Tristram Cooke
Counter-Tenor
After graduating from Kings College London where his first study was violin, counter-tenor Tristram Cooke was awarded a scholarship as a singer on the MA course in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Glenville Hargreaves and Michael Chance, and graduated with Distinction in 2016. While there, he took on a variety of roles for opera scenes each term, and particularly enjoyed English Song and Lieder classes. He was also a member of the Josephine Baker Trust scheme.
Solo repertoire includes a number of the less-performed Handel oratorios, as well as familiar works by baroque composers. Tristram has a particular devotion to Bach, performing cantatas monthly with the City Bach Collective in the context of Lutheran Vespers at St Mary at Hill. Other Bach projects include the performance and recording of a Bach Cantata series during 2023-24 with the Zimmermann Band, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Bach’s appointment as Kantor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig.
He also regularly collaborates on a range of projects with Musica Antica Rotherhithe, who specialise in the research and performance of lesser known Italian baroque music, currently touring around the UK with a grant from the Continuo Foundation. He has worked with lutenist Peter Martin in several recitals of early English music around the country, including for the Lute Society.
In addition to solo work, he is a Lay Vicar at Westminster Abbey, and enjoys performing with a number of internationally-recognised ensembles including the Tallis Scholars, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Ora Singers, Arcangelo, and Gabrieli Consort.
2023
December 15th Halifax Minster 7.30pm
Handel Messiah
Halifax Choral Society, directed by Anthony Gray
December 10th Henry Le Boeuf Hall, Brussels 7.00pm
8th Théâtre des Champs- Élysées, Paris 8.00pm
6th Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg 8.00pm
5th Spanish Hall, Prague Castle 8.00pm
3rd Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 7.00pm
2nd Queen Elizabeth Hall, London 7.00pm
1st Kölner Philharmonie, Cologne 7.00pm
November 30th Kongresskultur Bregenz 7.30pm
J.S.Bach Christmas Oratorio
Orchestra of the age of Enlightenment, conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
November 25th Queen's College Chapel, Oxford 7.30pm
A Song for all Seasons: Sacred Choral Music by William Byrd
Contrapunctus, directed by Owen Rees
November 18th Queen's House, Greenwich 7.30pm
*This concert has had to be postponed and will be rescheduled for Spring 2024*
Nicholas Lanier's Complaint, and music by the Italian composers who inspired him
Musica Antica Rotherhithe
October 29th St Mary-at-Hill 6.30pm
Lutheran Vespers
J.S.Bach BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"
City Bach Collective
October 28th Holy Trinity Rotherhithe 7.30pm
Amor Vince Ogni Cosa: Baroque music for the French stage by Charpentier, Lully and Rameau
Musica Antica Rotherhithe
October 18th Drama Studio Theatre, Sheffield 7.30pm
Ritratti: music by Barbara Strozzi and Antonia Bembo
Musica Antica Rotherhithe, supported by the Continuo Foundation
October 1st 44e Festival d'Ambronay
Abbatiale d'Ambronay 5.00pm
Grands chœurs de la Renaissance
Ora Singers, conducted by Suzi Digby
September 24th St Mary-at-Hill 6.30pm
Lutheran Vespers
J.S.Bach BWV 33 ‘Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ’
City Bach Collective
September 11th Hampstead Parish Church, 7.00pm
Concert in aid of CALM, featuring Fauré's Requiem and other choral favourites
July 16th St Mary, Letheringham, 6.00pm
Ritratti: music by Barbara Strozzi and Antonia Bembo
Musica Antica Rotherhithe, supported by the Continuo Foundation
June 25th St Mary-at-Hill 6.30pm
Lutheran Vespers
J.S.Bach BWV 10 "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren"
City Bach Collective
June 21st St Anne's, Wandsworth 8.00pm
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", J.S.Bach Cantatas BWV 24, 167 & 147
Zimmermann Band, directed by Chris Jeanes
June 17th Holy Trinity Rotherhithe 7.30pm
La Commediante: two 17th century comedies
Musica Antica rotherhithe
May 28th St Mary-at-Hill 6.30pm
Lutheran Vespers
J.S.Bach BWV 184 "Erwünschtes Freudenlicht"
City Bach Collective
May 26th Schottenkirche St. Jakob 10.45pm
Tage Alter Music Festival Regensburg
Contrapunctus, directed by Owen Rees
April 30th St Mary-at-Hill 6.30pm
Lutheran Vespers
J.S.Bach BWV 108 "Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe"
City Bach Collective
April 3rd St Anne's, Wandsworth 7.30pm
Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri
Zimmermann Band, directed by Chris Jeanes
April 1st Basingstoke Anvil 7.30pm
J.S.Bach Mass in B Minor
Basingstoke Choral Society and Croydon Philharmonic Choir, with the Hanover Band, conducted by
David Gibson
February 26th Musiikkitalo Concert Hall, Helsinki 3.00pm
J.S.Bach St John Passion
Arcangelo and Finnish Baroque Orchestra, directed by Topi Lehtipuu
January 29th St Mary-at-Hill 6.30pm
Lutheran Vespers
J.S.Bach BWV 14 “Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit”
City Bach Collective
January 14th Holy Trinity Rotherhithe 7.30pm
Francesco Cavalli: Requiem
Musica Antica rotherhithe