Opera repertoire
Arne
Title role Alfred
Britten
Albert Albert Herring
Lysander/Flute* A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Prologue/Quint* Turn of the Screw
Novice* Billy Budd
Madwoman* Curlew River
Hotel Porter* Death in Venice
Bob Boles* Peter Grimes
Spirit of the Masque* Gloriana
Male Chorus* The Rape of Lucretia
Cavalli
Egeo Giasone
Handel
Jupiter Semele
Acis/Damon Acis and Galatea
Septimius Theodora
Bajazet* Tamerlano
Grimoaldo* Rodelinda
Alessandro Poro
Haydn
Fileno La Fedelta Premiata
Janáček
Janek The Makropoulos Case
Monteverdi
Telemaco Il ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria
Soldato 1 L’incoronazione di Poppea
Title role* Orfeo
Pastore 1/Apollo Orfeo
Mozart
Christgeist Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots
Belfiore* La Finta Giardinera
Marzio* Mitridate
Alessandro Il re Pastore
Don Ottavio Don Giovanni
Don Curzio/Basilio Le nozze di Figaro
Ferrando Cosi fan tutte
Purcell
Various The Fairy Queen
Various King Arthur
Rossini
Alberto L’occasione fa il ladro
Ramiro La Cenerentola
Count Almaviva Il barbiere di Siviglia
Stravinsky
Tom Rakewell* The Rake’s Progress
Concert repertoire
Bach, J.S.
St Mark Passion
Mass in B Minor
St Matthew Passion
St John Passion
Magnificat
Mass in G Minor
Christmas Oratorio
Cantatas (various)
Bach, C.P.E.
Magnificat
Beethoven
Choral Symphony
Berlioz
Te Deum
Bruckner
Mass in F
Charpentier
Te Deum
Messe de Minuit
Dvořák
Stabat Mater
Gounod
Messe de St Caecile
Handel
Jephtha
Chandos Anthems
Messiah
Judas Maccabaeus
Samson
Israel in Egypt
Foundling Hospital Anthem
Sing Unto God
Dixit Dominus
Haydn
Nelson Mass
Missa Cellensis
Paukenmesse
Creation
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Paulus
Monteverdi
Vespers
Mozart
Requiem
Mass in C Minor
Vespers
Missa Brevis in D
Purcell
Dido and Aeneas
Rachmaninov
Vespers
Rossini
Stabat Mater
Schubert
Mass in G
Schutz
Christmas Story
Stainer
The Crucifixion
Stravinsky
Pulcinella
Vivaldi
Magnificat
Dixit Dominus
Recital repertoire
Beethoven
Adelaïde
An die ferne geliebte (op.98)
Berkeley
Songs of the Half-Light
Britten
St Nicolas
Les Illuminations
Serenade
Rejoice in the Lamb
Canticles
War Requiem
Holy Sonnets of John Donne
Folk Song Arrangements
Winter Words
Folksongs for Guitar and Voice
Browne
To Gratiana dancing and singing
Dowland
Various lute-songs
Finzi
A Young Man’s Exhortation
Dies Natalis
O Fair to See
Gurney
I will go with my father a-ploughing
Sleep
Down by the Salley Gardens
Black Stitchel
Messiaen
La Mort du Nombre
Mozart
An Chloë
Abendempfindung
Dans un bois solitaire
An Die Freude
Komm, lieber Zither, komm
Das Lied Der Trennung
Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt (K619)
Das Traumbild
Poulenc
Bleuet
Schubert
Die Schöne Müllerin
Schwanengesang
Nacht und Träume
An die Musik
Nachtstück
Schumann
Liederkreis, Op.39
Strauss
Songs Op.10
Vaughan Williams
On Wenlock Edge
Silent Noon
Orpheus with his lute
Walton
Anon, In Love
Wolf
Mörike Lieder
Klassik MagazineAll in all high class vocal solo performances were provided by the tenor Thomas Hobbs and the bass Christian Immler : Hobbs is now one of the most interesting and significant Bach tenors
Classical Voice AmericaHobbs’ work was, by any standard, exceptional. His remarkable diction, beautiful sound, undemonstrative flair for making every word tell, and a marvelously informed style with no affectations were consistently evident. He owned the evening.
BBC Music MagazineExcellent soloists reflect their choral sensitivity, never assertive, but fluent, supple and admirably matched with accompanying instruments…Thomas Hobbs’s delight in it is palpable.