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I AM BARTHOLOMEW Priory Church Choir dir. Rupert Gough
St Bartholomew the Great: The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, London EC1A 9DS
Wednesday 20th September 2023 19:00 A Choral Eucharist for Founder’s Day, the anniversary of the death of Prior Rahere
Friday 29th September 2023 19:00 Gala Concert, The Choir of St Bartholomew the Great and the City of London Sinfonia
Commissioned as part of the 900th Anniversary celebrations the piece combines Sir John Betjeman’s poem ‘St Bartholomew’s Hospital written for Master of Chirurgurie Wickham’ 7th July 1975 with words and phrases from the Book of the Foundation and bible verses that comment on founder Rahere’s story, from the darkness of his illness and vision in Rome to the light, healing and compassion offered by the church he founded. Musically the piece is based on one of four songs considered to be the oldest songs in English for which the original musical settings survive. One of these songs by St Godric, (c.1065 to 1170, therefore a contemporary of Rahere, was a ship’s captain who spent the last sixty years of his life as a hermit near Durham) seems particularly apt for St Bart’s, to find out more read my blog here.
REGINA CAELI
8pm July 15th 2023, Cathedral Singers of Christ Church, Oxford. cond. Hilary Punnett, org. Simon Hogan
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
'Made in Oxford' including recent commissions for the Cathedral Singers by Bertie Baigent, David Bednall, Grayston Ives, Sarah Rimkus, Ben Rowarth & Alison Willis.
SUMMER SKY
7pm July 8th 2023, Louth Choral Society dir. Allan Smith, Nichol Hill Methodist Church, Louth
A gentle piece for a warm summer evening setting words by Joseph Seamon Cotter Snr, the son of a former slave and one of the first African-American poets to be published, combined with a poem by American author Angela Morgan. The first, Night Winds asks how the wind can be lonely with such companions as the moon and stars, the second, Choice speaks of a lost love and how the writer holds onto thoughts of a loved one who has moved on because no one can make her feel the same way. The piece is written in memory of my Aunty Brenda who met and married my Uncle Francis late in life, adored him during their time together and after he died felt herself lucky to have known him. A wonderful lady who always saw the sunshine in everything.
BE GLAD OF CHRISTMAS, a new carol performed by Grimsby Bach Choir as part of their Christmas Concert.
18th December 2022 6.oopm, Grimsby Minster,
SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM
5th November 2022 7.30pm, Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
Second performance of 'Salve Deus, Rex Judaeorum', (originally commissioned and premiered by Luminosa Music) by Wimbledon Choral Society dir. Neil Ferris.
Also features Bob Chilcott's 'Passion Hymns' and Howard Goodall's 'Unconditional Love' conducted by the composer.
Tickets at cadoganhall.com/whats-on/wimbledon-choral/book/716235/
I SING OF A MAIDEN
2nd November 2022, 7.30pm, St Pancras Church, Euston Road London NW1 2BA,
As part of 'Beauty for Ashes', Elysian Singers dir. Sam Laughton
Ian Stephens: Salisbury Service
Judith Bingham: The Pilgrimes Travels
Sarah MacDonald: Crux fidelis
Bob Chilcott: Beauty for Ashes
Roxanna Panufnik: Hymn to St Alfege
David Lancaster: Feathers
Owen Leech: The Lily of Heaven
Judith Weir: Leaf from leaf Christ knows
Owain Park: Beati quorum via
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Psalm 6
Alison Willis: I sing of a maiden
Paul Edwards: God be in my head
Performing highlights from a new recording due out in 2023 – Beauty for Ashes. This will promote new choral works by some of the UK’s foremost contemporary choral composers. Whilst the programme includes well-known names from classical music such as Bob Chilcott and Judith Weir, it also showcases newer voices such as Alison Willis and Sarah Macdonald. Six of the composers featured on the recording are women, and their work exemplifies the enormous contribution female composers are making to the English choral tradition, in a genre where they have historically been under-represented and under-recorded.
Tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beauty-for-ashes-tickets-430772019707
ONE MOON TO SUMMER: TAPIOLA CHOIR
A piece for the wonderful Tapiola Choir's Summer Summit Gala Concert complete with body percussion.
Jun 8th, 2022 07:00 PM Helsinki
STREETWISE: RESOUND
I am delighted to be one of the commissioned composers for Streetwise's Re:Sound project. I will be working with the Streetwise Opera group in Nottingham to create a micro-opera for performance in Nottingham, Manchester and London in March 2023.
HOLD YOUR HAND IN MINE - CANTORION RHOS dir. Matthias Wurz
14th May 2022, Wrexham
REGINA CAELI - CATHEDRAL SINGERS OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD dir. James Potter
1st May 2022, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
First performance of commissioned piece
SUMER IS ICUMEN IN for choir and electronics - MARTIN READ FESTIVAL CHOIR dir. David Gibson
1st May 2022, Martin Read Festival, Alton, Hants
SALVE DEUS - LUMINOSA dir. Rebekah Abbott
2nd April 2022, All Saints Parish Church
The Bury, Odiham, Hampshire RG29 1LZ
Programme also features Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs and the second performance of McDowall's Da Vinci Requiem. Cecilia McDowall will be giving a pre-concert talk. Soloists Sarah Dacey and Stuart Orme with organist Michael Higgins.
Tickets available here.
AT SET OF SUN - HARLEQUIN CHAMBER CHOIR dir. Amy Bebbington
26th March 2022, Guildford United Reformed Church
'Sound, Silence, Stillness'
Guildford United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4BS
Tickets available here.
I SHALL GO BACK AGAIN
100 Second Songs - Anna Snow (soprano) and Kate Ledger (piano)
5th March 2022, St. Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ as part of https://www.latemusic.org/
For more information and tickets click here.
HOLD YOUR HAND IN MINE - A song for Nightingale House Hospice, Wrexham
The first live performance will be in 'Light up a Life' at St Giles Parish Church, Wrexham on Sunday 5 December at 4.30pm.
THERE IS NO ROSE - Gloucester Cathedral Golden Anniversary Concert 27th November and
The Advent Procession 28th November
DERBY SERVICE - Derby Cathedral Choir dir. Alexander Binns,
Evensong, Friends of Cathedral Music Derby Gathering,
November 7th 2021, Derby Cathedral, 18-19 Iron Gate, Derby DE1 3GP For more information click here.
GWENLLIAN - A one act opera Dates TBC - SOUND Festival, Aberdeen, October 2020 - POSTPONED due to COVID-19
DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP - BLOSSOM STREET "THIS DAY" Broadcast as part of Suzy Klein's Essential Classics on BBC Radio 3, 20th November 2020.
Listen here. Buy here.
KINTSUGI No.1 - A (very short!) piano piece written for the wonderful pianist Rolf Hind and premiered at St. John's Smiths Square 18th October 2020 to a sold out socially distanced audience. During the first Covid-19 lockdown Rolf invited composers to write musical "postcards" reflecting on the situation. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold dusted lacquer, making the repair a valued part of the object's history and increasing its beauty, not detracting from it.
Click here for details.
THE WIND'S WARNING - The Gesualdo Six as part of Passion and Polyphony.
Friday 7th August 2020, Jam on the Marsh Virtual. Click here for details
I SHALL GO BACK AGAIN - ANNA SNOW and KATE LEDGER
4th April 2020, St. Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ as part of https://www.latemusic.org/
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID 19
Rescheduled to March 5th 2022. For more information and tickets click here.
SALVE DEUS - LUMINOSA dir. Rebekah Abbott
28th March 2020, All Saints Parish Church
The Bury, Odiham, Hampshire RG29 1LZ
Programme also features Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs and the second performance of McDowall's Da Vinci Requiem. Cecilia McDowall will be giving a pre-concert talk. Soloists Sarah Dacey and Stuart Orme with organist Michael Higgins.
PROVISIONALLY RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 2023 due to COVID 19
NON OMNIS MORIAR - THE KORRIGAN CONSORT
As part of Ave, Eva concert series
16th December 2019 7.30pm - Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
17th December 2019 8pm - St Cuthbert's, Earl's Court
Tickets available online or on the door. £15/£10 (under 26)
Full programme and information at https://korriganconsort.com/downloads/ave-eva/
GOLD AND SPICES - READING PHOENIX CHOIR
14th December 2019, Carol Concert at Reading Minster 5 PM – 6:30 PM
Chain Steet, Reading RG1 2HX
GOLD AND SPICES - ORA SINGERS
December 2019, live recording as part of ORA's Christmas Gift Project
THE MERRY COUNCELLOR SUITE - MAESTRAL ENSEMBLE WITH JANET WHEELER
15th October: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fitzwilliam College, Auditorium, Storey’s Way, CB3 0DG
"The sounds of viols, recorders and harpsichords excited composers' imaginations during the Renaissance and Baroque, and still do today. Performing music from the 1600s to the contemporary, we show how composers continue, extend and challenge the musical legacy of the past. With Francis Knights (narrator), Janet Wheeler (harpsichord), the Maestral Ensemble (recorders), La Dolce Gamba (viols) and singers from Fitzwilliam College."
Tickets here.
EVERLASTING VOICES - THAME CHAMBER CHOIR
October 19th 2019, St Mary’s Church, Church Rd, Thame OX9 3AJ
VESPERS INSPIRED BY THE MEDIEVAL OLD HISPANIC OFFICE - LAETARE SINGERS "COME AND SING"
October 5th 2019, also Byrd (Mag and Nunc from the Great Service)/Howells (Take him Earth)
Laetare Singers with Adrian Partington
St Peter's Henleaze, Bristol BS9 4LD
Contact peirsonmargaret@gmail.com for further details
THE WIND'S WARNING - THE GESUALDO SIX
September 20th 2019 7 PM · St Asaph Cathedral, North Wales
The Gesualdo Six's ‘Mother Earth’ programme features works by Monteverdi, Gibbons, Rimkus and Willis, along with a selection of folk song arrangements from around the British Isles.
https://theatrclwyd.com/en/whats-on/nwimf-the-gesualdo-six/…
I SING OF A MAIDEN - ANTHOLOGY OF SACRED MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS
Multitude of Voyces' - Due for publication Autumn 2019
A LIGHT NOT YET READY TO GO OUT - ENGLISH SUMMER SCHOOL - RUN BY SINGERS
August 2019 Lincoln
MY BOY JACK - Published as part of Oxford University Press Book of Flexible Choral Songs (Ed. Alan Bullard)
August 2019
SWANSONG - BOSWIL CHORAL SUMMER ACADEMY,
July 2019 Boswil, Germany (workshop and performance)
ROSARIUM - FESTIVAL CHOIR
April 28th 2019, Alton, Hampshire
THE WIND'S WARNING - THE GESUALDO SIX
March 7th 2019, Cadogan Hall, London SW1X 9DQ
Winner of The Gesualdo Six Composition Competition 2019
SWANSONG - VOCES INAUDITAE
March 3rd 2019, St Columba's by the Castle, Edinburgh, 14 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW
DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP - BLOSSOM STREET "THIS DAY" (January 2019)
Listen here. Buy here.
BALLAD OF THE HARP WEAVER - JUICE VOCAL ENSEMBLE "SNOW QUEENS" (December 2018)
Buy/listen here.
THOSE THINGS THREE
Christmas Carol (SATB + Organ/piano) setting a medieval text.
December 11th 2018 - Dentons Choir, St Martin within Ludgate
December 20th 2018 - St Barnabas Church, Ealing
NON OMNIS MORIAR: BBC SINGERS
September 21st 2018, 7.30pm St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
A setting for Upper Voices and Soprano Solo of the incredilbly powerful poem by Polish poet Zuzanna Ginczanka.
To be premiered as part of a concert of choral music inspired by refugees, in association with BASCA
More details of the concert and how to get tickets here.
THEY: CITY CHORUS
July 6th 2018 St Pancras Church, Euston Road,, London NW1 2BA
Written as part of #choirs against racism setting a poem by fellow composer (and poet) Chris Hutchings.
PAX VOBIS: HAMPSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH CHOIR
June 15th 2018 Winchester Cathedral
Marking the centenary of the end of World War I
THE GIFT TO SING - CLAREMONT CHORALE (California, U.S.A.)
Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College Campus, Claremont, California, U.S.A.
May 19th 2018
World premiere as part of the Claremont Chorale's 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert.
Click here for further information and to buy tickets.
O MOST MERCIFUL - St Mary-at-Hill, Eastcheap, Lovat Ln, London EC3R 8EE
May 15th 2018 - Lunchtime recital as part of LFCCM
NOW THE GREEN BLADE RISETH (from Three Easter Chorale Preludes)
St Pancras Parish Church, Euston Road,, London NW1 2BA
13th May 2018 - 10am Choral Eucharist as part of LFCCM
and
St George's Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2SA
20th May 2018 10.30 Choral Eucharist as part of LFCCM
CREATED IN CONFLICT -
March 21st 2018 Time TBC
Pieces created with Year 9 pupils through work as Composer in Residence in response to the War Art exhibition at Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park in Warwickshire.
A LIGHT NOT YET READY TO GO OUT - LONDON CONCERT CHOIR -
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane St.
March 20th 2018
A substantial new choral piece new piece raising awareness of and money for Breast Cancer Now - an affirmation of life, commissioned and premiered by Adrienne Morgan for the London Concert Choir (dir. Mark Forkgen)
Click here for further information and tickets
GO AND CATCH A FALLING STAR - SOUNDRIOT
February 13th in the Nashville State auditorium at 7 PM. Tennessee USA
VESPERS INSPIRED BY THE MEDIEVAL OLD HISPANIC OFFICE
January 19th, St Paul's, Bristol
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement n° 313133.
"LOVE IN IDLENESS" - Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick,
January 6th 2018, 5.30pm
A piece for solo harp about Titania's unfortunate encounter with Bottom inspired by Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Winner of The Future Blend Project, premiered by Fran Barsby.
WOMEN AND WORDS - Kings Place,
October 21st, 2017, 7.30pm
Two new pieces for mezzo and piano, "The Captive Dove" (after the poem by Anne Bronte) and "Tell Me Not I Shall Forget" (after the poem by Elizabeth Margaret Chandler).
Commissioned by Equator Festival: Women of the World.
Click here for further details and to buy tickets.
MAGNIFICAT - Cantus Ensemble, July 8th, 2017 St. Gabriel's, Pimlico
Delighted to say that my Magnificat won the Audience prize!
http://www.thecantusensemble.com/concerts
19:00 A Choral Eucharist for Founder’s Day, the anniversary of the death of Prior Rahere
I AM BARTHOLOMEW Priory Church Choir dir. Rupert Gough
St Bartholomew the Great: The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, London EC1A 9DS
Wednesday 20th September 2023 19:00 A Choral Eucharist for Founder’s Day, the anniversary of the death of Prior Rahere
Friday 29th September 2023 19:00 Gala Concert, The Choir of St Bartholomew the Great and the City of London Sinfonia
Commissioned as part of the 900th Anniversary celebrations the piece combines Sir John Betjeman’s poem ‘St Bartholomew’s Hospital written for Master of Chirurgurie Wickham’ 7th July 1975 with words and phrases from the Book of the Foundation and bible verses that comment on founder Rahere’s story, from the darkness of his illness and vision in Rome to the light, healing and compassion offered by the church he founded. Musically the piece is based on one of four songs considered to be the oldest songs in English for which the original musical settings survive. One of these songs by St Godric, (c.1065 to 1170, therefore a contemporary of Rahere, was a ship’s captain who spent the last sixty years of his life as a hermit near Durham) seems particularly apt for St Bart’s, to find out more read my blog here.
REGINA CAELI
8pm July 15th 2023, Cathedral Singers of Christ Church, Oxford. cond. Hilary Punnett, org. Simon Hogan
Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
'Made in Oxford' including recent commissions for the Cathedral Singers by Bertie Baigent, David Bednall, Grayston Ives, Sarah Rimkus, Ben Rowarth & Alison Willis.
SUMMER SKY
7pm July 8th 2023, Louth Choral Society dir. Allan Smith, Nichol Hill Methodist Church, Louth
A gentle piece for a warm summer evening setting words by Joseph Seamon Cotter Snr, the son of a former slave and one of the first African-American poets to be published, combined with a poem by American author Angela Morgan. The first, Night Winds asks how the wind can be lonely with such companions as the moon and stars, the second, Choice speaks of a lost love and how the writer holds onto thoughts of a loved one who has moved on because no one can make her feel the same way. The piece is written in memory of my Aunty Brenda who met and married my Uncle Francis late in life, adored him during their time together and after he died felt herself lucky to have known him. A wonderful lady who always saw the sunshine in everything.
BE GLAD OF CHRISTMAS, a new carol performed by Grimsby Bach Choir as part of their Christmas Concert.
18th December 2022 6.oopm, Grimsby Minster,
SALVE DEUS, REX JUDAEORUM
5th November 2022 7.30pm, Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
Second performance of 'Salve Deus, Rex Judaeorum', (originally commissioned and premiered by Luminosa Music) by Wimbledon Choral Society dir. Neil Ferris.
Also features Bob Chilcott's 'Passion Hymns' and Howard Goodall's 'Unconditional Love' conducted by the composer.
Tickets at cadoganhall.com/whats-on/wimbledon-choral/book/716235/
I SING OF A MAIDEN
2nd November 2022, 7.30pm, St Pancras Church, Euston Road London NW1 2BA,
As part of 'Beauty for Ashes', Elysian Singers dir. Sam Laughton
Ian Stephens: Salisbury Service
Judith Bingham: The Pilgrimes Travels
Sarah MacDonald: Crux fidelis
Bob Chilcott: Beauty for Ashes
Roxanna Panufnik: Hymn to St Alfege
David Lancaster: Feathers
Owen Leech: The Lily of Heaven
Judith Weir: Leaf from leaf Christ knows
Owain Park: Beati quorum via
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: Psalm 6
Alison Willis: I sing of a maiden
Paul Edwards: God be in my head
Performing highlights from a new recording due out in 2023 – Beauty for Ashes. This will promote new choral works by some of the UK’s foremost contemporary choral composers. Whilst the programme includes well-known names from classical music such as Bob Chilcott and Judith Weir, it also showcases newer voices such as Alison Willis and Sarah Macdonald. Six of the composers featured on the recording are women, and their work exemplifies the enormous contribution female composers are making to the English choral tradition, in a genre where they have historically been under-represented and under-recorded.
Tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beauty-for-ashes-tickets-430772019707
ONE MOON TO SUMMER: TAPIOLA CHOIR
A piece for the wonderful Tapiola Choir's Summer Summit Gala Concert complete with body percussion.
Jun 8th, 2022 07:00 PM Helsinki
STREETWISE: RESOUND
I am delighted to be one of the commissioned composers for Streetwise's Re:Sound project. I will be working with the Streetwise Opera group in Nottingham to create a micro-opera for performance in Nottingham, Manchester and London in March 2023.
HOLD YOUR HAND IN MINE - CANTORION RHOS dir. Matthias Wurz
14th May 2022, Wrexham
REGINA CAELI - CATHEDRAL SINGERS OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD dir. James Potter
1st May 2022, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
First performance of commissioned piece
SUMER IS ICUMEN IN for choir and electronics - MARTIN READ FESTIVAL CHOIR dir. David Gibson
1st May 2022, Martin Read Festival, Alton, Hants
SALVE DEUS - LUMINOSA dir. Rebekah Abbott
2nd April 2022, All Saints Parish Church
The Bury, Odiham, Hampshire RG29 1LZ
Programme also features Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs and the second performance of McDowall's Da Vinci Requiem. Cecilia McDowall will be giving a pre-concert talk. Soloists Sarah Dacey and Stuart Orme with organist Michael Higgins.
Tickets available here.
AT SET OF SUN - HARLEQUIN CHAMBER CHOIR dir. Amy Bebbington
26th March 2022, Guildford United Reformed Church
'Sound, Silence, Stillness'
Guildford United Reformed Church, 83 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4BS
Tickets available here.
I SHALL GO BACK AGAIN
100 Second Songs - Anna Snow (soprano) and Kate Ledger (piano)
5th March 2022, St. Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ as part of https://www.latemusic.org/
For more information and tickets click here.
HOLD YOUR HAND IN MINE - A song for Nightingale House Hospice, Wrexham
The first live performance will be in 'Light up a Life' at St Giles Parish Church, Wrexham on Sunday 5 December at 4.30pm.
THERE IS NO ROSE - Gloucester Cathedral Golden Anniversary Concert 27th November and
The Advent Procession 28th November
DERBY SERVICE - Derby Cathedral Choir dir. Alexander Binns,
Evensong, Friends of Cathedral Music Derby Gathering,
November 7th 2021, Derby Cathedral, 18-19 Iron Gate, Derby DE1 3GP For more information click here.
GWENLLIAN - A one act opera Dates TBC - SOUND Festival, Aberdeen, October 2020 - POSTPONED due to COVID-19
DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP - BLOSSOM STREET "THIS DAY" Broadcast as part of Suzy Klein's Essential Classics on BBC Radio 3, 20th November 2020.
Listen here. Buy here.
KINTSUGI No.1 - A (very short!) piano piece written for the wonderful pianist Rolf Hind and premiered at St. John's Smiths Square 18th October 2020 to a sold out socially distanced audience. During the first Covid-19 lockdown Rolf invited composers to write musical "postcards" reflecting on the situation. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold dusted lacquer, making the repair a valued part of the object's history and increasing its beauty, not detracting from it.
Click here for details.
THE WIND'S WARNING - The Gesualdo Six as part of Passion and Polyphony.
Friday 7th August 2020, Jam on the Marsh Virtual. Click here for details
I SHALL GO BACK AGAIN - ANNA SNOW and KATE LEDGER
4th April 2020, St. Saviourgate, York, YO1 8NQ as part of https://www.latemusic.org/
POSTPONED DUE TO COVID 19
Rescheduled to March 5th 2022. For more information and tickets click here.
SALVE DEUS - LUMINOSA dir. Rebekah Abbott
28th March 2020, All Saints Parish Church
The Bury, Odiham, Hampshire RG29 1LZ
Programme also features Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs and the second performance of McDowall's Da Vinci Requiem. Cecilia McDowall will be giving a pre-concert talk. Soloists Sarah Dacey and Stuart Orme with organist Michael Higgins.
PROVISIONALLY RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 2023 due to COVID 19
NON OMNIS MORIAR - THE KORRIGAN CONSORT
As part of Ave, Eva concert series
16th December 2019 7.30pm - Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
17th December 2019 8pm - St Cuthbert's, Earl's Court
Tickets available online or on the door. £15/£10 (under 26)
Full programme and information at https://korriganconsort.com/downloads/ave-eva/
GOLD AND SPICES - READING PHOENIX CHOIR
14th December 2019, Carol Concert at Reading Minster 5 PM – 6:30 PM
Chain Steet, Reading RG1 2HX
GOLD AND SPICES - ORA SINGERS
December 2019, live recording as part of ORA's Christmas Gift Project
THE MERRY COUNCELLOR SUITE - MAESTRAL ENSEMBLE WITH JANET WHEELER
15th October: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Fitzwilliam College, Auditorium, Storey’s Way, CB3 0DG
"The sounds of viols, recorders and harpsichords excited composers' imaginations during the Renaissance and Baroque, and still do today. Performing music from the 1600s to the contemporary, we show how composers continue, extend and challenge the musical legacy of the past. With Francis Knights (narrator), Janet Wheeler (harpsichord), the Maestral Ensemble (recorders), La Dolce Gamba (viols) and singers from Fitzwilliam College."
Tickets here.
EVERLASTING VOICES - THAME CHAMBER CHOIR
October 19th 2019, St Mary’s Church, Church Rd, Thame OX9 3AJ
VESPERS INSPIRED BY THE MEDIEVAL OLD HISPANIC OFFICE - LAETARE SINGERS "COME AND SING"
October 5th 2019, also Byrd (Mag and Nunc from the Great Service)/Howells (Take him Earth)
Laetare Singers with Adrian Partington
St Peter's Henleaze, Bristol BS9 4LD
Contact peirsonmargaret@gmail.com for further details
THE WIND'S WARNING - THE GESUALDO SIX
September 20th 2019 7 PM · St Asaph Cathedral, North Wales
The Gesualdo Six's ‘Mother Earth’ programme features works by Monteverdi, Gibbons, Rimkus and Willis, along with a selection of folk song arrangements from around the British Isles.
https://theatrclwyd.com/en/whats-on/nwimf-the-gesualdo-six/…
I SING OF A MAIDEN - ANTHOLOGY OF SACRED MUSIC BY WOMEN COMPOSERS
Multitude of Voyces' - Due for publication Autumn 2019
A LIGHT NOT YET READY TO GO OUT - ENGLISH SUMMER SCHOOL - RUN BY SINGERS
August 2019 Lincoln
MY BOY JACK - Published as part of Oxford University Press Book of Flexible Choral Songs (Ed. Alan Bullard)
August 2019
SWANSONG - BOSWIL CHORAL SUMMER ACADEMY,
July 2019 Boswil, Germany (workshop and performance)
ROSARIUM - FESTIVAL CHOIR
April 28th 2019, Alton, Hampshire
THE WIND'S WARNING - THE GESUALDO SIX
March 7th 2019, Cadogan Hall, London SW1X 9DQ
Winner of The Gesualdo Six Composition Competition 2019
SWANSONG - VOCES INAUDITAE
March 3rd 2019, St Columba's by the Castle, Edinburgh, 14 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW
DO NOT STAND AT MY GRAVE AND WEEP - BLOSSOM STREET "THIS DAY" (January 2019)
Listen here. Buy here.
BALLAD OF THE HARP WEAVER - JUICE VOCAL ENSEMBLE "SNOW QUEENS" (December 2018)
Buy/listen here.
THOSE THINGS THREE
Christmas Carol (SATB + Organ/piano) setting a medieval text.
December 11th 2018 - Dentons Choir, St Martin within Ludgate
December 20th 2018 - St Barnabas Church, Ealing
NON OMNIS MORIAR: BBC SINGERS
September 21st 2018, 7.30pm St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
A setting for Upper Voices and Soprano Solo of the incredilbly powerful poem by Polish poet Zuzanna Ginczanka.
To be premiered as part of a concert of choral music inspired by refugees, in association with BASCA
More details of the concert and how to get tickets here.
THEY: CITY CHORUS
July 6th 2018 St Pancras Church, Euston Road,, London NW1 2BA
Written as part of #choirs against racism setting a poem by fellow composer (and poet) Chris Hutchings.
PAX VOBIS: HAMPSHIRE COUNTY YOUTH CHOIR
June 15th 2018 Winchester Cathedral
Marking the centenary of the end of World War I
THE GIFT TO SING - CLAREMONT CHORALE (California, U.S.A.)
Bridges Hall of Music, Pomona College Campus, Claremont, California, U.S.A.
May 19th 2018
World premiere as part of the Claremont Chorale's 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert.
Click here for further information and to buy tickets.
O MOST MERCIFUL - St Mary-at-Hill, Eastcheap, Lovat Ln, London EC3R 8EE
May 15th 2018 - Lunchtime recital as part of LFCCM
NOW THE GREEN BLADE RISETH (from Three Easter Chorale Preludes)
St Pancras Parish Church, Euston Road,, London NW1 2BA
13th May 2018 - 10am Choral Eucharist as part of LFCCM
and
St George's Bloomsbury, Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2SA
20th May 2018 10.30 Choral Eucharist as part of LFCCM
CREATED IN CONFLICT -
March 21st 2018 Time TBC
Pieces created with Year 9 pupils through work as Composer in Residence in response to the War Art exhibition at Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park in Warwickshire.
A LIGHT NOT YET READY TO GO OUT - LONDON CONCERT CHOIR -
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane St.
March 20th 2018
A substantial new choral piece new piece raising awareness of and money for Breast Cancer Now - an affirmation of life, commissioned and premiered by Adrienne Morgan for the London Concert Choir (dir. Mark Forkgen)
Click here for further information and tickets
GO AND CATCH A FALLING STAR - SOUNDRIOT
February 13th in the Nashville State auditorium at 7 PM. Tennessee USA
VESPERS INSPIRED BY THE MEDIEVAL OLD HISPANIC OFFICE
January 19th, St Paul's, Bristol
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement n° 313133.
"LOVE IN IDLENESS" - Lord Leycester Hospital, Warwick,
January 6th 2018, 5.30pm
A piece for solo harp about Titania's unfortunate encounter with Bottom inspired by Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Winner of The Future Blend Project, premiered by Fran Barsby.
WOMEN AND WORDS - Kings Place,
October 21st, 2017, 7.30pm
Two new pieces for mezzo and piano, "The Captive Dove" (after the poem by Anne Bronte) and "Tell Me Not I Shall Forget" (after the poem by Elizabeth Margaret Chandler).
Commissioned by Equator Festival: Women of the World.
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MAGNIFICAT - Cantus Ensemble, July 8th, 2017 St. Gabriel's, Pimlico
Delighted to say that my Magnificat won the Audience prize!
http://www.thecantusensemble.com/concerts
19:00 A Choral Eucharist for Founder’s Day, the anniversary of the death of Prior Rahere
VESPERS (2016) SATURDAY 20th MAY 2017
5.30pm BRISTOL CATHEDRAL
Further to the residency and recording of "Gustate et Videte" in Bristol earlier this year I was commissioned to write a larger scale choral work based on the Old Hispanic Office liturgy. This will consist of three short anthems, a Vespertinus, Sono and Alleluiaticum and also a set of Preces and Responses. Whilst the pieces are conceived a set the intention is very much that they can stand alone for use within the Anglican Liturgy. The first performance will take place at 5pm on Saturday 4th February 2017 in Bristol Cathedral alongside two other new commissions by the fabulous Euchar Gravina and Francisco Carbonell. I may be biased (!) but I think this will be an exceptional hour of new music......
"The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement n° 313133."
Saturday May 20th, 2017, 5.30pm, Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral Choir and Christchurch Cathedral Choir Oxford.
EGO DORMIVI ET QUIEVI (SATB div.) - 14th May 2017 3.30pm
As part of Evensong at Bristol Cathedral, Bristol Cathedral Choir dir. Mark Lee
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement n° 313133.
NOW THE GREEN BLADE RISETH - 13th May 2017, Bristol -
One of a number of new organ works by composers from around the world being performed at public concert at 3pm on Saturday 13th May 2017 at All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2HY
"THEY" - 6th May 2017 - Rainbow Choir -
St Stephen's Church, Nottingham, NG7 5GZ
World premiere of my song "They", freely available to musicians raising money or awareness of refugees and other minority groups as part of http://www.hutchingsmusic.co.uk/choirsagainstracism/.
5.30pm BRISTOL CATHEDRAL
Further to the residency and recording of "Gustate et Videte" in Bristol earlier this year I was commissioned to write a larger scale choral work based on the Old Hispanic Office liturgy. This will consist of three short anthems, a Vespertinus, Sono and Alleluiaticum and also a set of Preces and Responses. Whilst the pieces are conceived a set the intention is very much that they can stand alone for use within the Anglican Liturgy. The first performance will take place at 5pm on Saturday 4th February 2017 in Bristol Cathedral alongside two other new commissions by the fabulous Euchar Gravina and Francisco Carbonell. I may be biased (!) but I think this will be an exceptional hour of new music......
"The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement n° 313133."
Saturday May 20th, 2017, 5.30pm, Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral Choir and Christchurch Cathedral Choir Oxford.
EGO DORMIVI ET QUIEVI (SATB div.) - 14th May 2017 3.30pm
As part of Evensong at Bristol Cathedral, Bristol Cathedral Choir dir. Mark Lee
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement n° 313133.
NOW THE GREEN BLADE RISETH - 13th May 2017, Bristol -
One of a number of new organ works by composers from around the world being performed at public concert at 3pm on Saturday 13th May 2017 at All Saints Church, Pembroke Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2HY
"THEY" - 6th May 2017 - Rainbow Choir -
St Stephen's Church, Nottingham, NG7 5GZ
World premiere of my song "They", freely available to musicians raising money or awareness of refugees and other minority groups as part of http://www.hutchingsmusic.co.uk/choirsagainstracism/.
DAWN. BRUSSELS. OCTOBER 12th 1915 - 23rd March, St. Bride's Church, Fleet Street. 7.45pm
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Selwyn College Choir, Onyx Brass, cond. Michael Bawtree
JAM (John Armitage Memorial Trust) concert "Music of Our Time" A new piece for double choir, organ, solo alto and solo trumpet commemorating British nurse Edith Cavell, combining words spoken by Edith Cavell the night before her execution with those given in a statement by the German Under Foreign Secretary and lines from "Abide With Me". A combination of sung and spoken words woven through with fragments of the Last Post. |
HEARD DIFFERENTLY - 15th March 2017 - Milestones Museum, Basingstoke, 6.30pm
The culmination of my collaboration with Aldworth School, Prof. Holly Furneaux and Hampshire Music Service as Composer in Residence re-imagining Dickens' characters. Two new pieces by the pupils including, multi media and costumed readings.
PASCHALIA - 1st March 2017 - The Chapel - Royal Holloway
Premiered by Rupert Gough (Organ) at The Chapel, Royal Holloway.
Commissioned by Choir & Organ Magazine as part of their New Music series March/April 2017 and available to download until October 2017.
To my knowledge also subsequently performed in Wales, Ireland, Canada, America and Belgium on Easter morning!
A big bright Passacaglia for Easter!
Commissioned by Choir & Organ Magazine as part of their New Music series March/April 2017 and available to download until October 2017.
To my knowledge also subsequently performed in Wales, Ireland, Canada, America and Belgium on Easter morning!
A big bright Passacaglia for Easter!
JOURNEYS - BBC Radio 3, 24th January 2017
"JOURNEYS" - BBC Radio 3 - 24th January 2017 c. 9.30pm
Chiltern Youth Chamber Orchestra (cond. Peter Hanson), commissioned by "Adopt a Composer" (Making Music)
Chiltern Youth Chamber Orchestra (cond. Peter Hanson), commissioned by "Adopt a Composer" (Making Music)
I SING OF A MAIDEN (2016)
The third of my "Three Mediaeval Carols" (the others being "Those Things Three" and "Of a Rose I Sing"), will be premiered by The Music Makers of London (cond. Hilary Campbell).
Saturday 10 December, 7.30pm, at St Michael & All Angels, Elm Bank Gardens,
London SW13 0NX
For tickets please click here.
The third of my "Three Mediaeval Carols" (the others being "Those Things Three" and "Of a Rose I Sing"), will be premiered by The Music Makers of London (cond. Hilary Campbell).
Saturday 10 December, 7.30pm, at St Michael & All Angels, Elm Bank Gardens,
London SW13 0NX
For tickets please click here.
THOU HAST MADE ME ENDLESS (2016)
In December London Concord Singers will give the premiere of "Thou Hast Made Me Endless", a new acapella SATB setting of a beautiful poem by Rabindranath Tagore, as part of their 50th anniversary concert at the Priory Church of the Order of St John, Clerkenwell, London. The piece is based on an Indian rag and reflects the cyclical nature of the text.
Thursday 8 December 2016
7.30pm
Priory Church of the Order of St John
St John's Square, Clerkenwell Road
London, EC1V 4JJ
London Concord Singers
Jessica Norton (conductor)
50th Anniversary Concert
Byrd - Rorate Coeli
Redford - Rejoice in the Lord
Poulenc - Mass in G
Hugill - Dominus Illuminatio Mea
Jessica Norton - New work
Alison Willis - Thou has made me endless Winning entry in the Anniversary Composition Competition
Mendelssohn - Three Psalms, Op. 78
Josquin DesPrez - Regina Coeli
Palestrina - O Magnum Mysterium
Britten - Hymn to the Virgin
Britten - Concord
Thursday 8 December 2016
7.30pm
Priory Church of the Order of St John
St John's Square, Clerkenwell Road
London, EC1V 4JJ
London Concord Singers
Jessica Norton (conductor)
50th Anniversary Concert
Byrd - Rorate Coeli
Redford - Rejoice in the Lord
Poulenc - Mass in G
Hugill - Dominus Illuminatio Mea
Jessica Norton - New work
Alison Willis - Thou has made me endless Winning entry in the Anniversary Composition Competition
Mendelssohn - Three Psalms, Op. 78
Josquin DesPrez - Regina Coeli
Palestrina - O Magnum Mysterium
Britten - Hymn to the Virgin
Britten - Concord
COME AWAY DEATH (2016)
World Premiere: Dulciana Vocal Ensemble
Date TBC - Dublin
Dulciana Vocal Ensemble will be premiering "Come Away Death" in Dublin in October. The text is taken from Shakespeare's poem of the same name from Twelfth Night and is set for acapella female ensemble in six parts (SSMMAA).
Date TBC - Dublin
Dulciana Vocal Ensemble will be premiering "Come Away Death" in Dublin in October. The text is taken from Shakespeare's poem of the same name from Twelfth Night and is set for acapella female ensemble in six parts (SSMMAA).
THE MERRY COUNCELLOR SUITE (2015)
World Premiere: Dulcis Venti with Francis Knights, Saturday June 4th,
Headgate Theatre, Colchester, Essex.
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A suite of three pieces based on Baroque forms but with a distinctly modern twist!
The tune on which they are based comes from the "Kitty Bridges Pocket Book" (Reiver Music), a previously uncatalogued book of tunes discovered in a shoe box at RVW Library, Cecil Sharp House. These handwritten tunes were prefaced by a poem with the first letter of each line spelling out the name "Kitty Bridges".
Whilst we never found out who she was, we thoroughly enjoyed researching and recreating tunes that were a window into the "Pop Music" of the Baroque era.
World Premiere: Dulcis Venti with Francis Knights, Saturday June 4th,
Headgate Theatre, Colchester, Essex.
Click here for tickets.
Click here for more information about the concert.
A suite of three pieces based on Baroque forms but with a distinctly modern twist!
The tune on which they are based comes from the "Kitty Bridges Pocket Book" (Reiver Music), a previously uncatalogued book of tunes discovered in a shoe box at RVW Library, Cecil Sharp House. These handwritten tunes were prefaced by a poem with the first letter of each line spelling out the name "Kitty Bridges".
Whilst we never found out who she was, we thoroughly enjoyed researching and recreating tunes that were a window into the "Pop Music" of the Baroque era.
JOURNEYS (2015/16)
A new piece about the Refugee Crisis commissioned by
Chiltern Youth Chamber Orchestra as part of Making Music's
"Adopt a Composer" Scheme 2015/16 (in association with SAM, PRS, BBC Radio 3 and the Philip and Dorothy Green Trust.)
World Premiere: To be recorded by BBC Radio 3
Saturday 16th April 2016, 7pm, All Saints Festival, Chalfont St. Peter
For tickets contact jeremy_meeson@hotmail.com
Sunday 24th April 2016, 7pm
The Elgiva Theatre, St Mary's Way, Chesham, Bucks, HP5 1HR
For more information about the programme and how to buy tickets click HERE.
A new piece about the Refugee Crisis commissioned by
Chiltern Youth Chamber Orchestra as part of Making Music's
"Adopt a Composer" Scheme 2015/16 (in association with SAM, PRS, BBC Radio 3 and the Philip and Dorothy Green Trust.)
World Premiere: To be recorded by BBC Radio 3
Saturday 16th April 2016, 7pm, All Saints Festival, Chalfont St. Peter
For tickets contact jeremy_meeson@hotmail.com
Sunday 24th April 2016, 7pm
The Elgiva Theatre, St Mary's Way, Chesham, Bucks, HP5 1HR
For more information about the programme and how to buy tickets click HERE.
GUSTATE ET VIDETE (2015)
Bristol Cathedral Choir as part of the Old Hispanic project with Bristol University
To be recorded by Bristol Cathedral Choir in March 2016 as part of the Old Hispanic Office Project (Bristol University).
Workshop and recording sessions are open to the public but please be quiet when we are recording!
Session 1: Friday March 4th, 7pm, Lord Mayor's Chapel, Bristol
Session 2: Sunday 6th March, 6pm, Lord Mayor's Chapel, Bristol
For full details of all performances in the project click here.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement n° 313133.
Bristol Cathedral Choir as part of the Old Hispanic project with Bristol University
To be recorded by Bristol Cathedral Choir in March 2016 as part of the Old Hispanic Office Project (Bristol University).
Workshop and recording sessions are open to the public but please be quiet when we are recording!
Session 1: Friday March 4th, 7pm, Lord Mayor's Chapel, Bristol
Session 2: Sunday 6th March, 6pm, Lord Mayor's Chapel, Bristol
For full details of all performances in the project click here.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC grant agreement n° 313133.
THOSE THINGS THREE (2015)
(Medieval poem sometimes known as "The Adult Lullaby")
Friday 18th December 2015 7.30pm
St. Joseph's Church, Dorking, Surrey, Great Britain, RH4 3DL
Dorking Choral Society
(Medieval poem sometimes known as "The Adult Lullaby")
Friday 18th December 2015 7.30pm
St. Joseph's Church, Dorking, Surrey, Great Britain, RH4 3DL
Dorking Choral Society
THE BALLAD OF THE HARP WEAVER (2015)
(Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Juice Vocal Ensemble (Kerry Andrew, Sarah Dacey, Anna Snow)
“Snow Queens”.
Programme to be announced.
Tuesday 1st December 2015
St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, 7.30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/124582564569244/
Saturday 5th December 2015
St Andrew’s Church, Maple Road, Surbiton, KT6 4DS, 7.30pm
http://www.thamesconcerts.com/saturday-5th-december-2015-juice-vocal-ensemble/
Pre-performance talks are given before the concerts on 7th November and 5th December by some of the performers in conversation with the Artistic Director of Thames Concerts. Starting at 6.45pm, and lasting around 25 minutes, these informal talks serve as a brief introduction to the works being performed, and offer insight into the rehearsal process.
(Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay)
Juice Vocal Ensemble (Kerry Andrew, Sarah Dacey, Anna Snow)
“Snow Queens”.
Programme to be announced.
Tuesday 1st December 2015
St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch, 7.30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/124582564569244/
Saturday 5th December 2015
St Andrew’s Church, Maple Road, Surbiton, KT6 4DS, 7.30pm
http://www.thamesconcerts.com/saturday-5th-december-2015-juice-vocal-ensemble/
Pre-performance talks are given before the concerts on 7th November and 5th December by some of the performers in conversation with the Artistic Director of Thames Concerts. Starting at 6.45pm, and lasting around 25 minutes, these informal talks serve as a brief introduction to the works being performed, and offer insight into the rehearsal process.
PIED PIPER (2015)
Ferio Saxophone Quartet are touring PIED PIPER in The Channel Islands in November 2015. They will be doing some workshops and performing the piece in evening concerts including;
Monday 23rd November 8pm - Jersey Arts Centre, Jersey
Tuesday 24th November 8pm - St. James Concert and Assembly Hall, Guernsey
Ferio Saxophone Quartet are touring PIED PIPER in The Channel Islands in November 2015. They will be doing some workshops and performing the piece in evening concerts including;
Monday 23rd November 8pm - Jersey Arts Centre, Jersey
Tuesday 24th November 8pm - St. James Concert and Assembly Hall, Guernsey
WAR SONGS (2014)
(Poems by Chloe Stopa-Hunt)
Music of Our Time
A very special concert at St Bride's this evening, featuring Onyx Brass and the Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, conducted by Nicholas Cleobury with a programme of stunning contemporary music.
PLEASE NOTE: At 6.45pm there will be a pre-concert talk with Gabriel Jackson and Giles Swayne.
(Poems by Chloe Stopa-Hunt)
Music of Our Time
- Wednesday, March 18, 2015 7:30pm
- St Bride's Church, Fleet St, London, EC4Y 8AU United Kingdom
A very special concert at St Bride's this evening, featuring Onyx Brass and the Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge, conducted by Nicholas Cleobury with a programme of stunning contemporary music.
- Tavener Song for Athene
- Gabriel Jackson The Spacious Firmament
- Gabriel Jackson The Spacious Firmament - Yet we who neither burn nor shine
- Giles Swayne The Yonghy Bonghy Bo *
- Michael Bonaventure Orion
- Janet Wheeler Gaudeamus Igitur
- Alison Willis War Songs
- Lee Westwood On Waking
- Tom Harrold Locked Horns
PLEASE NOTE: At 6.45pm there will be a pre-concert talk with Gabriel Jackson and Giles Swayne.
ROOKWOOD CANTICLE (2013)
(poem by Matt Haw)
Britten in Oxford Festival of Choirs in association with JAM "Writing for Voices"
Saturday 9 November, 7.30pm 2013
Venue: University Church of St Mary, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
Tickets: £10 (£7 concession)
Tickets available from www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/#promoter=664 or the box office: 01865 305305R
(poem by Matt Haw)
Britten in Oxford Festival of Choirs in association with JAM "Writing for Voices"
Saturday 9 November, 7.30pm 2013
Venue: University Church of St Mary, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4BJ
Tickets: £10 (£7 concession)
Tickets available from www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/#promoter=664 or the box office: 01865 305305R
ANTIPHON FOR ST.MICHAEL (2013)
A motet for Michaelmas, describing the War in Heaven depicted in Revelation 8:1 and Revelation 12:7-12
Premiered Bournemouth Symphony Chorus cond. Gavin Carr, Corfe Church, 2013
A motet for Michaelmas, describing the War in Heaven depicted in Revelation 8:1 and Revelation 12:7-12
Premiered Bournemouth Symphony Chorus cond. Gavin Carr, Corfe Church, 2013