Clive Barda (born 14 January 1945) is a British freelance photographer. His career has spanned nearly fifty years, during which he produced more than a million photographs of classical musicians (including composers and conductors) and artists of the stage (opera, ballet and theatre). [1] : 6
This list is a selection of Barda's better-known photographs from the book Performance!, published in 2000. [2] In her review of the book for The Guardian , Charlotte Higgins stated: "Over the past 30 years, Barda has photographed anyone who is anyone in music, from late, great luminaries such as Lucia Popp, Olivier Messiaen, Benjamin Britten and Charles Groves to today's young stars such as Evgeny Kissin, David Daniels and Cecilia Bartoli. For a new book of his photographs, Performance, an extraordinary 750,000 pictures were whittled down to a final selection of just over 150; some of them are formal portraits, but most of them are shots of musicians in action." [3]
The table below provides the following information:
List of selected photographic works (1968-2000) | ||||
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Year | Subject | Location | Date | Page |
1992 | Simon Rattle (Sir) | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 20 Nov 1992 | Front |
1978 | Sergiu Celibidache | Royal Festival Hall, London | 10 Apr 1978 | 2-3 |
1977 | Kiri Te Kanawa (Dame) | Royal Opera House, London | 14 Jul 1977 | 5 |
1977 | Vladimir Ashkenazy | All Saints Church, Petersham | 26 Mar 1977 | 6 |
1984 | Reginald Goodall (Sir) | Welsh National Opera, Cardiff | 13 Feb 1984 | 8-9 |
1983 | Klaus Tennstedt | Kingsway Hall, London | 4 May 1983 | 10 |
1979 | Carlos Kleiber | Royal Opera House, London | 5 Sep 1979 | 11 |
1991 | Anne Sofie von Otter | Royal Opera House, London | 26 Jun 1991 | 13 |
1972 | Daniel Barenboim (w. LPO & Edinburgh Festival Chorus) | George Watson College, Edinburgh | 29 Aug 1972 | 14-15 |
1976 | Itzhak Perlman & Pinchas Zukerman | Royal College of Music, London | 24 Oct 1976 | 16-17 |
1969 | Daniel Barenboim | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 22 May 1969 | 18 |
1968 | Susan Drake | At home, London | 12 Nov 1968 | 20 |
1997 | Radu Lupu | Winchester College, Winchester | 5 Oct 1997 | 23 |
1977 | Maurice André | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 24 Jan 1977 | 26 |
1997 | Valery Gergiev | Philharmonic Hall, Rotterdam | 27-28 Nov 1997 | 29 |
1982 | Vladimir Horowitz | Royal Festival Hall, London | 18 May 1982 | 30 |
1996 | Evgeny Kissin | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 6 Jun 1996 | 31 |
1996 | Evgeny Kissin | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 6 Jun 1996 | 32-33 |
1981 | Rudolf Serkin | Kingsway Hall, London | 6 Sep 1981 | 34 |
1978 | Mstislav Rostropovich | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 20 Apr 1978 | 35 |
1995 | Daniil Shafran | Wigmore Hall, London | 24 Apr 1995 | 36 |
1970 | Jacqueline du Pré | The Fairfield Halls, Croydon | 30 Jan 1970 | 37 |
1988 | Anne-Sophie Mutter | Royal Festival Hall, London | 18 Feb 1988 | 38 |
1988 | Mirella Freni | Chalk Farm Studios, London | 12 Feb 1988 | 39 |
1986 | Agnes Baltsa | Royal Opera House, London | 15 May 1986 | 40-41 |
1985 | Lucia Popp | St John's, Smith Square, London | 23 Aug 1985 | 42 |
1996 | Roberto Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu | Royal Opera House, London | 7 Jul 1996 | 43 |
1979 | Teresa Stratas | Royal Opera House, London | 17 Jul 1979 | 44 |
1994 | Amanda Roocroft | Glyndebourne | 14 Jul 1994 | 45 |
1997 | Oliver Knussen & Peter Serkin | Henry Wood Hall, London | 14 Dec 1997 | 46-47 |
1997 | Alfred Brendel | Usher Hall, Edinburgh | 24 Aug 1997 | 48 & 49 |
1973 | Artur Rubinstein | Bishopsgate Hall, London | 2-6 Oct 1973 | 50 |
1975 | Artur Rubinstein | Kingsway Hall, London | 10 Mar 1975 | 51 |
1997 | Ravi Shankar | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 18 Mar 1997 | 52 |
1974 | John Williams | CBS Studios, Whitfield St, London | 28 Feb 1974 | 53 |
1990 | Julian Bream | At home, Wiltshire | 9 Mar 1990 | 54-55 |
1978 | Geraint Evans (Sir) | London Opera Centre, London | 6 Jun 1978 | 56 |
2000 | Thomas Allen (Sir) | Royal Opera House, London | 13 May 2000 | 57 |
2000 | Bernard Haitink | Royal Opera House, London | 11 Oct 2000 | 58-59 |
1997 | Antonio Pappano (Sir) | Usher Hall, Edinburgh | 28 Aug 1997 | 60 |
1989 | Pierre Boulez | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 14 Jan 1989 | 61 |
1971 | Aaron Copland | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | c. 1971 | 62 |
2000 | Harrison Birtwistle (Sir) | Berlin | 23 Mar 2000 | 63 |
2000 | Pierre Boulez | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 1 Feb 2000 | 63 |
1996 | Hans Werner Henze | Henry Wood Hall, London | 13 Jun 1996 | 64 |
1977 | Aram Khachaturian | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 2 Feb 1977 | 65 |
1999 | György Kurtág | Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | 25 Aug 1999 | 66 |
1973 | Karlheinz Stockhausen | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 20 Mar 1973 | 67 |
1986 | Malcolm Arnold (Sir) | Walthamstow Town Hall, London | 28 Oct 1986 | 68 |
1986 | Olivier Messiaen | Bath Festival | 27 May 1986 | 69 |
1985 | Philip Glass | At home, New York | 26 Feb 1985 | 70 |
1982 | György Ligeti | Westbury Hotel, New York | 21 May 1982 | 71 |
1993 | Toru Takemitsu | Aldeburgh Festival | 13 Jun 1993 | 72 |
1988 | Mark-Anthony Turnage | At home, London | 8 Jun 1988 | 73 |
1986 | Richard Rodney Bennett (Sir) | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | 28 May 1986 | 74 |
1974 | Luciano Berio | BBC Maida Vale Studio, London | 17 Aug 1974 | 75 |
2000 | Arvo Pärt | St Marylebone Church, London | 27 Mar 2000 | 76-77 |
1976 | Stephen Sondheim | CBS Studios, Whitfield St, London | 15 May 1976 | 78 |
1974 | Peter Maxwell Davies (Sir) | Clive Barda's Studio, London | 12 Aug 1974 | 79 |
1985 | Witold Lutosławski | Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | 5 Dec 1985 | 80-81 |
1972 | John Ogdon | Fairfield Halls, Croydon | c. 1972 | 82 |
1973 | Murray Perahia | CBS Studios, Whitfield St, London | 30 May 1973 | 84-85 |
1976 | Claudio Arrau | Royal Albert Hall, London | 6 Jun 1976 | 86 |
1986 | Stephen Kovacevich | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 16 Feb 1986 | 87 |
2000 | András Schiff | Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | 25 Aug 2000 | 88 |
1997 | Maurizio Pollini | Royal Festival Hall, London | 28 Apr 1997 | 89 |
1991 | Mitsuko Uchida | Royal Festival Hall, London | 12 Dec 1991 | 90-91 |
1975 | Clifford Curzon (Sir) | Palais des Congrès, Paris | 21-22 Oct 1975 | 92 |
1972 | Emil Gilels | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | c. 1972 | 93 |
1969 | Yehudi Menuhin (Lord) | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 1969 | 94 |
1978 | Carlo Bergonzi | Clive Barda's Studio, London | 21 Mar 1978 | 95 |
1979 | Nathan Milstein | Royal Festival Hall, London | 25 Mar 1979 | 96 |
1980 | Gidon Kremer | St John's, Smith Square, London | 2 Feb 1980 | 97 |
1991 | Igor Oistrakh | Henry Wood Hall, London | 4 Mar 1991 | 98-99 |
1969 | Kyung Wha Chung | BBC Studio, Broadcasting House, London | 1969 | 100 |
1976 | Ida Haendel | Royal Albert Hall, London | 30 Jun 1976 | 101 |
1994 | Viktoria Mullova | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 21 Apr 1994 | 102-103 |
1979 | Isaac Stern | Royal Festival Hall, London | 11 Feb 1979 | 104 |
1998 | Thomas Zehetmair | Usher Hall, Edinburgh | 17 Aug 1998 | 105 |
1995 | Daniele Gatti | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 25 May 1995 | 106 |
1994 | Riccardo Chailly | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 24 Apr 1994 | 107 |
1991 | Maxim Shostakovich | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 7 Mar 1991 | 108-109 |
1980 | Rafael Kubelík | Royal Festival Hall, London | 1 Jul 1980 | 110 |
1991 | Yuri Temirkanov | Royal Festival Hall, London | 13 Feb 1991 | 111 |
1976 | Leopold Stokowski | West Ham, London | 24 May 1976 | 112 |
1975 | Eugene Ormandy | Royal Festival Hall, London | 7 May 1975 | 113 |
1986 | Carlo Maria Giulini | Henry Wood Hall, London | 6 Mar 1986 | 114 |
1997 | Zubin Mehta | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 18 Mar 1997 | 115 |
1976 | Adrian Boult (Sir) | Royal Albert Hall, London | 16 Oct 1976 | 116-117 |
1995 | Steven Isserlis | Bath Festival | 30 May-1 Jun 95 | 118 |
1995 | Joshua Bell | Bath Festival | 30 May-1 Jun 95 | 119 |
1995 | Pamela Frank | Bath Festival | 30 May-1 Jun 95 | 119 |
1995 | Jon Kimura Parker | Bath Festival | 30 May-1 Jun 95 | 119 |
1995 | Tabea Zimmermann | Bath Festival | 30 May-1 Jun 95 | 119 |
1995 | P. Frank, J. Bell, J. Kimura Parker, T. Zimmermann, St. Isserlis | Bath Festival | 30 May-1 Jun 95 | 120-121 |
1993 | Yo-Yo Ma | Teatro Communale, Florence | 21 Jun 1993 | 122-123 |
1984 | Yan Pascal Tortelier | Henry Wood Hall, London | 23 Sep 1984 | 124 |
1984 | Paul Tortelier | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 16 Nov 1984 | 125 |
1973 | Lionel Tertis | At home, London | 30 Nov 1973 | 126 |
1996 | Yuri Bashmet | Royal Albert Hall, London | 9 Aug 1996 | 127 |
1996 | Evelyn Glennie (Dame) | Windsor Festival, Windsor | 22 Sep 1996 | 128 |
1991 | Evelyn Glennie (Dame) | Eton College, Eton | 28 Apr 1991 | 129 |
1976 | Daniel Barenboim, Jacqueline du Pré | Outside St Paul's Cathedral, London | 4 Jul 1976 | 130 |
1992 | Cecilia Bartoli | Teatro Communale, Bologna | 16 Jun 1992 | 132 |
1999 | José Cura | Walthamstow Town Hall, London | 8 Jul 1999 | 133 |
1996 | Josephine Barstow (Dame) | Opera North, Leeds | 17 Apr 1996 | 134 |
1981 | Janet Baker (Dame) | Royal Opera House, London | 24 Nov 1981 | 135 |
1995 | Felicity Lott (Dame) | Royal Opera House, London | 1 Feb 1995 | 135 |
1980 | Ileana Cotrubaș | Royal Opera House, London | 12 Dec 1980 | 136 |
1985 | Joan Sutherland (Dame) | Royal Opera House, London | 10 Apr 1985 | 137 |
1977 | Claudio Abbado & Teresa Berganza | St John's, Smith Square, London | 15 Sep 1977 | 138 |
1996 | David Daniels | Glyndebourne Festival Opera | 11 May 1996 | 139 |
1977 | James Levine | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 12 Aug 1977 | 140 |
1977 | James Levine & Renata Scotto | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 12 Aug 1977 | 141 |
1973 | Charles Groves (Sir) & grandson | At home, London | 1 Jun 1973 | 142-143 |
1973 | Andrew Davis (Sir) | Glyndebourne, The Organ Room | 6 Aug 1973 | 144 |
1996 | Andrew Davis (Sir) | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 7 Sep 1996 | 145 |
1987 | Jeffrey Tate | Philharmonie, Berlin | 14-17 Aug 1987 | 146 |
1977 | Charles Mackerras (Sir) | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 24 Jan 1977 | 147 |
1999 | Mark Elder (Sir) | Royal Albert Hall, London | 23 Jul 1999 | 148 |
1996 | Paul Daniel | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 29 Apr 1996 | 149 |
1996 | Daniel Harding | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 2 May 1996 | 150 |
1986 | John Eliot Gardiner (Sir) | All Saints Church, Tooting, London | 18 Mar 1986 | 151 |
1999 | Roger Norrington (Sir) | Royal Festival Hall, London | 24 Nov 1999 | 152 |
1974 | Neville Marriner (Sir) | CBS Studios, Whitfield St, London | 23 Aug 1974 | 153 |
1995 | Georg Solti (Sir) | Royal Festival Hall, London | 1 May 1995 | 155 |
1978 | Eugen Jochum | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 30 Jun 1978 | 156-157 |
1990 | Luciano Pavarotti | Royal Opera House, London | 10 Mar 1990 | 158-159 |
1997 | Plácido Domingo | Kirov Opera, St Petersburg | 25 Oct 1997 | 160-161 |
1984 | José Carreras & Teresa Berganza | Royal Opera House, London | 16 Oct 1984 | 162-163 |
1979 | Tatiana Troyanos & Renata Scotto | Henry Wood Hall, London | 19 Jul 1979 | 164 |
1977 | Ileana Cotrubaș & Teresa Berganza | King's Theatre, Edinburgh | 27 Aug 1977 | 165 |
1987 | Christa Ludwig | Staatsoper, Hamburg | 9-11 Mar 1987 | 166 |
1977 | Grace Bumbry | Royal Opera House, London | 31 Oct 1977 | 167 |
1993 | John Tomlinson (Sir) | Royal Opera House, London | 2 Oct 1993 | 168 |
1982 | John Tomlinson (Sir) | St John's, Smith Square, London | 12 Aug 1982 | 169 |
1979 | Leontyne Price | Walthamstow Town Hall, London | 31 Jul 1979 | 170 |
1978 | Victoria de los Ángeles | BBC Studio, Egton House, London | 29 Apr 1978 | 171 |
1985 | Jessye Norman | Berkeley Square, London | 8 Aug 1985 | 172-173 |
1984 | Radu Lupu & Murray Perahia | The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk | 26 Jun 1984 | 174-175 |
1993 | Sviatoslav Richter | Air Studios, London | 22 Nov 1993 | 176, 177 |
1973 | Peter Pears (Sir) | Royal Opera House, London | 1 Jun 1973 | 178 |
1976 | Benjamin Britten (Lord) | The Maltings, Snape, Suffolk | 11 Jun 1976 | 179 |
1978 | Barry Tuckwell | At home, London | 17 Oct 1978 | 180-181 |
1980 | Jean-Pierre Rampal | Olympic Studios, London | 22 Dec 1980 | 182 |
1969 | David Munrow | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | c. 1969 | 183 |
1985 | Martha Argerich | Walthamstow Town Hall, London | 29 May 1985 | 184-185 |
1999 | Günter Wand | Usher Hall, Edinburgh | 31 Aug 1999 | 186 |
1981 | Kurt Sanderling | Kingsway Hall, London | 15 Jan 1981 | 187 |
1999 | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Royal Festival Hall, London | 30 Nov 1999 | 188, 189 |
1998 | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Théâtre de Châtelet, Paris | 3 Feb 1998 | 190-191 |
1994 | Evgeny Svetlanov | Lambeth Mission, London | 22 Sep 1994 | 192 |
1994 | Seiji Ozawa | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 8 Nov 1994 | 193 |
1994 | Kurt Masur | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 21 Apr 1994 | 194 |
1990 | Christoph von Dohnányi | Royal Opera House, London | 7 Nov 1990 | 195 |
1998 | Christian Thielemann | Festspielhaus Baden-Baden | 5 Jun 1998 | 196-197 |
2000 | Leonard Slatkin | Royal Festival Hall, London | 16 Mar 2000 | 198 |
1995 | Colin Davis (Sir) | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 16 Feb 1995 | 199 |
1990 | Michael Tilson Thomas | Barbican Concert Hall, London | 30 Sep 1990 | 200 |
1990 | Giuseppe Sinopoli | Royal Festival Hall, London | 15 Mar 1990 | 201 |
1993 | Lorin Maazel | Royal Festival Hall, London | 15 Dec 1993 | 202-203 |
1971 | André Previn | Morley College, London | c. 1971 | 204 |
1970 | Leonard Bernstein | Royal Albert Hall, London | Feb 1970 | 205 |
1990 | Joan Sutherland & Luciano Pavarotti | Royal Opera House, London | 31 Dec 1990 | 206-207 |
1976 | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Royal Festival Hall, London | 14 Dec 1976 | 208 |
1980 | Pierre Fournier & Mstislav Rostropovich | Royal Festival Hall, London | 11 May 1980 | 209 |
1973 | Yehudi Menuhin & Stéphane Grappelli | No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London | 7 Mar 1973 | Back |
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