Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas / Three Choirs Festival 2023
“…the most beautiful moment of the whole work, and here the most beautifully sung.”
The Arts Desk
“Ruairi Bowen sang with expressive clarity and an ideal timbre.”
Seen and Heard International
Cyril: Princess Ida / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment 2023
“Unflawed lyricism flowed from the throats of Hilarion (Benjamin Hulett), Cyril (Ruairi Bowen) and Florian (Charles Rice)…”
Opera
Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas / Three Choirs Festival 2023
“…at the end a tenor soloist (Ruairi Bowen) materialises on the choir screen and intones, briefly, a clinching sentence – for its simplicity and clarity, the most beautiful moment of the whole work, and here the most beautifully sung.”
The Arts Desk
“Ruairi Bowen sang with expressive clarity and an ideal timbre.”
Seen and Heard International
St John Passion / Polyphony 2023
“Ruairi Bowen is one to watch, with his noble sound and considerable skill – the angular lines of ‘Ach mein Sinn’ presented him with no problem.”
Bachtrack
“Ruairi Bowen sounded impetuous in Ach, mein Sinn, and did fine things with Erwäge, among the most exacting arias in Bach’s output.”
The Guardian
Dvorak: Requiem / Three Choirs Festival 2022
“Ruairi Bowen made a particular impact, singing with great beauty of tone, effortless projection and crystalline diction.”
ReviewsGate
“I was unprepared for the strength and ring of his voice, which he projected impressively.”
Seen and Heard International
S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Solomon’s Knot 2021
“The pastoral second cantata featured an athletic aria by tenor Ruairi Bowen, but it was the recitatives that impressed throughout: Bowen and Alex Ashworth in particular offering gripping and committed storytelling.”
The Arts Desk
S. Bach: St Matthew Passion / The Strand Consort 2021
“Ruari Bowen combined a terrific attention to the text with a finely vibrant tone.”
Planet Hugill
Proud Songsters / King’s College, Cambridge, CD 2021
“…his voice floats with ease over Wordsworth’s ‘vales and hills’.”
Opera Today
S. Bach Choir: St John Passion / Nottingham Bach Choir 2018
“Ruairi Bowen was compelling from beginning to end, with a beautifully agile voice and probing musical intelligence.”
Nottingham Post
S. Bach: Cantata BWV 61 / Leipzig Bach Festival 2018
“Particularly impressive among the soloists…were tenor Ruairi Bowen, his gentle, understated delivery perfect for the intimate acoustic of the Nikolaikirche”
Bachtrack