Concert Performances
Performances have included the tenor roles in oratorios with all the major orchestras in Australia and New Zealand; he has also performed in the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and China.
The Dominion in New Zealand reported ... "Has there ever been an Evangelist to equal that of David Hamilton? (he) brought the subtlety and intensity of a fine lieder singer to the part. Blessed with a lovely high tenor voice and a consummate technique."
And the Wellington Post wrote ............… "Most remarkable of the soloists was David Hamilton. His words tumbled out as if he was dramatizing a remarkable event of last week with a voice of wide range and power and a particularly arresting top."
In 2007, Hamilton was in Europe, and returned to New Zealand later in that year and performed in Beethoven's "Choral Symphony No. 9", Elgar's Dream of Gerontius and Handel's "Samson.
His repertoire encompasses a wide range … from Handel's Messiah, Bach's Passions, and Haydn's Creation" to 20th century compositions such as Britten's War Requiem and Elgar's Dream of Gerontius.
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