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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">James Bowman</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">James Thomas Bowman</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1941-11-06</span>)</span>6 November 1941<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Oxford" title="Oxford">Oxford</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">27 March 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-03-27)</span> (aged 81)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Redhill,_Surrey" title="Redhill, Surrey">Redhill</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Countertenor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Organisations</th><td class="infobox-data org"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Early_Music_Consort" title="Early Music Consort">Early Music Consort</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Chapel_Royal" title="Chapel Royal">Chapel Royal</a>, St. James's Palace</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/L%27Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres" class="mw-redirect" title="L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres">L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres</a></li><li>Medal of Honour of the City of Paris</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pattle/bowman/">www<wbr />.users<wbr />.globalnet<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk<wbr />/~pattle<wbr />/bowman<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>James Thomas Bowman</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">CBE</a></span></span> (6 November 1941 – 27 March 2023) was an English <a href="/wiki/Countertenor" title="Countertenor">countertenor</a>. His career spanned opera, oratorio, contemporary music and solo recitals. Arguably, he was, after <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Deller" title="Alfred Deller">Alfred Deller</a>, the most important countertenor in the 20th century revival of the voice part. He combined early and baroque repertoires with contemporary work, becoming recognised for his portrayal of Oberon in Britten's <i><a href="/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream_(opera)" title="A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)">A Midsummer Night's Dream</a></i> and performing world premieres. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Bowman_(countertenor)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Bowman_(countertenor)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bowman's background was in <a href="/wiki/Anglican_church_music" title="Anglican church music">Anglican church music</a>. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Ely" title="King's Ely">King's Ely</a><sup id="cite_ref-Macdonald_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Macdonald-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he began singing as a boy chorister at <a href="/wiki/Ely_Cathedral" title="Ely Cathedral">Ely Cathedral</a>, progressing to become head chorister. After the traditional rest when his voice broke, he returned to the choir as a bass.<sup id="cite_ref-Ely_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 1959, he gave his first public performance as a countertenor to a school congregation in the Lady Chapel. He later went to <a href="/wiki/New_College,_Oxford" title="New College, Oxford">New College, Oxford</a>, as a <a href="/wiki/Choral_scholar" title="Choral scholar">choral scholar</a> and was a member of the New College and <a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Oxford" title="Christ Church, Oxford">Christ Church</a> choirs.<sup id="cite_ref-Macdonald_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Macdonald-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-grove_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grove-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Bowman_(countertenor)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After finishing his studies, Bowman was briefly a teacher. However, in the late 1960s he became active as a countertenor soloist, a career which lasted more than 40 years.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Opera">Opera</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Bowman_(countertenor)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Opera"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1967, Bowman auditioned for <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a>'s <a href="/wiki/English_Opera_Group" title="English Opera Group">English Opera Group</a>. He was cast as Oberon in <i><a href="/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream_(opera)" title="A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)">A Midsummer Night's Dream</a></i>. The role had been composed with <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Deller" title="Alfred Deller">Alfred Deller</a>'s ethereal voice in mind. Deller sang in the 1960 premiere and his two recordings of the work have a claim to being definitive as regards the sound Britten intended. However, Bowman, who had a larger voice than Deller and a more commanding stage presence, went on to have a long association with the role,<sup id="cite_ref-Breen_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breen-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> finally recording his interpretation with the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Sinfonia" title="City of London Sinfonia">City of London Sinfonia</a> under <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hickox" title="Richard Hickox">Richard Hickox</a> in 1993. He appeared at <a href="/wiki/Glyndebourne" title="Glyndebourne">Glyndebourne</a> in 1970 in Francesco Cavalli's <i><a href="/wiki/La_Calisto" title="La Calisto">La Calisto</a></i>, as the first countertenor to sing there,<sup id="cite_ref-Breen_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breen-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> conducted by <a href="/wiki/Raymond_Leppard" title="Raymond Leppard">Raymond Leppard</a> and alongside <a href="/wiki/Janet_Baker" title="Janet Baker">Janet Baker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gramophone_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gramophone-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He sang at the <a href="/wiki/English_National_Opera" title="English National Opera">English National Opera</a> in 1971 in Handel's <i><a href="/wiki/Semele_(Handel)" title="Semele (Handel)">Semele</a></i>, and at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Opera_House" title="Royal Opera House">Royal Opera House</a> in 1972 in <i><a href="/wiki/Taverner_(opera)" title="Taverner (opera)">Taverner</a></i> by Peter Maxwell Davies.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockheart_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockheart-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1973 he created the role of the Voice of Apollo in Britten's <i><a href="/wiki/Death_in_Venice_(opera)" title="Death in Venice (opera)">Death in Venice</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-grove_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grove-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Breen_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breen-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bowman retired from the operatic stage to concentrate on concert work after having appeared at most of the world's major opera houses including <a href="/wiki/La_Scala" title="La Scala">La Scala in Milan</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Macdonald_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Macdonald-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Stopera" title="Stopera">Stopera</a> in Amsterdam, <a href="/wiki/Palais_Garnier" title="Palais Garnier">Palais Garnier</a> in Paris, the <a href="/wiki/Aix-en-Provence_Festival" title="Aix-en-Provence Festival">Aix-en-Provence Festival</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House" title="Sydney Opera House">Sydney Opera House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Verona_Arena" title="Verona Arena">Verona Arena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vienna_State_Opera" title="Vienna State Opera">Vienna State Opera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_de_Strasbourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Opéra de Strasbourg">Opéra de Strasbourg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_Opera" title="Santa Fe Opera">Santa Fe Opera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Opera" title="Dallas Opera">Dallas Opera</a>, and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Opera" title="San Francisco Opera">San Francisco Opera</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockheart_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockheart-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Coghlan_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coghlan-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Early_music">Early music</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Bowman_(countertenor)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Early music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1965 Bowman met <a href="/wiki/David_Munrow" title="David Munrow">David Munrow</a> and was invited to join the <a href="/wiki/Early_Music_Consort" title="Early Music Consort">Early Music Consort</a> of London.<sup id="cite_ref-Breen_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breen-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ensemble flourished in the ten years from 1967 to 1976, making many recordings and touring. When Munrow died in 1976, the group disbanded but Bowman continued to work with former members such as the harpsichordist and conductor <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hogwood" title="Christopher Hogwood">Christopher Hogwood</a> and the lutenist Robert Spencer.<sup id="cite_ref-Ely_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Breen_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breen-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1967 Bowman sang in one of Purcell's odes at the opening concert of London's <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_Hall" title="Queen Elizabeth Hall">Queen Elizabeth Hall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Breen_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breen-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the years 1969–1975 Bowman sang in the <a href="/wiki/Choir_of_Westminster_Abbey" class="mw-redirect" title="Choir of Westminster Abbey">choir of Westminster Abbey</a>. For many years Bowman was a member of the early music choral group <a href="/wiki/Pro_Cantione_Antiqua" title="Pro Cantione Antiqua">Pro Cantione Antiqua</a>. In recital he often worked with the lutenist Dorothy Linell and the pianist Andrew Plant.<sup id="cite_ref-Ely_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Contemporary_music">Contemporary music</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Bowman_(countertenor)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Contemporary music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As well as the Britten and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Maxwell_Davies" title="Peter Maxwell Davies">Maxwell Davies</a> operatic productions, Bowman gave the world premieres of contemporary works by composers including <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Burgon" title="Geoffrey Burgon">Geoffrey Burgon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ridout" title="Alan Ridout">Alan Ridout</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodney_Bennett" title="Richard Rodney Bennett">Richard Rodney Bennett</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ely_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hyperion_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hyperion-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also commissioned the <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Will_Pronounce#Self-laudatory_hymn_of_Inanna_and_her_omnipotence" title="Time Will Pronounce">Self-laudatory hymn of Inanna and her omnipotence</a></i> from <a href="/wiki/Michael_Nyman" title="Michael Nyman">Michael Nyman</a>. He appeared in the world premiere of Britten's <a href="/wiki/Canticle_IV:_The_Journey_of_the_Magi" title="Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi">Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi</a> in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-Breen_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breen-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_life">Later life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Bowman_(countertenor)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The suicide of David Munrow in 1976 left Bowman in such a state of shock that he lost his voice and had to retrain. <sup id="cite_ref-Marbecks_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marbecks-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010 it was announced that Bowman would give his last London concert in 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wigmore_Hall" title="Wigmore Hall">Wigmore Hall</a>, although he would continue to give recitals outside the capital.<sup id="cite_ref-Coghlan_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coghlan-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few years previously he retired from the <a href="/wiki/Chapel_Royal" title="Chapel Royal">Chapel Royal</a>, <a href="/wiki/St._James%27s_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="St. James's Palace">St. James's Palace</a>, in London, after a decade of service.<sup id="cite_ref-Cullingford_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cullingford-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bowman died on 27 March 2023, at age 81.<sup id="cite_ref-Macdonald_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Macdonald-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gramophone_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gramophone-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_positions">Awards and positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Bowman_(countertenor)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Awards and positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1992 the French Government honoured Bowman with admission to <i><a href="/wiki/L%27Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres" class="mw-redirect" title="L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres">L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres</a></i> and he also received the Medal of Honour of the City of Paris, in recognition of his contribution to the musical life of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Ely_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lockheart_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockheart-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hyperion_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hyperion-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>He was president of the <a href="/wiki/Holst_Singers" title="Holst Singers">Holst Singers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockheart_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockheart-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In May 1992 Bowman received an honorary doctorate from the <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_University" title="Newcastle University">University of Newcastle upon Tyne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ely_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>He was made a <a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Birthday_Honours" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Birthday Honours">Queen's Birthday Honours</a> in June 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Ely_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In November 1998 Bowman was made an honorary fellow of <a href="/wiki/New_College,_Oxford" title="New College, Oxford">New College, Oxford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ely_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In December 2006, after <a href="/wiki/Sir_Malcolm_Arnold" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Malcolm Arnold">Sir Malcolm Arnold</a> died, Bowman succeeded him as Patron of the Northamptonshire Choral Foundation, and thus the Choirs of <a href="/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Northampton" title="All Saints' Church, Northampton">All Saints' Church, Northampton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ely_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>He was a vice-president of <a href="/wiki/The_Bach_Choir" title="The Bach Choir">The Bach Choir</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ely_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Bowman_(countertenor)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bowman made over 180 recordings with major record labels.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of his first recordings was a 1967 LP of Baroque music for <a href="/wiki/EMI_Records" title="EMI Records">EMI</a>, Charpentier's <i><a href="/wiki/Messe_de_minuit_pour_No%C3%ABl" title="Messe de minuit pour Noël">Messe de minuit pour Noël</a></i>, H.9., with the <a href="/wiki/Choir_of_King%27s_College,_Cambridge" title="Choir of King's College, Cambridge">Choir of King's College, Cambridge</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/English_Chamber_Orchestra" title="English Chamber Orchestra">English Chamber Orchestra</a> conducted by <a href="/wiki/David_Willcocks" title="David Willcocks">David Willcocks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ely_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He recorded with many leading conductors including <a href="/wiki/Frans_Br%C3%BCggen" title="Frans Brüggen">Frans Brüggen</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Eliot_Gardiner" title="John Eliot Gardiner">John Eliot Gardiner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikolaus_Harnoncourt" title="Nikolaus Harnoncourt">Nikolaus Harnoncourt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hogwood" title="Christopher Hogwood">Christopher Hogwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Leonhardt" title="Gustav Leonhardt">Gustav Leonhardt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Norrington" title="Roger Norrington">Roger Norrington</a>. Between 1988 and 2001 he made many recordings for <a href="/wiki/Hyperion_Records" title="Hyperion Records">Hyperion Records</a> with <a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Consort" title="The King's Consort">The King's Consort</a> and their conductor <a href="/wiki/Robert_King_(conductor)" title="Robert King (conductor)">Robert King</a>, including the complete odes of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Purcell" title="Henry Purcell">Henry Purcell</a>, secular songs and church music, Handel's <i><a href="/wiki/Judas_Maccabaeus_(Handel)" title="Judas Maccabaeus (Handel)">Judas Maccabaeus</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Occasional_Oratorio" title="Occasional Oratorio">Occasional Oratorio</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Deborah_(Handel)" title="Deborah (Handel)">Deborah</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Joseph_and_his_Brethren" title="Joseph and his Brethren">Joseph and his Brethren</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Giulio_Cesare" title="Giulio Cesare">Giulio Cesare</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ottone" title="Ottone">Ottone</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Joshua_(Handel)" title="Joshua (Handel)">Joshua</a></i>, discs of Schelle, Kuhnau and Knüpfer, and two solo discs of Handel arias.<sup id="cite_ref-Hyperion_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hyperion-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He recorded Britten's <i>Midsummer Night's Dream</i> in 1993, with the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London_Sinfonia" title="City of London Sinfonia">City of London Sinfonia</a> conducted by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hickox" title="Richard Hickox">Richard Hickox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Gramophone_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gramophone-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He appeared in the 1985 <a href="/wiki/Tony_Palmer_(director)" title="Tony Palmer (director)">Tony Palmer</a> film about Handel <i><a href="/wiki/God_Rot_Tunbridge_Wells!" title="God Rot Tunbridge Wells!">God Rot Tunbridge Wells!</a></i>, singing '<a href="/wiki/Ombra_mai_fu" title="Ombra mai fu">Ombra mai fu</a>' from <i><a href="/wiki/Serse" title="Serse">Serse</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bowman's twentieth-century repertoire included <i><a href="/wiki/Ten_Blake_Songs" title="Ten Blake Songs">Ten Blake Songs</a></i> and <i>Linden Lea</i> by Vaughan Williams on the Meridian Records label<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Songs of Innocence</i>, a recital album of mostly English songs with <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Swait" class="mw-redirect" title="Andrew Swait">Andrew Swait</a> (treble) and pianist Andrew Plant.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011 he recorded lute songs by <a href="/wiki/John_Dowland" title="John Dowland">John Dowland</a> and others on the CD <i>Songs and Sorrowful Sonnets</i> with Dorothy Linell.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was made available as a digital download in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Bowman_(countertenor)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-Macdonald_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Macdonald_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Macdonald_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Kyle Macdonald: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/countertenor-james-bowman-dies/">Leading countertenor James Bowman, who "inspired a generation", has died aged 81</a>, ClassicFM, 28 March 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em 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a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pattle/bowman/">"James Bowman's website"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 August</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=James+Bowman%27s+website&rft.pub=James+Bowman&rft.date=1998&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.users.globalnet.co.uk%2F~pattle%2Fbowman%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Bowman+%28countertenor%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ely-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ely_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ely_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ely_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ely_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ely_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ely_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ely_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ely_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ely_3-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ely_3-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ely_3-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kingsely.org/obituary-old-elean-and-former-ely-cathedral-chorister-james-bowman-cbe/">Obituary: Old Elean and former Ely Cathedral Chorister, James Bowman CBE</a> <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Ely" title="King's Ely">King's Ely</a> 28 March 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-grove-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-grove_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-grove_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Alan Blyth. 'Bowman, James (Thomas)', in <i>Grove Music Online</i> (2001)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGenzlinger" class="citation news cs1">Genzlinger. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/arts/music/james-bowman-dead.html">"James Bowman, who helped resurrect the countertenor"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=James+Bowman%2C+who+helped+resurrect+the+countertenor&rft.au=Genzlinger&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2023%2F04%2F07%2Farts%2Fmusic%2Fjames-bowman-dead.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJames+Bowman+%28countertenor%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Breen-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Breen_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Breen_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Breen_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Breen_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Breen_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Breen_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Breen_6-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Edward Breen: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/icon-james-bowman">Icon: James Bowman</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gramophone_(magazine)" title="Gramophone (magazine)">Gramophone</a></i>, 5 November 2021]</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">James Bowman (26 November 2009), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/26/james-bowman-countertenor-revival">James Bowman on striking a high note</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gramophone-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Gramophone_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gramophone_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gramophone_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Edward Breen: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/james-bowman-much-loved-countertenor-has-died-aged-81">James Bowman, much-loved countertenor, has died aged 81</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gramophone_(magazine)" title="Gramophone (magazine)">Gramophone</a></i>, 28 March 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lockheart-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lockheart_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockheart_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockheart_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockheart_9-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.classical-music.uk/news/article/counter-tenor-james-bowman-has-died-aged-81">"Counter-tenor James Bowman has died aged 81"</a>. <i>Classical-music.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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'<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theartsdesk.com/classical-music/james-bowman-mahan-esfahani-wigmore-hall">James Bowman, Mahan Esfahani, Wigmore Hall: An evening of Baroque music celebrates a great career</a>', in <i>The Arts Desk</i>, 21 May 2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Telegraph-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Telegraph_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Telegraph_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/03/28/james-bowman-acclaimed-countertenor-taken-benjamin-britten-sing/">James Bowman, acclaimed countertenor taken up by Benjamin Britten to sing Oberon and the Voice of Apollo – obituary</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i>, 28 March 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hyperion-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hyperion_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hyperion_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hyperion_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/a.asp?a=A75">James Bowman (countertenor)</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Hyperion_Records" title="Hyperion Records">Hyperion Records</a></i>, 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Marbecks-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Marbecks_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Marbecks Record Shop.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.marbecks.co.nz/detail/123990/Henry-VIII-and-his-Six-Wives/">Henry VIII and his Six Wives</a>, 11 April 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cullingford-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cullingford_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Martin Cullingford: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gramophone.co.uk/blogs/article/past-and-present-at-the-chapel-royal-hampton-court">Past and present at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gramophone_(magazine)" title="Gramophone (magazine)">Gramophone</a></i>, 15 March 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://conviviumrecords.co.uk/artist-profile/james-bowman/">James Bowman (Countertenor)</a> <a href="/wiki/Convivium_Records" title="Convivium Records">Convivium Records</a> 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.muziekweb.nl/en/Link/M00000240285/CLASSICAL/James-Bowman">James Bowman</a> <a href="/wiki/Muziekweb" class="mw-redirect" title="Muziekweb">Muziekweb</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/title/1164829328">WorldCat entry for DVD of God rot Tunbridge Wells : the life of Georg Frederic Handel</a> accessed 19 February 2024, and booklet accompanying TPDVD114, 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.meridian-records.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_CDE_84158_VAUGHAN_WILLIAMS__Ten_Blake_Songs_and_Linden_Lea_and_Works_by_Warlock__Howells__Rideout_and_Steptoe__49.html">"CDE 84158 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ten Blake Songs and Linden Lea and Works by Warlock, Howells, Rideout and Steptoe"</a>. <i>Meridian-records.co.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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