Join American tenor David Tayloe and pianist Dylan Perez for an enchanting recital at the 1901 Arts Club on July 29, 2025. The program features captivating Purcell realizations by Benjamin Britten and Thomas Adès, alongside Gerald Finzi's poignant "Till Earth Outwears, Op. 19" and vibrant selections from Herbert Howells. The evening also includes evocative works by Peter Warlock and charming folk settings by Percy Grainger. This diverse repertoire promises an enjoyable evening of music that you won't want to miss!
Programme
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Purcell Realisations
Benjamin Britten Hark the Ech'ing Air Thomas Adés Evening Hymn Benjamin Britten I'll Sail Upon the Dogstar Thomas Adés By Beauteous Softness Gerald Finzi Till Earth Outwears, Op.19a Herbert Howells King David Come Sing and Dance |
Peter Warlock
The Singer Autumn Twilight Memory of a Great Singer 2 songs of Arthur Symons: A Prayer to St. Anthony of Padua The Sick Heart Passing By Yarmouth Fair Percy Grainger Sprig of Thyme Died of Love Hard Hearted Barb'ra (H)Ellen |
David Tayloe |
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A native of North Carolina, tenor, David Tayloe has been praised for his “lovely tenor that sings with Mozartean finesse.” David has made appearances with the Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Proms, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Santa Fe Opera, Druid City Opera, Opera Louisiane, Opera Birmingham, Mississippi Opera, Naples Philharmonic, Virginia Arts Festival, The Virginia Symphony, Piedmont Opera Company, the A.J. Fletcher Institute, LSU Opera, and Frost Opera Theater. His recent roles include The Duke in Rigoletto, Tybalt in Roméo et Juliette, Jason in Medea, Albert in Albert Herring, Gastone in La Traviata, Student in Michael Torke’s Strawberry Fields, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, Candide in Bernstein’s Candide, and Mozart in Rimsky-Korsakov’s Mozart and Salieri. As a concert singer, he has performed frequently as the soloist in Bach cantata series, as Obadiah in Elijah, the Evangelist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion as well as the tenor soloist in the Magnificat, Finzi’s Dies Natalis, Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Creation, Lord Nelson Mass, Paukenmesse, and Theresianmesse, Schubert’s A-flat Mass, and Britten’s Serenade. Recently, David was seen under the direction of Phillipe Herreweghe at the Snape Proms in a concert of Bach Cantatas, and the Mass in D-Minor.
An avid performer of art song, David made his solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall in January of 2020. He also completed a national tour of Schubert’s Winterreise culminating in a featured recital at the National Opera Center in New York City. He has been an active recitalist in both the US and the UK. David has been a prize winner of The American Prize in the Men’s Art Song category. He has performed at the Cleveland Art Song Festival, SongFest, Song Collaborators Consortia, and continues to be in demand as an active recitalist across the continent. David has collaborated with composers on their original work including Libby Larsen, Ben Moore, Michael Torke, and Jake Runestad, and including: the premiere of Ben Moore’s Dear Theo, the world premiere of A Page Out of Zen by Ryan Jesperson, and the world premiere of Thomas Sleeper’s Beatrice Bends for her Blue Ball, among others. David is the curator of the Capstone Song Initiative, an annual concert series that promotes the work of living composers in America. Mr. Tayloe has performed with Seraphic Fire, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and Voices, Taylor Festival Choir, Cahaba Chamber Chorale, and other ensembles. He has been a performer at the Magnolia Baroque Festival The Salem Bach Festival, the Duffy Composers Institute at the Virginia Arts Festival and was twice awarded the Stern Fellowship at Songfest in Los Angeles as well as the recital fellowship. David can be heard on the upcoming album “Pathways to Healing” with the Taylor Festival Choir released on PARMA/NAVONA records. David holds degrees from University of Miami and Louisiana State University, and the Eastman School of Music. Additional studies at the Britten-Pears Institute at Snape Maltings in Aldeburgh, England. In the fall of 2014, David joined the faculty of the University of Alabama where he serves Associate Professor of Voice and is actively in demand as guest teacher and clinician around the country. |
Dylan Perez
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Described as “sublime and completely intuitive” (The Sunday Times), pianist Dylan Perez is a recitalist, chamber musician and coach specialising in vocal repertoire who is highly in demand across the UK. He has been awarded the Gerald Moore Prize for accompanists, the Paul Hamburger Prize for Accompaniment, and the Accompanist’s Prize at the Bampton Young Singers Competition. He has participated in many international competitions including Kathleen Ferrier Awards, Wigmore Hall/International Opera Competition, and the Das Lied International Competition.
Dylan has been an Oxford Lieder Young Artist (with contralto Jess Dandy) and an alumnus of the Franz-Schubert-Institut in Baden bei Wien, Austria. He is a Britten-Pears Young Artist and a laureate of the Académie Royaumont in association with the Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Together with mezzo Ema Nikolovska, Dylan gave his debut recital at Wigmore Hall in May 2019. He has performed in recital at other venues in London such as the Barbican, Milton Court Concert Hall, St. Martins-in the-Fields, Cadogan Hall, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Dylan can be heard frequently on BBC Radio 3, whether it is for a Proms Extra concert, a Total Immersion performance, or live on InTune. He has also performed at Opera Lille, Musée d’Orsay (Paris), and La Monnaie/De Munt (Brussels). Together with Julien Van Mellaerts, Dylan runs "Opera in Song" at Opera Holland Park. The series, which illuminates operatic characters and plots in the art song format, celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. Coaching and teaching has become a vital part of Dylan’s musical life. He was recently appointed as a Vocal Coach on faculty at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, as well as being a guest coach at the Royal Academy of Music. Previously, he was on faculty at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. He has lead song projects at RBC, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the Royal College of Music. Dylan is also in high demand for private coachings at his home in south east London. Dylan has recently recorded the complete songs of Samuel Barber for Resonus, which has been critically received including “Recording of the Month” BBC Music Magazine and five stars in the Sunday Times. Future recording plans include songs by Rorem, Caplet, Schubert, and Errollyn Wallen. Dylan returns to Wigmore Hall several times this coming year, as well as performances at Oxford International Music Festival, Bechstein Hall, and Thaxted Festival. Dylan is represented by Askonas Holt. |