John Potter tenor

The tenor John Potter has been a pioneering performer of early and new music, both as a soloist and as a former member of the Hilliard Ensemble. He is also one of the founder-members of three ensembles: Red Byrd, with Richard Wistreich (bass) in early polyphony and music of the ages of Monteverdi and Purcell; the Ciconia Ensemble, with Anna Maria Friman (soprano), Susanna Pell and Jacob Heringman (lutes and vielles) in music of the late 14th/early 15th centuries; and the Dowland Project, with John Surman (saxophone), Milos Valent (violin) and Stephen Stubbs (lute).

In the programme Being Dufay, John sings the music of Guillaume Dufay to provide the basis of an electro-acoustic composition by Ambrose Field, in an hour-long live programme. With Anna Maria Friman and the Gavin Bryars Ensemble, he returns to the 14th century song form of the lauda, as refashioned by Gavin Bryars.

Sample Programme:

Music by Leonin and Perotin from Notre Dame, Paris, around 1200, with Red Byrd. A Panther from Mars: 14th century music by Johannes Ciconia and his contemporaries Machaut, Oswald von Wolkenstein, Paolo da Firenze, Gratiosus and Gheraradello with the Ciconia Ensemble.

Recordings:

A Scottish Lady Mass: Sacred Music from Medieval St Andrews Hyperion CDA67299, with Red Byrd

Releases on ECM in 2008 include Romaria, with the Dowland Project, and Being Dufay, the CD of Ambrose Field’s electro-acoustic work.

Performances:

1 Nov 06 York University
3 Jun 07 Bergen Festival, Norway
8 Sep 07 Kultur-Sommer Rheinland-Pfalz,
Otterberg, Germany

Contact:

Robert White Artist Management
182 Moselle Avenue, London N22 6EX

Tel: 020 8881 6914
Fax: 020 8888 9662

Email: rwhiteam@aol.com
Website: www.john-potter.co.uk