Tenor Mark Padmore presents a personal, chronological survey of modern English art song, from 19th-century ballad through Somervell and Elgar right up to the present day.

Born in London 8 March 1961, and raised in Canterbury, Kent in England. Padmore studied clarinet and piano prior to his gaining a choral scholarship to King's College, Cambridge. He graduated in ...

A cast of leading Handel singers and players - featuring tenor Mark Padmore - perform the tragic story of Samson, the Israelite hero cut off in his prime after falling for the wrong woman ...