Thomas Hobbs

✨We resume our Concert Cycle of all the cantatas in February with a programme that will include cantatas BWV 13, 65 and 83, as well as a work by Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen. This is the first time the ensemble is tackling Brahms as part of our Complete Works, and this motet in particular will allow us to assess the composer's attachment to the Lutheran musical heritage. The three Bach cantatas, meanwhile, illustrate how varied the tone of liturgical celebrations could be: two of them are joyful and hopeful, while the third – which gives its name to our programme and whose concert will mark the 300th anniversary of its creation – is one of the most poignant, tragic and tortured that Bach ever composed. 🪽Aleksandra Lewandowska soprano Alex Potter alto Thomas Hobbs tenor Stephan MacLeod bass and direction
Gli Angeli Genève 🕗 09.02 8pm Geneva - Temple de Saint-Gervais 🎟️ link in bio

Messiah x 4! What a week. Feeling grateful to @fcgulbenkian #orquestragulbenkian @martinabatic @markcdiamond @juliadoylesoprano @thobbstenor @mariegeorgemonet Merry Christmas 💫

➡️ Selig ist der Mann - BACH BWV 57 -88- 174 ✨The intertwining lights of his genius and faith flood Johann Sebastian Bach's work, as evidenced once again by the three cantatas in this concert. A dialogue between the soul and Jesus, for example, gives rise to one of the most beautiful arias Bach ever wrote in the work that gives our programme its title. This concert will also highlight Johann Ludwig Bach, the “Bach of Meiningen,” a distant cousin of Johann Sebastian but a major influence on his art, since the latter performed at least 18 of his cousin's cantatas in Leipzig in 1726 alone! It was, among other things, Johann Ludwig's appetite for works that brought together two choirs and two orchestras that certainly gave rise in his cousin's mind to the structure, unprecedented for him, of the St. Matthew Passion. 🎉This sixtieth concert in our Complete Bach Cantatas series will coincide with the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Gli Angeli Genève. We are celebrating twenty years of music and concerts, but also twenty years without ever losing sight of this complete cycle, which began in 2005 and continues to be a magical journey along a river of music that, at the rate of three concerts a year, we discover, rediscover, and share with the public. Long live Bach's work! 🪽Aleksandra Lewandowska soprano Alex Potter alto Thomas Hobbs tenor Stephan MacLeod bass et direction Gli Angeli Genève 🕗 03.11 8pm Geneva - Temple de Saint-Gervais 🎟️ : https://infomaniak.events/fr-ch/concerts/selig-ist-der-mann/f9aa3cfc-e7de-4dd4-af77-94c0cceca95e/event/1440393

✨For our final concert this summer, we will travel to Gdansk, in Poland, to present a program designed by our dear friend, Alex Potter: "Treasures from Bach's Library". Alongside his own compositions, J.S. Bach had a large collection of music by other composers, including members of his own family, ranging from the Renaissance to the most modern music of his time. The program includes, among other things, Palestrina's « Missa Ecce Sacerdos Magnus », Johann Ludwig Bach's (Bach's cousin!) Missa Brevis super “Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr,” Johann Gottlieb Goldberg's cantata « Durch die herzliche Barmherzigkeit », and cantata BWV 2 « Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein ». ➡️ Treasures from Bach's Library 🪽Aleksandra Lewandowksa, Zoë Brookshaw sopranos Alex Potter alto Thomas Hobbs ténor Stephan MacLeod bass and direction Gli Angeli Genève 🕗 27.08 7pm - Goldberg Festival Gdansk (PL) @goldberg.festival.gdansk 🎟️ https://goldbergfestival.pl/27-08-2025-gli-angeli-geneve/ 📸: Benjamin Ealovega, Bart Vandewege, Elam Rotem, Jochen Quast

Merci Thierry Geffrotin pour ce compte-rendu de notre concert pour @bachencombrailles Ensemble Alia Mens, dir. Olivier Spilmont © T. Geffrotin Rondeur, plénitude, équilibre Quatre concerts de musique vocale étaient au programme de cette édition, dont deux méritent tous les éloges. Le premier a été donné dans l’abbatiale de Mozac par l’ensemble Alia Mens. Son chef, Olivier Spilmont, avait choisi trois cantates écrites par Bach au début de son cantorat à Leipzig : « Warum betrübst du dich », BWV 138, « Was Gott tut, das ist wohl getan », BWV 99, plus un air pour soprano tiré de la Cantate « Süsser Trost, mein Jesu kömmt », BWV 151. Il avait aussi fait le choix d’un chœur de solistes. Le « un par voix » peut trouver ses limites, quand les chanteurs, oubliant qu’ils ne sont plus solistes, n’arrivent pas à se fondre dans le groupe, même réduit à sa plus simple expression. En l’occurrence, l’écueil a été magistralement surmonté. Marie-Luise Werneburg (soprano), Nicolas Kuntzelmann (alto), Thomas Hobbs (ténor) et Romain Bockler (basse) ont été fort convaincants dans ce difficile exercice. Le son des chœurs et des chorals était rond, plein et justement équilibré. Les airs et récitatifs ont révélé l’art consommé de chanter Bach de tous les solistes, accompagnés (dans le meilleur sens du mot) par un orchestre remarquable (mentions spéciales pour la flûtiste Annie Laflamme et le hautboïste Jean-Marc Philippe). @concertclassic.com__magazine @bachencombrailles @thierrygeffrotin

Brilliant free day between concerts here @oregonbachfestival Thanks to lovely colleagues and particularly @claraosowski for organising us all!

Salve Regina / Haydneum-Budapest Salve Regina ✨Taking as our pretext the famous Catholic antiphon and the beautiful and expressive Latin text of its prayer, which has inspired many composers down the ages, our programme, to open the 5th edition of our festival, looks at three of the leading figures in Austrian musical life in the 18th century: Werner, Albrechtsberger and Joseph Haydn, It also includes Mendelssohn's magnificent Salve Regina, in a nod to the closing concert, which will be devoted to his Walpurgisnacht and his concerto for violin and orchestra. ➡️Salve Regina | HAYDN, MENDELSSOHN, WERNER, ALBRECHTSBERGER 🪽Jone Martínez soprano Herlinde Van de Straete Thomas Hobbs tenor Stephan MacLeod bass and direction Gli Angeli Genève 🕗 30.05 8 p.m - University Church, Budapest 🕗 05.06 8 p.m - Temple de Saint-Gervais, Geneva & ✨ The programme is devoted to previously unpublished gems from this collection, written by Gregor Joseph Werner and Joseph Haydn, the two successive Kapellmeisters at the Esterházy court from 1728 to 1809! We are delighted to welcome György Vashegyi, his Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir, and to mark the start of what we hope will be a long and fruitful collaboration with the Haydneum! Co-operating partner: Haydneum – Hungarian Centre for Early Music Haydneum is supported by the Prime Minister’s Office (Hungary) and the Bethlen Gábor Fund Management. 🪽Ágnes Kovács, Katalin Szutrély, sopranos Bernadett Nagy, alto Zoltán Megyesi tenor Zoltán Melkovics, Ákos Borka, basses Györgi Vashegyi Purcell Choir & Orfeo Orchestra 🕗 07.06 8 p.m - Temple de Saint-Gervais, Geneva 📸 : Markos Tamas, Carole Parodi

This evening, soprano Nardus Williams and tenor Thomas Hobbs (@thobbstenor ) join Le Banquet Céleste for Handel's sacred drama La Resurrezione. The rarely-heard oratorio retraces the last days of Christ's Passion and features some of Handel's most original music. ℹ️ Discover Nardus Williams and Thomas Hobbs via the artists link in our bio #Intermusica #ClassicalMusic #Performance

BRSO hip Hinter »hip« steckt nicht nur die englische Abkürzung für »historically informed performance«, sondern vor allem Sir Simon Rattles Initiative, das BRSO-Repertoire um Barockmusik zu erweitern – gespielt auf historischen Instrumenten. Den Auftakt machte am Sonntag im Prinzregententheater unser Chefdirigent mit drei der schönsten Bach-Kantaten: „Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht“, „Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben“, „Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan“. Mitwirkende Sir Simon Rattle Dirigent Carolyn Sampson Sopran @carolynsampsonsop Tim Mead Countertenor @tim__mead Thomas Hobbs Tenor @thobbstenor Konstantin Krimmel Bariton @konstantin.krimmel Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks BRSO hip Barockensemble Fotos (c) BR / Astrid Ackermann #brso #symphonieorchesterdesbayerischenrundfunks #brsohip #prinzregententheater #historicallyinformedperformance #sirsimonrattle

Very excited to take part in this concert version of "Merope" (1743) by the Catalan-"Spagnuolo-Napolitano" composer Domènec Terradellas (1713-1751), libretto by Apostolo Zeno with some of the best colleagues in this repertoire: Emőke Baráth @emokebarath (Merope) Pia Francesca Vitale @casta.diva (Epitide) Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian @paulantoine.benos.djian (Trasimede) Sunhae Im @sunhae_im (Argia) Maria Margherita Sala @margheritamariasala (Licisco) Thomas Hobbs @thobbstenor (Anassandro) Valerio Contaldo (Polifonte). With the magnificent @akamus_berlin All conducted by Francesco Corti @harpsicorti 20.2.2025 Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona 21.2.2025 Teatro Real, Madrid 25.2.2025 Staatsoper Unter den Linden , Berlin 28.2.2025 Theater an der Wien , Wien #opera #operaseria #baroquemusic #baroqueopera #earlymusic #tenorsofinstagram #operasingersofinstagram #tenor #classicalmusic #voice #theatre

💫 Thomas Hobbs is one of the most interesting and significant Bach tenors of our time and is in high demand with leading baroque and early music ensembles across the world. Highlights of Hobbs’ 2024/25 season include Bach St Matthew Passion with RIAS Kammerchor and the South Netherlands Philharmonic and concerts with ensembles including Le Banquet Celeste, Gli Angeli Genève and Les Arts Florissants, performing works including Bach Cantatas and Handel Messiah and Resurrezione. ❔Name a concert in which Thomas was not our tenor soloist ! 😉 🎁 A ticket for a Geneva performance of Haendel’s Messiah with Thomas Hobbs (21 or 22 December, Victoria Hall) 📸 : Benjamin Ealovega 🎉 The prize has been awarded to Claudine Gex and zlg_simon