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  Harry Sever    (b. 3 November 1991) Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Harry Sever

Born in London in 1991, Harry showed musical talent at an early age, becoming a Winchester Quirister at the age of 8 and culminating in the BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year competition, in which he sang against hundreds of other competitors to win the prestigious title of Choir Boy of the Year, 2003, at the age of 11. Having studied under a Choral Scholarship at The Pilgrims' School in Winchester, Harry was Head Quirister of the Winchester College Chapel Choir, and from September 2004, took up musical and academic scholarships at Winchester College.

In addition to his concert performances, Harry has also featured in a number of broadcasts, including BBC Radio 2 'Easter Glory' (April 2004), BBC Radio 3's Proms series (July 2003), BBC Radio 2's 'Sunday Half Hour' (December 2003, January 2004, August 2004 and December 2004) and BBC Radio 4's morning services (December 2003 and January 2004). Harry has also given spoken interviews on BBC Radio 2 in May 2004 and on BBC Southern Counties in November 2004. In July 2003, Harry featured in a live broadcast of the Royal Promenade from the Royal Albert Hall, which was shown on BBC4 with highlights on BBC1. He also took part in Songs of Praise's Ascension Day programme in May this year, and has appeared live on Czech national television as part of a tour to the country in 2002.Harry recently sang at the Variety Club's tribute lunch to Esther Rantzen, OBE, joining Katherine Jenkins as a guest artist and joined Sir Cliff Richard and Olivia Newton-John in an evening at Hampton Court Palace in aid of the Cliff Richard Tennis Foundation in December 2004.

Over the summer of 2004, he took part in the recording of Fauré's Requiem with the Boys Air Choir (which was released on CD & video in summer 2004),and recorded Hear My Prayer with the Winchester College Chapel Choir. He recently recorded a solo album of English songs with pianist Robert Bottone which was released in July 2005 and will also be recording some tracks on 'From Innocence to Age' with Colin Upton and Charles Mauleverer in May 2005.

He was principal soloist on the Boys Air Choir tour to Japan of December 2004 and has subsequently sung at a tsunami relief concert with the Burrowes family in January 2005, in which he sang with Connor, Patrick and Elizabeth Burrowes. In October 2004, he played the part of Miles in The Turn of the Screw for the Cambridge University Opera Society and also sang the solo in Chichester Psalms at the Barbican. He sang Tolga Kashif's Ave Maria in the Classic Response concert at the Royal Albert Hall in March 2005 in aid of SOS Children's charity. He is also really looking forward to playing the role of 1st boy in Glyndebourne's summer season of 'The Magic Flute'

Aside from his singing, Harry's musical talent extends to the piano and viola, for which he has achieved distinctions in his last graded exams. He also plays the organ for services at Winchester College Chapel and Winchester Cathedral. In addition to this, Harry also loves to play rugby, and enjoys cricket, soccer, tennis and skiing. His other interests include opera, films and travel. — Music Partnership

Related Sites
Official Site: Music Partnership Profile
BCSD: Boys Air Choir
Harry Sever , ex Winchester Quirister and BBC Chorister of the year 2003, sang on 'In Pardisum' in 2004 for Boys Air Choir and was their principal soloist for the December 2004 Japan tour.
BCSD: Chorister of the Year
BCSD: Hugo Sever
Hugo is Harry's younger brother, who was also a Chorister of the Year finalist (2007)
Review: Choirbase
Review: Choirbase Concert Review
Lord of All Hopefulness
Broadcast 23 May 2004 on Songs of Praise with the Winchester Quirsters.
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O Holy Night
Montgomery Bell Academy Christmas concert 2009. Harry Sever bass, Matt Smyth tenor
O Holy Night
Concert at Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, TS. Dec 2009. Harry singing bass, Matt Smyth singing tenor.
Watford Observer Article
'Harry, 11, is singing sensation'

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Featured Recordings Compact | Full
Harry Sever - Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin
Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin (Tadpole 0606, CD) June 2006
Featuring Harry Sever  
This album won the Trebby Award for the Best Solo Treble Album 2006.
  1.   Das Wandern - Wandering  
  2.   Wohin - Where to?  
  3.   Halt! - Halt!  
  4.   Danksagung an den Bach - Giving thanks to the brook  
  5.   Am Feierabend - After work  
  6.   Der Neugierige - He who longs to know  
  7.   Ungeduld - Impatience  
  8.   Morgengruss - Morning greetings  
  9.   Des Müllers Blumen - The Miller's Flowers  
10.   Tränenregen - Rain of Tears  
11.   Mein! - Mine!  
12.   Pause - Pause  
13.   Mit dem grünen Lautenband - With the green lute ribbon  
14.   Der Jäger - The Hunter  
15.   Eifersucht und Stolz- Jealousy and pride  
16.   Die liebe Farbe - The beloved colour  
17.   Die böse Farbe - The hated colour  
18.   Trockne Blumen - Dry flowers  
19.   Der Müller und der Bach - The miller and the brook  
20.   Des Baches Wiegenlied - The brook's lullaby  
Available at   Tadpole Music
Harry Sever - My Own Country: a Recital of English Song
My Own Country: a Recital of English Song (Herald HAVPCD 311, CD) July 2005
Featuring Harry Sever  
Harry Sever with Robert Bottone, piano. This album won the Trebby Award for the Best Solo Treble Album 2005.
  1.   Orpheus with his lute (Sullivan)  
  2.   Edward Gray (Sullivan)  
  3.   Weep you no more (Parry)  
  4.   Willow, willow, willow (Parry)  
  5.   Over the mountains (Quilter)  
  6.   Drink to me only (Quilter)  
  7.   A poet's hymn (Dyson)  
  8.   Song of the Cyclops (Dyson)  
  9.   The stranger (Armstrong Gibbs)  
10.   Five eyes (Armstrong Gibbs)  
11.   Down by the Salley Gardens (Gurney)  
12.   Snow (Gurney)  
13.   O, my deir hert (Howells)  
14.   King David (Howells)  
15.   My own country (Warlock)  
16.   Rest, sweet nymphs (Warlock)  
17.   Tewkesbury Road (Head)  
18.   Lavender Pond (Head)  
19.   Tom Bowling (Britten)  
20.   The choirmaster's burial (Britten)  
further album and track info
Available at   Pascal Moré Musikvertrieb Thanks to one of my customers, the album is going to be pressed again in summer 2012.
Harry Sever - Hear My Prayer
Hear My Prayer (Herald HAVPCD 303, CD) December 2004
Featuring Thomas Jesty   Harry Sever   Winchester College Quiristers  
Winchester College Chapel Choir. Chorister of the Year award winners Harry Sever* (2003) and Thomas Jesty^ (2004) are the featured treble soloists.
  1.   Hear my prayer *  
  2.   I know that my redeemer liveth *  
  3.   O nomen Jesu *^  
  4.   I will lift up mine eyes  
  5.   Hear ye, Israel *  
  6.   God is gone up  
  7.   The Woodcutter's Song *^  
  8.   O mysterium ineffabile  
  9.   Pie Jesu *  
10.   Stabat mater dolorosa *^   from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
11.   Vidit suum dulcem natum *   from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
12.   Eia, mater, fons amoris *   from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
13.   Quando corpus morietur *^   from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
14.   Amen   from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater
15.   Te Deum in C *  
16.   Jubilate in E flat  
Available at   Herald AV
Available at   Pascal Moré Musikvertrieb Unfortunately this CD has gone out of print and is not available in pressed format anymore. However, Herald AV still has this album on offer as a professionally produced CD-R. As I prefer pressed CDs, I do not offer this album anymore but you can get it from The Record Corner www.therecordcorner.co.uk
Review at   choirbase.com
Other Recordings Compact | Full
Harry Sever - Tideland
Tideland (Rykodisc B000G1TDE2, CD) August 2006
Featuring Harry Sever  
soundtrack of the psychor film "Tideland". Harry sings is sings on track 9 "Madrigal for a mummy". The song has no lyrics as it seems.
  9.   Madrigal for a mummy   with Harry Sever
Available at   Amazon Deutschland with RealMedia audio clips
Harry Sever - In Paradisum
In Paradisum (Victor Entertainment Japan VICP 62874, CD) October 2004
Featuring Boys Air Choir   Connor Burrowes   Charlie Dalton   Harry Sever  
Connor Burrowes is the treble soloist on four tracks from recordings made in 1996 and an interesting baritone at other times. There is one solo track each by Harry Sever (Chorister of the Year) and Charlie Dalton. This was recorded in London with traditional instrumentation.
  1.   Introit et Kyrie (Requiem Op.48 (G.Faure))  
  2.   Offertoire (Requiem Op.48 (G.Faure))  
  3.   Sanctus (Requiem Op.48 (G.Faure))  
  4.   Pie Jesu (Requiem Op.48 (G.Faure))  
  5.   Agnus Dei (Requiem Op.48 (G.Faure))  
  6.   Libera Me (Requiem Op.48 (G.Faure))  
  7.   In Paradisum (Requiem Op.48 (G.Faure))  
  8.   Ave Verum Corpus K.618 (W.A.Mozart)  
  9.   In Paradisum (Connor Ver.)  
Available at   Amazon Japan
Available at   HMV Japan
  JVC Music Japan
Harry Sever - Something's Coming
Something's Coming (Herald  HAVPCD 276, CD) 2002
Featuring Winchester College Quiristers   Harry Sever   Nicholas Stenning   Samuel Wesley  
Nicholas Stenning (2001 Chorister of the Year), Harry Sever (2003 Chorister of the Year) and the Winchester College Quiristers
  1.   Something's coming (Bernstein) (L)  
  2.   The Salley Gardens (Britten) (L)   Soloist: Nicholas Stenning
  3.   Weg der Liebe (Brahms) (L)  
  4.   To Sylvia (Schubert) (L)   Soloist: Harry Sever
  5.   Ah perdona al primo affetto (Mozart) (L)  
  6.   Vocalise étude (Messiaen)  
  7.   O waly, waly (Britten) (L)  
  8.   The birds (Britten) (L)   Soloist: Harry Sever
  9.   Fancie (Britten) (L)  
10.   Willow willow (Grainger) (L)   Soloist: Nicholas Stenning
11.   Corpus Christi Carol (Britten) (L)  
12.   Over the mountains (Quilter) (L)   Soloist: Nicholas Stenning
13.   It was a lover and his lass (Rutter) (L)  
14.   Bridge over troubled water (Simon) (L)  
15.   La vendetta (Mozart) (L)  
16.   My ship (Weill) (L)   Soloist: Samuel Wesley
17.   Angels, ever bright and fair (Handel) (L)  
18.   Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams) (L)   Soloist: Nicholas Stenning
19.   Old Sir Faulk (Walton) (L)  
20.   Somewhere (Bernstein) (L)   Soloist: Harry Sever
track list and further info
"Something's Coming" is one of the most vivid and finest albums which was available in the treble genre. Featured are the Quiristers of Winchester College, including soloists such as Harry Sever (BBC Chorister of the year 2003) and Nicholas Stenning (BBC Chorister of the year 2001/2).
Unfortunately it has gone out of print and is not available in pressed format anymore. However, Herald AV still offers this album on professionally produced CD-R media, all like the original album except for the disc itself.

Therefore I do not sell this album anymore. Nevertheless you can still get the CD-R re-release from The Record Corner www.therecordcorner.co.uk, Herald AV's local partner.
Available at   Record Corner
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