Biography
Robert Macdonald was a choral scholar at Christchurch College, Oxford where he read Biochemistry and Music. He was awarded an Exhibition to the Royal Academy of Music and spent several years as a member of the choirs of St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.
He has performed Il Tempo Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria at the Teatro Sao Carlos, Lisbon and Sarastro Die Zauberflöte at the Brighton Festival. His repertoire also includes Commendatore Don Giovanni and The Abbot Curlew River. On the concert platform, Robert Macdonald has sung Bach B Minor Mass for a Far East tour with TheMonteverdi Choir / John Eliot Gardiner, Handel Hercules at the London Handel Festival / Lawrence Cummings, Mozart Requiem with The London Mozart Players / Raymond Leppard, Bruckner Mass in F with The City of Birmingham Choir / Christopher Robinson and Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms with the BBC Philharmonic / Harry Christophers. His repertoire also includes Purcell The Fairy Queen, the Bach Passions and Christmas Oratorio, Messiah, Haydn Creation, Mozart C Minor Mass, Verdi Requiem, Elgar Caractacus and Tippett A Child of our Time.
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Robert Macdonald has recorded Monteverdi Vespers with The King’s Consort / Robert King and lute songs by Henry Lawes with Elizabeth Kenny for Hyperion; Voices of Angels:Eton Choirbook Vol. V with The Sixteen / Harry Christophers for Coro; Philippe Verdelot Madrigals with Catherine King and Jacob Herringman for Linn and Thomas Weelkes Choral Works and Purcell Chapel Royal Anthems with the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford / Stephen Darlington for Nimbus.
Amongst his recent and future plans are the St John Passion with the Manchester Camerata / Nicholas Kraemer, Handel Utrecht Te Deum and Bach Magnificat with The St James Baroque Players / James O’Donnell, Stanford Stabat Mater with The Ulster Orchestra for BBC Northern Ireland and Mozart C Minor Mass and Beethoven Choral Fantasia with The Bach Choir / David Hill at the Festival Hall.
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