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ENGAGEMENTS IN 2010


Saturday, 10 July, 2010
Brahms: Liebesliederwalzer and Zigeunerlieder
Schubert: Magnificat
Vivace Choir
7.30pm, Hitchin Festival

Saturday, 3 July, 2010
Mozart: Overture, The Magic Flute
Schubert: Symphony No. 8 'Unfinished'
Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 5
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary's Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday 19 June, 2010
L'Estrange: Zimbe!
Plus a selection of close-harmony classics
Harpenden Choral Society
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

June 16, 17, 19, 20, 2010
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Stanley Hall Opera
Stanley Hall, Essex

June & July 2010
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro
Assistant Conductor
Garsington Opera
Garsington Manor, Oxfordshire

Saturday, May 1st, 2010
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in G minor
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
7.30am, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Sunday, April 25th, 2010
Mozart: Coronation Mass
Haydn: Missa in Angustiis ('Nelson' Mass)
SJJ Festival Chorus
The Academy Chamber Orchestra
7pm, St John of Jerusalem Church, South Hackney

Sunday, March 28th, 2010
Weber: Clarinet Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra
3pm, Assembly Halls, Worthing

Saturday, March 27th, 2010
Tchaikovsky: Fantasy Overture, Romeo and Juliet
Elgar: Sea Pictures (Olivia Ray, mezzo-soprano)
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G minor (Samantha Ward, piano)
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Francis of Assisi Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday 20 March, 2010
Beethoven: Overture, Egmont
Dvorak: Stabat Mater
Harpenden Choral Society with the Kings Sinfonietta
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Saturday, 6 March, 2010
Vivaldi: Gloria
plus a selection of Italian Madrigals
Vivace Choir
7.30pm, Pirton Church

Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Russian Music Workshop:
Tchaikovsky: Overture, Hamlet
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
10.30am, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Saturday, February 13th, 2010TBC
Mozart: The Magic Flute (complete, in English)
City Music Services
7.30pm, Glyndebourne Festival Opera House

Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Gluck: Orfeo e Euridice
James Laing, Orfeo
Emma Dogliani, Euridice
Elena Xanthoudakis, Amor
The Cannons Scholars
7.00pm, St John's Smith Square

ENGAGEMENTS IN 2008/9

Tuesday 22 December 2009, 2009
Christmas Concert
Harpenden Choral Society
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Haydn: Symphony No. 104 ('London')
Hummel: Trumpet Concerto (Hilmar Hauer, trumpet)
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday December 12th, 2009
Handel: Messiah (excerpts)
Plus a selection of Christmas Carols
Vivace Choir
7.00pm, Arlesey Hall, Arlesey

Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Handel: 'Utrecht' Te Deum
Blow: The Glorious Day is Come
Purcell: Come, Ye Sons of Art
Harpenden Choral Society with the Kings Sinfonietta
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Autumn 2009
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
Rebecca Cooper, Fiordiligi
Anna Huntley, Dorabella
Beverly Worboys, Despina
Stuart Haycock, Ferrando
Edmund Conelly, Gugliemo
Robert Presley, Don Alfonso
English Chamber Opera
28 October, 49 Queen's Gate Terrace (Invited Preview)
30 October, Buxton Opera House
17 November, London Oratory School
Spring tour (see below)

Autumn, 2009
Handel: Tolomeo
English Touring Opera
Elisa: Rachel Nicholls
Seleuce: Kate Manley
Tolomeo: Clint van der Linde
Araspe: Neil Baker
Alessandro: James Laing
Saturday, October 17th, The Britten Theatre, RCM
Thursday, October 29th, Malvern
Thursday, November 5th, Exeter
Thursday, November 19th, Cambridge Arts Theatre

25th, 27th July, 2nd, 5th August, 2009
Verdi: La Traviata
Violetta: Sarah Redgwick
Alfredo: Shaun Dixon
Germont: Robert Presley
Opera de Bauge
Les Capucins, Bauge, France

Saturday 18th, Sunday 19th July, 2009
Offenbach: Not in Front of the Waiter
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Chelmsford Opera
Opera in the Orchard

Saturday, July 12th, 2009
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Dvorak: Symphony No. 6
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

June & July 2009
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Assistant Conductor (Musical Director: David Parry)
Conducting performance on 1 July, 2009
Garsington Opera
Garsington Manor, Oxfordshire

Saturday, June 20th, 2009
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Rutter: Gloria
Jongen: Mass for Choir and Brass
Harpenden Choral Society with the Kings Sinfonietta
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Sunday, May 25th, 2009
Purcell: Rejoice in the Lord
Purcell: Te Deum and Jubilate
Boyce: I was glad
Eccles: Hymn to Harmony
The Cannons Scholars with Minerva Voices
The English Music Festival
7.00pm, Radley College, Oxon.

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Ballet Music Workshop:
Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite
Stravinsky: Firebird (1919 version)
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
10.30am, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Saturday April 4th, 2009
Mozart: Requiem
Plus a selection of European sacred music
Vivace Choir
7.00pm, Arlesey Hall, Arlesey

Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in Eb (Alan Brett, cello)
Borodin: Symphony No. 2
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, March 14th, 2009
Haydn: The Creation
Harpenden Choral Society with the Kings Sinfonietta
7.30pm, St John the Evangelist, Boxmoor

Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Repertoire Workshop:
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Ravel: Scheherazade (Olivia Ray, mezzo-soprano)
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
10.30am, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Saturday, February 21st, 2009
J.C. Bach: Cello concerto (Pippa Mason, cello)
Mozart: Shorter Choral Works
The Cannons Scholars
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Brahms: Violin Concerto (Nathalie Shaw, violin)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (The Romantic)
Norwich Philharmonic Society
7.30pm, St Andrew's Hall, Norwich

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Christmas Concert, to include:
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Harpenden Choral Society
Roger Carter, organ
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Saturday December 6th, 2008
'Christmas through the ages'
Vivace Choir
7.00pm, Arlesey Hall, Arlesey

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 (Paris)
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Poulenc: Sinfonietta
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008
Rossini: Largo al Factotum, from 'The Barber of Seville'
Mascagni: Intermezzo from 'Cavalleria Rusticana'
Wagner: Overture, The Flying Dutchman
Mozart: Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
Offenbach: Overture, Orpheus in the Underworld
Borodin: Overture, Prince Igor
Rossini: Overture, William Tell
The City of London Symphonic Winds
7.00pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Durufle: Requiem
Mussorgsky (ed. Lane): St Nicholas Mass
Harpenden Choral Society
Susan Moore, mezzo-soprano
Stephen Wells, baritone
Julian Thomas, organ
7.30pm, St John the Baptist, Harpenden

Saturday, November 8th, 2008
Repertoire Workshop:
Haydn: Cello concerto in C (Matthew Barley, Cello)
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
10.30am, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

October, November 2008
Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander
The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Den Nye Opera
Hollander: Johannes von Duisburg
Senta: Annalena Persson
Daland: Ketil Hugaas
Erik: John Murray
Mary: Kari Hamnøy
Steersman: Barry Banks
Conductor: Andrew Litton
1, 3, 5, 7 November
7.00pm, Grieghallen, Bergen

Saturday, September 27th
'Last Night of the Proms Concert'
Soloist: David Childs
Sullivan: Overture, Di Ballo
Rossini/Resphigi: La Boutique Fantasque
Vaughan Williams: Overture, The Wasps
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No.1
Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs
Arne: Rule Brittania
Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra
7.30pm, Worthing Assembly Halls

31 July, 3, 5, 7 August, 2008
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Stephen Anthony Bown, Belmonte
Rebecca Cooper, Konstanze
Elizabeth Bailey, Blonde
Martin Nelson, Osmin
Opera de Bauge
Les Capucins, Bauge, France

Saturday July 5th, 2008
Jenkins: The Armed Man
Plus a selection of opera choruses
Vivace Choir
7.30pm, Christ Church, Hitchin
The Hitchin Festival

Saturday June 28th, 2008
Gounod: Petite Symphonie for Winds
Sibelius: Romance for Strings
Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Mendelssohn: Die Erste Walpurgisnacht
Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Michael Bracegirdle, tenor
Simon Thorpe, baritone
Olivia Ray, mezzo soprano
Harpenden Choral Society with the Kings Chamber Orchestra
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Saturday, June 1st, 2008
Repertoire Workshop:
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D (solist, Vlad Borcenau)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (Scottish)
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
10.30am, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Arne: Symphony No. 4 in C minor
Linley: In Yonder Grove
Arne: The Judgment of Paris
The Cannons Scholars
Elena Xanthoudakis (soprano), Venus
Sara Jonsson (soprano), Pallas
Sonya Prentice (soprano), Juno
Ed Lyon (tenor), Paris
Peter Mitchell (tenor), Mercury
The English Music Festival
7.00pm, Dorchester Abbey, Oxon.

Thursday, March 13th to Saturday, May 24th
English Touring Opera 2008 Spring Tour
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Floyd: Susannah
Conducted the following performances:
Monday April 7th, Don Goivanni, Truro
Saturday April 12th, Anna Bolena, Poole
Saturday May 3rd Anna Bolena, Cambridge
Wednesday May 14th Anna Bolena, Warwick
Monday May 19th Don Giovanni, Durham

Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Bach: The Passion According to St John
Peter Mitchell, Evangelist
Sonya Prentice, soprano
Richard Scott, counter-tenor
Paul Hopwood, tenor
Christopher Adams, bass
Harpenden Choral Society with the Kings Chamber Orchestra
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Tuesday March 4th, 2008
Handel: Semele
Emma Dogliani, Semele
William Towers, Athamas
Olivia Ray, Ino/Juno
Peter Mitchell, Jupiter
Paul Goodwin-Groen, Cadmus/Somnus
Elena Xanthoudakis, Iris
The Cannons Scholars
7.00pm, St John's Smith Square

Sunday February 10th, 2008
Mendelssohn: Overture for Winds
Dvorak: Serenade in D minor
Treherne: Concertante for Euphonium and Winds
(soloist:Charley Brighton)
Sibelius: Finlandia
Holst: Hammersmith
Bizet: Suite from 'Carmen'
The City of London Symphonic Winds
7.00pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Beethoven: Overture, Coriolan
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth


ENGAGEMENTS IN 2006/7

Saturday, December 18th, 2007
Christmas Concert
Harpenden Choral Society
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Saturday December 8th, 2007
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody
Rota: Trombone Concerto in C (David Read, trombone)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday December 1st, 2007
Bach: Magnificat in D
Plus a selection of Carols
Vivace Choir
7.00pm, Arlesey Hall, Arlesey

Saturday, November 10th, 2007
'A Celebration of the Abolition of the Slave Trade'
Works by Tippet, Handel, Palestrina, Beethoven and Verdi
Harpenden Choral Society
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Sibelius: Finlandia
Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor (soloist: Andrew Joyce)
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
Norwich Philharmonic Society
3.00pm, St Andrew's Hall, Norwich

Saturday October 27th, 2007
Vivaldi: Gloria
Handel: 'Dettingen' Te Deum
Amy Haworth, Clarinda Chan, sopranos
Stephen Hogg, countertenor
Stephen Wells, baritone
The Cannons Scholars
The Minerva Consort
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday October 13th, 2007
Repertoire Workshop:
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth, 10.00am

Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Wagner: Huldigungsmarsch and selection from Lohengrin
Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmuisk
Williams: Theme from 'Schindler's List'
Schoenberg: Theme and Variations
Goldschmidt: March Militaire
Goldschmidt: Intrada
Strauss Selection from 'Der Rosenkavalier'
The City of London Symphonic Winds
7.00pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday September 1st, 2007
Repertoire Workshop, to include:
Kuchler: Violin Concertino in the style of Vivaldi
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Saint Saens: Symphony No 2
Bach: Double concerto
Vivaldi: Recorder Concerto RV441
Kodaly: Summer Evening
Ealing Symphony Orchestra

28 July; 1, 3 August, 2007
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Simon Thorpe, Dottore Malatesta
Steven Kennedy, Pasquale
Sabine Winter, Norina
Ji Min Park, Ernesto
Opera de Bauge
Les Capucins, Bauge, France

June & July 2006
Rossini: La Donna del Lago
Assistant & Offstage Conductor (Musical Director: David Parry)
Carmen Giannattasio: Elena
Colin Lee: Giacomo
Michael Colvin: Roderigo
Alexandra Sherman: Malcolm
Dean Robinson: Douglas
Garsington Opera
Garsington Manor, Oxfordshire
(Cover Showing, Monday 2 July)

Sunday July 1st, 2007
Gilbert and Sullivan: Trial by Jury
Plus works by Gershwin, Loesser, and Kander & Ebb
Vivace Choir
3.30pm, Hitchin Festival

Saturday June 30th, 2007
Kodaly: Dances of Galanta
Mozart: Piano Concerto in A major K488
Bizet: Symphony in C
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
Rebecca Cooper, soprano
Debbie Davison, contralto
Phil Daggett, tenor
Andrew Tinkler, bass
Harpenden Choral Society with the Kings Chamber Orchestra
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Saturday May 26th, 2007
Mozart: Requiem K626
Olivia Robinson: soprano
Olivia Ray: mezzo-soprano
Peter Mitchell: tenor
Christopher Adams: bass
The Cannons Scholars
with Incagliati
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday May 5th, 2007 (tbc)
A Family Concert:‘Around the World’
Mozart: Overture Abduction from the Seraglio
Rossini: Overture Italian Girl in Algiers
Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain or The Great Gate of Kiev
Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever
Offenbach: Suite Orpheus in the Underworld
Sullivan: Overture, Mikado
J. Strauss II: Waltz, The Beautiful Blue Danube
Sibelius: Finlandia
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
4.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Sunday April 29th, 2007
Glinka: Overture, Ruslan and Ludmilla
Prokofiev: March, Spartakiade
Prokofiev: March, Op. 99
Britten: Russian Funeral
Rimsky-Korsakov: Variations for Oboe and Military Band (soloist: Sue Treherne)
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Hindemith: March from Symphonic Metamorphosen
Shostakovich: 'Hamlet' Suite
Williams: Music from 'Jurassic Park' and 'Star Wars'
The City of London Symphonic Winds
7.00pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday, April 21st, 2007
Faure: Requiem
Plus works by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, Glinka, Bortnyansky and Arensky
Harpenden Choral Society
3.00pm
Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-Upon-Avon

Saturday March 31st, 2007
Berwald: Sinfonie Singuliere
Dvorak: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor (Joseph Spooner, cello)
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Faure: Requiem
Rachmaninov: Vespers (excerpts) and Russian Choral Masterpieces by Arensky, Bortnyansky Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.
Elinor Moran, soprano
Christopher Adams, bass
Harpenden Choral Society
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Railton (arr.): Six Folksongs
Plus a selection of English Tudor Anthems
Vivace Choir
7.30pm, Arlesey Hall

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Wagner: Overture, Rienzi
Rodrigo: Concerto de Aranjuez
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Leicester Symphony Orchestra
Gary Ryan, Guitar
7.30pm, De Montfort Hall, Leicester

Saturday February 24th, 2007
J.S. Bach: 'Jauchzet Gott' (Cantata No. 51)
J.S. Bach: 'O Jesu Christ Mein Lebens Licht' (Funeral Cantata, No. 118)
J.S. Bach: 'O Ewigkeit, O Donnerwort!' (Cantata No. 20)
J.S. Bach: 'Lobe den Herren' (Cantata NO. 137)
Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in E Flat
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Richard Scott, alto
Peter Mitchell, tenor
Ste Jeffrey, baritone
Hilmar Hauer, trumpet
The Cannons Scholars
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday February 10th, 2007
Repertoire Workshop
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme by Paganini
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Sunday February 4th, 2007
Lloyd: The Forest of Arden
Orr: Trombone Concert (soloist: David Read)
Berlioz: Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale
The City of London Symphonic Winds
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
Christmas Concert
Harpenden Choral Society
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Saturday December 9th, 2006
Hawes: Fanfare
Masgagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Borodin: Polovsian Dances
Bruch, Violin Concerto in G minor (Nathalie Shaw, violin)
Khataturian: Adagio from Spartacus
Humperdink: Dream Pantomime from Hansel und Gretel
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday November 18th, 2006
Prokofiev: Classical Symphony
Dittersdorf: Viola Concerto in F (Miguel Jacymec, viola)
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 ‘Paris’
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Saturday, November 11th, 2006
Haydn: Harmoniemesse
Beethoven: Mass in C
Harpenden Choral Society with the Kings Chamber Orchestra
7.30pm, Harpenden High Street Methodist Church

Saturday October 28th, 2006
Bach: Violin Concerto in E major (soloist: Farran Scott)
Arne: The Judgement of Paris (concert performance)
Sonya Prentice: Juno
Sara Jonsson: Pallas
Mary Bevan: Venus
Ed Lyon: Paris
Peter Mitchell: Mercury
The Cannons Scholars
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday October 21st, 2006
String Repertoire Workshop:
Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo strings
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Hindemith: Five Movements Op. 44
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Saturday, August 19th, 2006
Repertoire Day:
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Delius: Summer Night on the River
Haydn: Symphony 104, 'The London'
Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor
Ealing Symphony Orchestra

25, 27, 29 July, 2006
Handel: Riccardo Primo
Richard Scott: Riccardo
Sophie Bevan: Costanza
Olivia Ray: Pulcheria
David Sherringham: Oronte
Steven Kennedy: Isacio
Ste Jeffrey: Berardo
Opera de Bauge
Les Capucins, Bauge, France

June & July 2006
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Assistant Conductor (Musical Director: David Parry)
Conal Coad: Don Pasquale
Majella Cullagh: Norina
Riccarto Botta: Ernesto
Riccardo Novaro: Dr Malatesta
Garsington Opera
Garsington Manor, Oxfordshire
(Cover showing on July 3rd featured Matin Lamb, Don Pasquale;
Claire Bessant, Norina; Darren Abrahams, Ernesto & Stephen Wells, Dr Malatesta)

Saturday, July 8th, 2006
Programme including:
Mozart: Coronation Mass
Mozart: Laudate Pueri (Dominican Vespers)
Mozart: Ave Verum
Trad: Spirituals
Vivace Choir and Orchestra
Christchurch, Hitchin (Part of the Hitchin Festival)

Saturday July 1st, 2006
Rossini: Overture, Il Turco in Italia
Horowitz: Euphonium Concerto (Charley Brighton, Euphonium)
Haydn: Symphony No. 103
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Sunday June 18th, 2006
Saint-Saens: The Carnival of the Animals
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
12.00pm, Leicester Square, London
The West End Live Festival, in association with Mari Markus Gomori

Sunday May 28th, 2006
Bernstein: Overture, Candide
Woolfenden: Illyrian Dances
Miserendino: Willson Concertante for Euphonium (Charley Brighton, soloist)
Bernstein: 4 Dances from West Side Story
Arnold: English Dances (Second suite)
Copland: Hoe-Down from 'Rodeo'
The City of London Symphonic Winds
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday May 13th, 2006
Handel: Messiah
Katy Tansey, soprato
Olivia Ray, mezzo soprano
Morgan Crowley, counter-tenor
Peter Mitchell, tenor
Stephen Wells, bass
The Cannons Scholars
with Incagliati
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday April 8th, 2006
'A Family Concert' including:
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Rossini: Overture, The Barber of Seville
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (Ist mvt)
Sibelius: Valse Triste
Johann Strauss: Pizzicato Polka
Rossini: Overture, William Tell
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
4.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Saturday April 1st, 2006
Sibelius: Finlandia
Greig: Peer Gynt Suite No.1
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (Zoe Beyers, violin)
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday March 18th, 2006
A Concert of Madrigals, Close-harmony and Broadway Songs
Vivace Choir and Orchestra
Arlesey Hall

March 2006
Puccini: La Boheme
Raymond Gubbay Productions
Royal Albert Hall
(Cover conductor)

Saturday February 18th, 2006
Mozart (attrb): Sinfonia Concertante for solo Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and French Horn
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Olivia Robinson, soprano
Richard Scott, counter-tenor
The Cannons Scholars
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Sunday January 29th, 2006
Bridge: Pageant of London
Strauss: Serenade in E Flat
Britten: Russian Funeral
Holst: Suite in E Flat, and
Hindemith: Symphony in B Flat
The City of London Symphonic Winds
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Sunday January 8th, 2006
Letchworth Sinfonia, with Vivace Choir
'New Year Concert'
Plinston Hall, Letchworth

ENGAGEMENTS IN 2005

Saturday, December 10th, 2005
Programme including:
Vivaldi: Gloria
Flanders/Horowitz: Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo
and audience carols
Vivace Choir and Orchestra

Saturday, December 3rd, 2005
Berlioz: Overture, Roman Carnival
Mozart: Concerto for flute No. 1 in G major (Janna Land-Huneke, flute)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3, The Scottish
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, November 19th, 2005
Workshop Day:
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Wind
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major
Sibelius: Symphony No. 7
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
10.30-4.30 St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Saturday, November 5th, 2005
A Concert for Bonfire Night, including
Handel's Musick for the Royal Fireworks, and
Telemann: Concerto for Recorder (Alison Baldwin, recorder)
The Cannons Scholars
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday, October 8th, 2005
Beethoven: Overture, Leonora No. 3
Copland: Appalachian Spring (orchestral version)
Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
Ealing Symphony Orchestra
7.30pm, St Martin’s Church, Hale Gardens, London W3

Saturday, September 24th, 2005
Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat (Pamela Wise, Horn)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
7.30pm, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Sunday, September 11th, 2005
Come and Sing Workshop on Vivaldi's 'Gloria'
hosted by Vivace Choir
Howgill's Meeting House, Letchworth, 1.00-4.30pm

Sunday, August 28th, 2005
Repertoire Day:
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Beethoven: Symphonies No. 2 & 5
Haydn: Symphony No. 101 (The Clock)
Mendelssohn: Music from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Nicolai: Overture, The Merry Wives of Windsor
Ealing Symphony Orchestra

Saturday, July 16th, 2005
A concert of Nautical Music for 'Sea Britain 2005'
Vivace Choir and Orchestra
Arlesey Hall

Saturday, July 2nd, 2005
Jatinder Chopra: Adventures Ahead
(HSO 50th anniversary commission)
Beethoven: Romances for Violin
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley
David Chivers (violin)

June 1-14th, 2005
Bela Bartok Opera Conducting Competition
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana
Bizet: Carmen
Verdi: Rigoletto
Puccini: La Boheme
Bartok: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvar), Romania

Saturday, 4th June, 2005
John Eccles: Semele (1707) - in concert performance
The Cannons Scholars
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday, May 14th, 2005
Mozart: Overture, Don Giovanni
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante (Genevieve Mepham, violin; Miguel Jakymec, viola)
Arriaga: Symphony in D
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
7.45pm, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Saturday, March 19th, 2005
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Dvorak: Silent Woods & Rondo (Cello, Lawrence Durkin)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Sunday, March 20th, 2005
Faure: Requiem
Plus a selection of Opera Choruses
Vivace Choir and Orchestra
Arlesey Hall

Saturday, February 19th, 2005
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Carey/Lampe: The Dragon of Wantley (1737)
-in concert performance-
The Cannons Scholars
Olivia Robinson, soprano
Claire Arthurs, soprano
Olivia Ray, mezzo-soprano
Peter Mitchell, tenor
William Carslake, baritone
Christopher Adams, bass
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, Covent Garden

Saturday, February 5th, 2005
Mozart: Overture, The Marriage of Figaro
Wolf (Reger): Italian Serenade
Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4
3 Rivers Chamber Orchestra
7.45pm, St Mary’s Church, Rickmansworth

Sunday, February 6th, 2005
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
(Peter Mitchell, tenor; Marc Woodhurst, horn)
David Stoll: Sonnet
Hindemith: 5 Pieces
Mendelssohn: String Symphony no. 6
Purcell: Chacony
Hatcham Chamber Orchestra
7.30pm, St Paul's Church, St Stephen's Rd, E3

Saturday, January 15th, 2005
A choral workshop hosted by
Vivace Choir
Faturing works by Faure, Gilbert and Sullivan, and others

Saturday, January 22nd, 2005
A Workshop for Children
(Facilitator and Conductor, John Andrews)
Lambeth Orchestra
2pm, St Saviour's Church Hall, Herne Hill

ENGAGEMENTS 1996-2004

Sunday, December 12th & 19th, 2004
Britten: Saint Nicholas
Plus a selection of Festive Music
Vivace Choir and Orchestra
Benslow Music Trust

Saturday, December 4th, 2004
Fay Neary: Lament for the Children of Beslan(HSO 50th anniversary commission)
Mozart: Operatic Arias
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
(Sonia Prentice, soprano)
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, November 27th, 2004
Williams: Star Wars Suite
Holst: The Planets (cover)
Ealing Symphony Orchestra
7.30pm, Clifton Cathedral, Bristol

Saturday, October 16th, 2004
Programme including:
Handel: Overture, Semele
Handel: Oratorio Arias (Olivia Ray, Mezzo Soprano)
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3, No. 4
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (Otto Choi, Harpsichord)
The Cannons Scholars
7.30pm, St Anselm & St Caecilia’s Catholic Church, Kingsway, Holborn

Sunday 10th & 17th October, 2004
Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe in D minor
Bartok: Rumanian Dances
Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 7
Berkley: Serenade for Strings
Sibelius: Romance
Mozart: Adagio and Fugue
Hatcham Chamber Orchestra

Saturday, October 2nd, 2004
Symphonic Workshop:
Haydn: Symphony No. 104
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Three Rivers Chamber Orchestra

Saturday, August 21st, 2004
Repertoire Day:
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Beethoven: Eroica Symphony
Fauré: Pavane
Mozart: Piano Concerto 21 (soloist Richard Pain)
Honnegger: Pastoral d'Été
Rossini: Overture Il Signor Bruschino
Ealing Symphony Orchestra

23-29 July, 2004
Participant,Seventh International Cadaques Conducting Competition
Girona and Barcelona, Spain

Sunday, July 18th, 2004
A Concert of Shakespearian Music
Vivace Choir and Players
7.30pm, Arlesey Hall, Bedfordshire

July 8-17, 2004 (Conducting performances 8,10, 17 July)
Offenbach: Robinson Crusoe
Opera della Luna at the Iford Festival
Jeff Clarke, Director
John Gibbons, Musical Director

Saturday, July 3rd, 2004
Smetena: Tabor
Dvorak: Symphonic Variations
Ravel: Pavane Pour une Infante Defunte
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
(Rosie Richardson, piano)
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, June 26th, 2004
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte
Lambeth Orchestra
Conductor, Christopher Fifield
Chorus Master, John Andrews
7pm, St Luke's Church, West Norwood

Saturday, June 5th, 2004
Acis and Galatea (1718 version)
The Cannons Scholars
Olivia Ray: Galatea
Peter Mitchell: Acis
Andrew Yeats: Damon
William Carslake: Polyphemus
David Barry: Tenor
7.30pm, St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden

Saturday, April 3rd, 2004
Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra (50th Anniversary Fundraising Day)

Sunday, March 28th & Friday, April 2nd, 2004
‘The Romantic Song’
Works by Brahms, Schumann, Cole Porter &c
Vivace Choir and Players
7.30pm, Benslow Music Trust, Bedfordshire

Saturday, March 27th, 2004
Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Beethoven: Symphony no. 2
Mozart: Symphony no. 41 "Jupiter"
Three Rivers Chamber Orchestra
7.45pm, St. Mary's Church, Church Street,
Rickmansworth. WD3 1JB

Saturday, March 20th, 2004
Beethoven: Overture, Coriolan
Handel: Musick for the Royal Fireworks
Elgar: Romance for Bassoon
Schubert: Symphony No 3
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra (Martien Houslander, bassoon)
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, February 21st, 2004
Mozart: Serenade for Thirteen Wind Instruments and other works
The Cannons Scholars
7.30pm, St Anselm & St Caecilia’s Church, Kingsway, Holborn

Tuesday, January 27th, 2004
A Concert for Holocaust Memorial Day
Lambeth Orchestra
6pm, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton

Saturday, January 24th, 2004
A Workshop for Children
(Facilitator, John Andrews)
Lambeth Orchestra (Conductor, Christopher Fifield)
2pm, St Saviour's Church Hall, Herne Hill

Saturday, December 20th, 2003
A Concert of Christmas Music
Lambeth Orchestra (Conductor, Christopher Fifield)
Lambeth Voices (Director, John Andrews)
3pm, St Luke's Church, West Norwood

Saturday, December 6th, and Sunday, December 14th, 2003
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Handel, Messiah (excerpts)
A selection of traditional Christmas music
Vivace Choir and Players
7.30pm, Arlesey Church, Arlesey, Bedfordshire

Saturday, November 29th, 2003
Mendelssohn: Overture, Ruy Blas
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
(Peter Mitchell, tenor; Marc Woodhurst, horn)
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, 5th July 2003
Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from “Eugene Onegin”
Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death (Chris Adams, bass)
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony, No 3 (Neil Hawes, organ)
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, 22nd March 2003
Mozart: Overture Don Giovanni
Dvorak: Violin concerto (Jana Novakova, violin)
Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat, “Eroica”
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, 30th November 2002
Dvorak: The Noonday Witch opus 108
Mozart: Flute concerto in D K314 and Andante in C K315 (Charlotte Walls, flute)
Strauss: Serenade for 13 wind instruments opus 7
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn (St Anthony) opus 56a
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, 29th June 2002
Mussorgsky: “Night on a Bare Mountain”
Greig: Piano concerto (Belinda Mikhail, piano)
Schumann: Symphony No 3 “The Rhenish”
Hounslow Symphony Orchestra
8pm, St Mary’s Church, Osterley Road, Osterley

Saturday, 15 May, 2002
Greig: ‘Holberg’ Suite
Ibert: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (Charlotte Walls, flute)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, ‘Pastoral’
Lambeth Orchestra
7.30pm St luke’s Church, West Norwood

July 1-11, 1999
Second UK tour of Sforzando Brass
(culminating in Charity concert at the RNCM)

Thursday 11 March, 1999
Bach: Mass in B minor
(Clare Ekins, Amy Haworth, Clare Wilkinson, Alastair Brookshaw, William Carslake)
The St Margaret Society Chorus and Orchestra
8pm, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

Sunday 7 February, 1999
Recital by Sforzando Brass, including:
Verdi: Overture, Nabucco
Faure: Pavane
Debussy: Claire de Lune
Bizet: Suite from Carmen
1pm, Queens’ College, Cambridge

Saturday 27 February, 1999
Beethoven: Overture, Egmont
Copland: Clarinet Concerto (Sara Temple, clarinet)
The Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra
8pm, Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge

Saturday 21 November, 1998
Brahms: Symphony no. 2
The Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra
8pm, Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge

Saturday 14 November, 1998
Janacek (arr. Dodgson): Sinfonietta
Sforzando Brass
8pm, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

21 – 24 October, 1998
Clouston: Music for Euripides’ Troades (dir. Jane Montgomery)
Cambridge Triennial Greek Play, Cambridge Arts Theatre

Saturday 21 February, 1998
Gala Concert by Sforzando Brass, featuring works including:
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Wagner: Funeral March from Gotterdamerung
Ravel: Pavane pour une Infante defunte
Purcell: Suite from Abdelazer
8pm, Queens’ College Chapel, Cambridge

Saturday 4 February, 1998
Brahms: Tragic Overture
Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2
Dvorak: Symphony no. 7
The St Margaret Society Orchestra
8pm, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

9 – 13 December, 1997
Mozart: Don Giovanni
(cast including Nyle P. Wolfe, Peter Grant, Sally Matthews and Andrew Yeats)
Cambridge Arts Theatre

Saturday 1 November, 1997
A Festival of motets for choir and Brass by Corelli, Gabrielli and Bruckner
The Oriana Singers and Sforzando Brass
8.15pm, Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge

Sunday 26 October, 1997[?]
Recital by Sforzando Brass, including:
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance no. 8
Faure: Pavane
Stravinsky: Excerpts from The Firebird
1pm, Queens’ College, Cambridge

1 – 9 July, 1997
1st UK tour of Sforzando Brass (including a concert at Bristol Cathedral)

Thursday 13 March, 1997
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto no. 2 (Richard Benton, piano)
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Guy Waller(baritone), Oliva Ray (Soprano)
The St Margaret Society Chorus And Orchestra
8pm, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

Sunday 7 March, 1997
Recital by Sforzando Brass, including:
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Berliox: March to the Scaffold
Stravinsky: Excerpts from The Firebird
1pm, Girton College, Cambridge

4 – 8 February, 1997
Sullivan: Yeomen of the Guard
The Cambridge University G&S Society
Cambridge Arts Theatre

Thursday 5 December 1996
Haydn: Missa in Angustiis, (‘Nelson’ Mass)
Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
The St Margaret Society Chorus And Orchestra
8pm, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

Friday 13 October, 1996
Sullivan: Trial by Jury
The Cambridge University G&S Society

August – September 1996
Andrews (arr.): Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale
Cambridge Theatre Overseas tour to Russia and Eastern Europe

Saturday, 15 June, 1996
Dvorak: Czech Suite
R Strauss: Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments
The St Margaret Society Orchestra
3pm, Queens’ College Chapel, Cambridge

16-20 June, 1996:
Pievsky: Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
BATS Summer Production, Queens’ College

Saturday 27 April, 1996
Albinoni: Adagio
Andrews: Requiem Aeternam
Barber: Adagio for strings
Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings (Edward Barbieri, organ; Derek Scurll, timpani) The Carlos String Orchestra
8pm, Queens’ College Chapel, Cambridge

Thursday 14 March, 1996
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Crusell: Clarinet Concerto no. 2 (David Hayton, clarinet)
Durufle: Requiem
The St Margaret Society Chorus and Orchestra
8pm, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

Saturday, 10 February, 1996
Beethoven: Symphony no. 8
The St Margaret Society Orchestra
8pm, Great St Mary’s, Cambridge

July 1996
International Conducting Workshop, Zlin, Czech Republic
works including Beethoven: Symphony no. 8, Dvorak; Czech Suite; Elgar: Serenade for Strings; Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Respighi: Third Suite of Ancient Airs and Dances; Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks Concerto in E flat

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