Matthew Brook, Bass-baritone
Matthew Brook has appeared as a soloist throughout Europe, Australia, South Africa and the Far East. He has worked with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Richard Hickox, Sir Charles Mackerras, Harry Christophers, Christophe Rousset and Paul McCreesh, and many orchestras and groups including the Philharmonia, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, St Petersburg Philharmonic, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the English Baroque Soloists, the City of London Sinfonia, Collegium Vocale Gent, the Gabrieli Consort, the Sixteen, The Dunedin Consort and Orchestra Nationale de Lille. As a soloist and former member of I Fagiolini he has performed at many of Europe’s top festivals, including Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Utrecht, the BBC Proms, Ambronay, La Chaise Dieu, Innsbruck and the Bermuda Festival. He has appeared regularly at the Three Choirs Festival, often singing newly commissioned works, most recently by Frances Grier and Anthony Powers.
Matthew's many recordings include his highly acclaimed recording of the bass solos in Mozart’s Requiem with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Tenebrae and Nigel Short (Warner Classics), Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ with Richard Hickox and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, broadcast on BBC Television, and most recently a complete version of Handel’s original Dublin score of the Messiah with John Butt and The Dunedin Consort on Linn Records (Gramophone award winner). He has also recorded for Chandos, Hyperion, Naxos, and for EMI in a recording of Idomeneo with Sir Charles Mackerras, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus. He has also recently recorded for DVD the acclaimed production of The Full Monteverdi with I Fagiolini.
Future plans include ‘Zuniga’ for Opera Comique, Paris (Carmen), Bach with the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich and Marcus Creed, St John Passion with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Oleg Caetani, B Minor Mass with Phillipe Herreweghe, and Haydn’s ‘Seasons’ with Gardiner in the Musikverein, Vienna, and throughout Europe.