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Thomas Hemsley
voc, b, 1927-2013 GB, Coalville
Singer of Classical
A.k.a. Thomas Jeffrey Hemsley
Thomas Jeffrey Hemsley, CBE (12 April 1927 – 11 April 2013) was an English baritone.Hemsley was born in Coalville, Leicestershire, and attended Ashby de la Zouch Grammar School. He took a degree in natural sciences from Brasenose College, Oxford. He moved to London and became a pupil of Lucie Manén, and also served as a Vicar Choral at St Paul's Cathedral. He made his debut in 1951 as Aeneas in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas at the Mermaid Theatre, London, alongside Kirsten Flagstad as Dido. The pair recorded the opera for EMI the same year. He debuted at Glyndebourne in 1953. He was principal baritone at the Aachen Opera from 1953 to 1956, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein from 1956 to 1963, and the Zürich Opera from 1962 to 1967.
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Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Parte prima, BWV 147: Chorus. "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" on Les splendeurs de la musique sacrée, Vol. 6 by Roger Wagner, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire & Chorale Roger Wagner A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2: "Flower Of This Purple Dye" on Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten, Alfred Deller, Elizabeth Harwood, Choirs Of Downside And Emanuel Schools & London Symphony Orchestra A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1: "Be It On Lion, Bear, Or Wolf, Or Bull" on Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten, Alfred Deller, Elizabeth Harwood, Choirs Of Downside And Emanuel Schools & London Symphony Orchestra Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Parte seconda, BWV 147: Aria. "Ich will von Jesu Wundern singen" on Les splendeurs de la musique sacrée, Vol. 6 by Roger Wagner, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire & Chorale Roger Wagner Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Parte prima, BWV 147: Recitativo. "Verstockung kann Gewaltige verblenden" on Les splendeurs de la musique sacrée, Vol. 6 by Roger Wagner, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire & Chorale Roger Wagner A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 1: "Stay, Though Thou Kill Me, Sweet Demetrius" on Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten, Alfred Deller, Elizabeth Harwood, Choirs Of Downside And Emanuel Schools & London Symphony Orchestra A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2: "How Now, Mad Spirit?" on Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten, Alfred Deller, Elizabeth Harwood, Choirs Of Downside And Emanuel Schools & London Symphony Orchestra A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2: "Up and down, Up and Down" on Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten, Alfred Deller, Elizabeth Harwood, Choirs Of Downside And Emanuel Schools & London Symphony Orchestra A Midsummer Night's Dream / Act 2: "Puppet? Why So?" on Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream by Benjamin Britten, Alfred Deller, Elizabeth Harwood, Choirs Of Downside And Emanuel Schools & London Symphony Orchestra Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626: Act II Scene 1: Prelude for the Witches on Purcell: Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell, Kirsten Flagstad, Geraint Jones, Walter Susskind & Warwick BraithwaiteTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantata No. 147 and Motet: Jesu, Meine Freude BWV. 227 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Joan Sutherland, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Thomas Hemsley, Geraint Jones Orchestra And Singers, Geraint Jones | 2005 | Album |
| A Lennox Berkeley Centenary Album | Lennox Berkeley, Dennis Brain, Colin Horsley, Pamela Bowden, John Minchinton, Thomas Hemsley, Ernest Lush | 2003 | Compil. |
| Purcell - The Fairy Queen | Jennifer Vyvyan, Elsie Morison, Peter Pears, Thomas Hemsley, St. Anthony Singers, The Boyd Neel Orchestra, Anthony Lewis | 1992 | Album |
| SCHÜTZ - Madrigals & Cantatas | The Schütz Choir Of London, Roger Norrington, Thomas Hemsley, The Goldsborough Ensemble | 1982 | Album |
| Oedipus Rex | Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau, Helmut Melchert, Irma Kolassi, Thomas Hemsley, Michael Langdon | 1981 | Album |
| The Knot Garden | Sir Michael Tippett - Yvonne Minton, Josephine Barstow, Jill Gomez, Thomas Hemsley, Thomas Carey, Robert Tear, Raimund Herincx, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis | 1974 | Album |
| Die Meistersinger Von Nürnberg | Richard Wagner / Thomas Stewart / Sándor Kónya / Gundula Janowitz / Thomas Hemsley / Brigitte Fassbaender / Gerhard Unger / Franz Crass / Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Rafael Kubelik, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks | 1967 | Album |
| Schubert "Die Winterreise" | Thomas Hemsley, Gerald Moore | 1967 | Album |
| Savitri, A Chamber Opera In One Act And Choral Hymns From The Rig Veda ( Third Group ) | Gustav Holst - English Chamber Orchestra, Purcell Singers Conducted By Imogen Holst With Janet Baker, Thomas Hemsley, Robert Tear | 1966 | Album |
| Kantate BWV 147 „Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben“ / Motette BWV 227 „Jesu Meine Freude“ | Johann Sebastian Bach, Joan Sutherland, Helen Watts, Wilfred Brown, Thomas Hemsley, Geraint Jones Orchestra And Singers, Geraint Jones | Album |
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