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GEORGE BARTLE

 

Tenor

The English Tenor George Bartle has rapidly established himself as one of Britain's leading lyric tenors. He began his singing career as a chorister in Ely Cathedral Choir, becoming head chorister and recording a solo album aged just 12 years. He has continued his choral links by singing with the choirs of the Carmelite Priory Church, London, the Royal Hospital Chapel in Chelsea and Canterbury Cathedral.

 

George is in demand for his solo work. His oratorio experience is wide-ranging, recently including both of Bach’s Passions and Christmas Oratorio, Haydn’s Creation, Handel’s Messiah, Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Mozart’s Requiem and Stainer’s Crucifixion. He sings with the early music ensemble Triplicitie, with lutenist Arngeir Hauksson and as a duo with pianist Warren Mailley-Smith.

 

George studied singing and trombone at the Royal College of Music where he won numerous awards and prizes including the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award. He also studied vocal and instrumental period performance techniques at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland.

George has performed and recorded with many well-known names in music including the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, The King’s Consort, His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts, Ex Cathedra, the Gabrieli Consort, English Touring Opera, The Hanover Band, Music Theatre Wales, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Philharmonia Chorus. His music has taken him to Africa, China, throughout Europe and the USA. He played sackbut in Love's Labour's Lost at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and on tour in 2009 and Henry IV parts 1 and 2 in 2010. 

 

Also a published composer and arranger, George has performed for Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, performs regularly on television and radio and can be heard on over 40 film soundtracks and pop and classical album recordings. George has been featured on radio shows including ‘In Tune’ on BBC Radio 3 and Chris Evans’ Drive Time show on BBC Radio 2. He has worked with a diverse range of artists, from Sir David Wilcocks and Kurt Masur to Eric Levi and Manfred Mann!