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  Simon Woolf    (b. August 1954) Boy Soprano Soloist 
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Simon Woolf From a local debut in "Acis and Galatea" near his Blackheath home, twelve-year-old Simon Woolf was catapulted into London's musical life at the highest professional level. His second concert found him singing solos in Messiah at the Royal Festival Hall alongside Joan Sutherland. Since then Simon Woolf has been in continual demand for the concert platform, operatic stage, radio and television. His operatic roles have included Amah! and he has completed two seasons in The Magic Flute at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. His gramophone recordings include duets with Fischer-Dieskau and John Shirley-Quirk.

After a star-studded childhood career as a treble, Simon Woolf went to an opposite pole of the musical world, becoming a jazz bassist. He regularly performs with many of the top London players, notably as part of Andy Panayi's Mulligan-infIuenced quartet, as well as backing visiting Americans. He has a distinguished freelance career which includes stints with Bobby Wellins, Bill le Sage, Dave Cliff, John Critchinson, cornettist Ruby Braff and singer Weslia Whitfield.

As well as working with Andy Panayi's Quartet, he is also a regular member of bands led by pianist Peter Jacobsen and Geoff Simkins. Recordings include a trio with Harry Allen and Howard Alden and an appearance on Steve Melling's recent release. He also composes, plays piano and sousaphone, teaches jazz bass at both Trinity and Royal Colleges of Music and is a regular contributor to 'Doublebassist' magazine.

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Featured Recordings Compact | Full
Simon Woolf - A Child's Garden
A Child's Garden (Unicorn RHS 316, LP) 1969
Featuring Simon Woolf  
Twentieth Century Songs of Childhood From Poland and England.
  1.   Children's Rhymes (Szymanowski) (L)  
  2.   The Ship of Rio (Britten) (L)  
  3.   Poor Henry (Berkeley) (L)  
  4.   The Fly (Bennett) (L)  
  5.   Clock-a Clay (Bennett) (L)  
  6.   I had a dove (Frankel) (L)  
  7.   The Wind at Morning (Salzedo) (L)  
  8.   Fishing:The Herd-Boy's Song (Oldham) (L)  
  9.   From a Child's Garden (Williamson) (L)  
10.   Where the bee sucks (Tippett) (L)  
Simon Woolf - Children's Songs
Children's Songs (Turnabout TV-S 34331, LP) 1968
Featuring Simon Woolf  
  1.   With Nurse   from: Mussorgsky - The Nursery
  2.   In the Corner   from: Mussorgsky - The Nursery
  3.   The Beetle   From: Mussorgsky - The Nursery
  4.   Dolly's Lullaby   From: Mussorgsky - The Nursery
  5.   Evening Prayer   From: Mussorgsky - The Nursery
  6.   The cat and the birdcage   From: Mussorgsky - The Nursery
  7.   The hobby-horse   From: Mussorgsky - The Nursery
  8.   Old King Cole   From: Kabelevsky - Seven Nursery Rhymes
  9.   If all the seas were one sea   From: Kabelevsky - Seven Nursery Rhymes
10.   I saw a ship a-sailing   From: Kabelevsky - Seven Nursery Rhymes
11.   There was an old woman   From: Kabelevsky - Seven Nursery Rhymes
12.   For want of a nail the horse-shoe was lost   From: Kabelevsky - Seven Nursery Rhymes
13.   Five little pigs   From: Kabelevsky - Seven Nursery Rhymes
14.   The Key of the Kingdom   From: Kabelevsky - Seven Nursery Rhymes
15.   Chatterbox   From: Prokofiev - Three Children's Songs
16.   Lollipop   From:Prokofiev - Three Children's Songs
17.   The Little Pigs   From: Prokofiev - Three Children's Songs
18.   The Owl and the Pussycat (Stravinsky)  
19.   The Ugly Duckling (Prokofiev)  
20.   A Child's Song (Mussorgsky)  
21.   Ragamuffin (Mussorgsky)  
Other Recordings Compact | Full
Simon Woolf - Purcell: Hail Bright Cecilia
Purcell: Hail Bright Cecilia (EMI Classics , CD) 1999
Featuring Simon Woolf  
Available at   Amazon.com
Simon Woolf - Purcell: Ode on St. Cecilia's Day (1692)
Purcell: Ode on St. Cecilia's Day (1692) (Archiv Galleria 427 159, CD) 1969
Featuring Tiffin School Boys Choir   Simon Woolf  
With the Tiffin School Boys Chorus, Ambrosian Singers
Available at   Tower Records Available in The Purcell Collection
Simon Woolf - Handel: Jephtha
Handel: Jephtha (Vanguard Cardinal Stereo VCS 10077/8/9, LP)
Featuring Simon Woolf  
Reri Grist / Mareen Forrester / Helen Watts / Alexander Young / Simon Woolf with the English Chamber Orch.
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Handel: L'Allegro Il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Erato ECD 880 752, CD)
Featuring Simon Woolf  
Simon Woolf - Mendelssohn: Elijah
Mendelssohn: Elijah (EMI CDFB 68601, CD)
Featuring Wandsworth School Boys' Choir   Simon Woolf  
With the Wandsworth School Boys' Chorus and female sopranos.
Available at   Amazon UK
Available at   Tower Records
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