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Alex Potter (Counter-tenor) |
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Born: England |
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The English counter-tenor, Alex Potter, began his musical career as a chorister at Southwark Cathedral. Later he was a Choral Scholar and read music at New College, Oxford. He then went on to pursue further studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with Gerd Türk.
Since finishing his studies, Alex Potter has specialised in 17th and 18th-century music, working with conductors, such as Philippe Herreweghe, Thomas Hengelbrock, Daniel Reuss, Peter Neumann and Philippe Pierlot. Solo-engagements have taken him to festivals such as the Festival internazionale di Musica e Arte sacra in Rome, the Feldkirch Festival in Austria, and the Prague Spring Festival.
Recent highlights include J.S. Bach's Johannes Passion (BWV 245) at the Philharmonie in Essen with Peter Neumann, the same work with Ad Fontes Baroque Orchestra directed by Peter Schreier in Solothurn (April 2006), staged performances of George Frideric Handel’s Susannah at the Stadttheater in Koblenz, Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Missa Votiva with Kammerchor Stuttgart/Frieder Bernius, and the role of Second Witch and Spirit in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with Philippe Pierlot/Collegium Vocale Gent at Folle Journée festival in Nantes, which was broadcast live by Arte television.
His discography includes the role of Azaria in J.D. Zelenka’s oratorio Il serpente di Bronzo with Ensemble Inegal in Prague and number of recordings as a member of the choir Collegium Vocale Gent/Philippe Herreweghe, with whom he appears as a soloist in Heinrich Schütz’s Schwanengesang.
Future plans include Purcell Verse Anthems with Philippe Herreweghe in Tuscany, G.F. Handel’s Saul in the Rheingau Festival with Peter Neumann, J.S. Bach's Cantatas with the Ricercar Consort/Philippe Pierlot and Duet Recitals in Canada together with counter-tenor Matthew White. |
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Sources:
Alex Potter Website
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (January 2008) |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Works |
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Marcus Creed |
Alto |
NBV-AOB [AB-10] (2018, Video): BWV 10
NBV-AOB [AB-147] (2018, Video): BWV 147 |
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Peter Dijkstra |
Alto |
AOB Video: BWV 69 [2017], BWV 119 [2017], BWV 137 [2017]
V-13 (2013): BWV 244 [4th recording] |
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Leo van Doeselaar |
Alto |
[C-4] (2020, CD/MP3): BWV 35 [2nd recording], BWV 169 [2nd recording] |
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Justin Doyle |
Alto |
[V-1] (2024, HRA/MP3): BWV 243.1=243a |
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Laurent Gendre |
Alto |
BWV 234, BWV 235 |
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Philippe Herreweghe |
Alto |
[C-25] (2017): BWV 80 [2nd recording], BWV 4, BWV 79
[C-26] (2020): BWV 45, BWV 198 [2nd recording]
[C-27] (2023, CD): BWV 99, BWV 6 [3rd recording], BWV 147
Bachfest Leipzig [F2023-C26]/[U-11] (2023, Video): BWV 81, BWV 190.1
[V-18] (2017, Audio): BWV 232 [5th recording]
[V-23] (2023, Audio): BWV 232 [6th recording]
[V-20] (2017, Audio): BWV 244 [6th recording] |
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Philippe Herreweghe |
Alto |
Member of Collegium Vocale Gent:
C-14 (2002): BWV 2, BWV 20, BWV 176
C-16 (2003): BWV 12, BWV 38, BWV 75
[C-25] (2017): BWV 80 [2nd recording], BWV 4, BWV 79
[C-26] (2020): BWV 45, BWV 118, BWV 198 [2nd recording]
[C-27] (2023, CD): BWV 99, BWV 6 [3rd recording], BWV 147 |
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Tobias Hiller |
Alto |
BWV 232 |
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Václav Luks |
Alto |
Video: BWV 243, BWV 249 |
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Rudolf Lutz |
Alto |
DVD/CD: BWV 7, BWV 9, BWV 66, BWV 69a [2017], BWV 83, BWV 110, BWV 138, BWV 151, BWV 161, BWV 181; Duet from BWV 172
DVD/CD (2007): BWV 185
DVD/CD (2008): BWV 125
DVD/CD (2019): BWV 2
BSSG [D16-10] (2022, Video): BWV 235
BSSG [D16-11] (2022, Video): BWV 236
[V-2] (2016): BWV 232
[VV-1] (2022, Video): BWV 245 |
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Stephan MacLeod |
Alto |
Member of Gli Angeli Genève:
[GV-45] (2020, Video): BWV 4, BWV 68, BWV 133, BWV 121
[GV-46] (2021, Video): BWV 122, BWV 127, BWV 9, BWV 126 [soloist]
[V-2] (2020): BWV 232 [soloist]
[V-1] (2019): BWV 244
[V-3] (2022, 2-CD/MP3): BWV 245 [arias] |
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Lars Ulrik Mortensen |
Alto |
Video (2011): BWV 151
BWV 232 [1st]
Audio (2015): BWV 232 [2nd] |
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Raphaël Pichon |
Alto |
[CP-1] (2017, Video): BWV 34, BWV 31, BWV 191 |
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Hans-Christoph Rademann |
Alto |
[BA21-3] (2021, Video): BWV 11, BWV 74, BWV 172 BWV 34
[BA22-2] (2022, Video): BWV 117
[VB-1] (2023, 2-CD): BWV 75, BWV 76; BWV 21.3, BWV 185.2, BWV 24
[VB-2] (2023, 2-CD): BWV 167, BWV 147; BWV 186, BWV 136 |
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Hans-Christoph Rademann |
Alto |
Member of Gaechinger Cantorey:
[VB-1] (2023, 2-CD): BWV 75, BWV 76; BWV 21.3, BWV 185.2, BWV 24
[VB-2] (2023, 2-CD): BWV 167, BWV 147; BWV 186, BWV 136 |
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Shunske Sato |
Alto |
NBV-AOB [AB-13] (2021, Video): BWV 13
NBV-AOB [AB-60] (2021, Video): BWV 60
NBV-AOB [AB-103] (2021, Video): BWV 103
NBV-AOB [AB-109] (2021, Video): BWV 109
NBV-AOB [AB-168] (2021, Video): BWV 168 |
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Johanna Soller |
Alto |
[CV-4] (2020, Video): BWV 159 |
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Valentin Tournet |
Alto |
[V-1] (2017, Audio): BWV 245 [1st recording]
[V-2] (2019, Video): BWV 245 [2nd recording] |
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Jos van Veldhoven |
Alto |
AOB Video: BWV 42 [2016], BWV 55 [2016], BWV 67, BWV 102, BWV 106, BWV 110 [2nd], BWV 131, BWV 151 [2015], BWV 159 [2016], BWV 170 [2016], BWV 191, BWV 196 [2nd], BWV 244 [2014, 3rd recording]
[V-7] (2018, Video) BWV 244 [4th recording] |
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Roland Wilson |
Alto |
BWV 2, BWV 7, BWV 38 |
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Links to other Sites |
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Alex Potter - Countertenor (Official Website) [English/German] |
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