date":"2015-05-06T12:44:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T11:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2015-05-06T12:44:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T11:44:43","slug":"oxford-lieder-wins-prestigious-rps-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=2293","title":{"rendered":"OXFORD LIEDER WINS PRESTIGIOUS RPS AWARD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Oxford Lieder<\/strong> <strong>is delighted to announce that it has won the prestigious\u00a0Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award\u00a0in the category of \u2018Chamber Music &amp; Song\u2019 for\u00a0The Schubert Project<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As well as receiving this award they were shortlisted in the \u2018Concert Series &amp; Festivals\u2019 category. The Schubert Project, which was the 2014 Oxford Lieder Festival, was the first time Schubert\u2019s complete songs have ever been presented in a single festival, alongside a wide range of other cultural events; \u2018bringing Schubert\u2019s Vienna to Oxford.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>At the awards dinner held last night at The Brewery in the City of London, Sholto Kynoch, Artistic Director of Oxford Lieder, expressed his delight that The Schubert Project should be honoured in this way, as well as his excitement for the future of Oxford Lieder and his optimism for the current resurgence of song, both at the Oxford Lieder Festival and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The awards of the Royal Philharmonic Society, which is over 200 years old, celebrate the highest possible standards of excellence in all aspects of musicianship: performance, composition, inspirational arts organisations, audience engagement, and learning and participation. Oxford Lieder is thrilled to be recognised as a leading contributor to musical excellence in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Oxford Lieder exists to promote and celebrate song. The centrepiece of each year is the Oxford Lieder Festival, an extravaganza of song now well established as one of the leading festivals of its kind in Europe. Founded in 2002, the Festival brings many of the world\u2019s most sought-after artists to Oxford, as well as showcasing an exciting new generation of young talent (including soprano\u00a0<b>Mary Bevan, winner of the RPS Award for Young Artists<\/b>, who sang at last night\u2019s ceremony accompanied by Sholto Kynoch).<\/p>\n<p>The Fourteenth Oxford Lieder Festival \u2013\u00a0<b>Singing Words: Poets &amp; their Songs<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 will run 16-31 October 2015 and will once again bring a glittering array of musicians to Oxford in a diverse and enticing programme. It will focus on poets and the words that shape songs, with many programmes devoted to specific poets. A lunchtime concert series will include the complete songs of Gabriel Faur\u00e9. Artists taking part include\u00a0Sarah Connolly, Christoph Pr\u00e9gardien, Katarina Karn\u00e9us, Matthew Rose, Sophie Karth\u00e4user, Elizabeth Watts, Neal Davies, Roderick Williams, Anna St\u00e9phany, Wolfgang Holzmair, Eugene Asti, Julius Drake, Graham Johnson, Roger Vignoles, Imogen Cooper and many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxford Lieder is delighted to announce that it has won the prestigious\u00a0Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award\u00a0in the category of \u2018Chamber Music &amp; Song\u2019 for\u00a0The Schubert Project. 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