past performances

February, March

Scotland: Theatre Royal, Glasgow
G F Handel: Orlando (role: Medoro)
Scottish Opera
Paul Goodwin, conductor
Harry Fehr, director

April

England: St Martin in the Fields, London
G F Handel: Messiah
Elizabeth Weisberg, Ben Johnson, Matthew Stiff
New London Singers, Trafalgar Sinfonia
Ivor Setterfield, conductor

May

England: Cambridge Handel Opera Group

G F Handel: Agrippina (Ottone)
Conductor Andrew Jones
Stage director Christine Botes

May

England: St Martin in the Fields, London
G F Handel: Arias
A Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus
Trafalgar Sinfonia
Ivor Setterfield, conductor

June

England, Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings
J S Bach: Komm, Jesu komm BWV229
Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf BWV226
Gottes Zeit ist der allerbeste Zeit BWV106
O Jesu Christ mein Lebens Licht BWV118
Aus der Tiefen ruf ich zu dir BWV131
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied BWV225
La Nuova Musica, director David Bates

July

England: St Leonard's Church, Hythe, Kent
Requiem at The Fifth Continent
Paul Patterson – The Fifth Continent (JAM commission 2005)
Paul Mealor – Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (JAM commission 2010)
Paul Mealor – Ubi Caritas (premiered at the Royal Wedding)
Gabriel Faure – Requiem
The Chapel Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge
Onyx Brass
Stephen Disley (organ)
Nicholas Cleobury (conductor)

Purcell Room, South Bank, London
Cantatas from a Cardinal's Court
Concert to launch the CD series Conversazioni on the Avie Label
Sounds Baroque, directed from the harpsichord by Julian Perkins

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October

Taiwan,: Taipei
National Theater Concert Hall
Zelenka: Missa Votiva
Dresdner Kammerchor, Tapei Male Choir, Dresdner Barockorchester

December

England: York Minister
J S Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Soprano: Grace Davidson
Tenor: Nicholas Mulroy
Bass: Jimmy Holiday
York Musical Society Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor: Robert Sharpe

England: Leeds Town Hall
G F Handel: Messiah
Soprano: Joanne Lunn
Tenor: Benjamin Hulett
Bass: Eddie Wade
Leeds Festival Chorus, English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Simon Wright

2010

March, April

Denmark: Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen
G F Handel: Jephtha (role: Hamor)
Director Katie Mitchell

June

England: Iford Arts - Iford Manor
G F Handel: Serse (role: Arsamene)
David Freeman, director
David Bates, conductor
Serse, William Purefoy; Romilda, Verity Parker; Atalanta, Kristy Swift;
Amastre, Kristen Finnigan; Ariodate, Jonathan Brown; Elviro, William Townend

October

England: London, Kings Place
T Arne: Alfred
Sarah-Jane Brandon, Mary Bevan, Thomas Hobbs,
Classical Opera Company, conductor Ian Page
King's Place, London
4 December

December

G F Handel: Messiah
Nottingham Harmonic Society

London, Louise Blouin Foundation
Jonathan Dove: Premiere of a new song cycle
B Britten: Canticle 2, Abraham and Isaac
Songs by Henry Purcell and Benjamin Britten
Claire Booth, soprano; Nicky Spence, tenor; Andrew Matthews Owen, piano; Bridget Cunningham, harpsichord

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2009

March

Oslo Festival, Norway
G F Handel: Theodora HWV 68
Erica Eloff, soprano; Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Watts, tenor; Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone
London Handel Singers
London Handel Orchestra / Laurence Cummings

April

Villamarta Theatre, Jerez, Spain
J S Bach: St John Passion
Arsys Bourgogne, Sevilla Baroque Orchestra, Pierre Cao

Church of the Rosary, Cadiz, Spain
J S Bach: St John Passion
Arsys Bourgogne, Sevilla Baroque Orchestra, Pierre Cao

Maestranza Theatre, Seville, Spain
J S Bach: St John Passion
Arsys Bourgogne, Sevilla Baroque Orchestra, Pierre Cao

May

Deutsches Theater Göttingen, Germany
G F Handel: Admeto (Orindo)
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Director Doris Doerrie

June

Deutsches Theater Göttingen, Handel Festival,
G F Handel: Admeto (Orindo)
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Director Doris Doerrie

July

Romsey Abbey, England
G F Handel: Israel in Egypt
Romsey Choral Society
The Academy of St Thomas
David Truslove, conductor

Lydd Parish Church, England
Patterson: The 5th Continent
John Armitage Memorial Concert
Selwyn Choir
Onxy Brass
Nicholas Cleobury, conductor

Buxton Opera House, Buxton Festival, England
G F Handel: Orlando (Medoro)
Jonathan Best, William Towers, Mhairi Lawson, Sinead Campbell
Opera Theatre Company
Christian Curnyn, conductor
Annilese Miskimmon, director

August

Basilique Sainte Marie-Madeleine, Vézelay France
G F Handel: Israel in Egypt
Arsys Bourgogne - Baroque Orchestra of Seville - Pierre Cao

Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
G F Handel: Admeto (Orindo)
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Director Doris Doerrie

September

Saint Maclou Cathedral, Pontoise, France
G F Handel: Israel in Egypt
Arsys Bourgogne - Baroque Orchestra of Seville - Pierre Cao

St Peter and St Paul's, Hambledon, UK
Opera Gala in aid of the Rowan's Hospice
With Anna Dennis, soprano; Jane Stevenson, mezzo; Charne Rochford, tenor, Ed Connolly, baritone
John Reid - Piano

City Music Society, London, UK
Italian Chamber Cantatas by Handel, Scarlatti and Albinoni plus works by Purcell and Bach
Sounds Baroque, conductor Julian Prkins

October

Cadogan Hall, London, UK
C Orff: Carmina Burana
London Concert Choir
Mark Forkgen, conductor

Haileybury College Hall, Hertford Heath, UK
J S Bach: Magnificat
H Purcell: Come, Ye Sons of Art
Herfordshire Chorus conducted by David Temple

November

Louise Blouin Foundation, London
Works by Finzi, Schoenberg, Ades and Michael Berkeley
Finzi Quartet; Sarah Moule, soprano

London Bachfest, St Bartholomew the Great, London UK
Cantata 80: Ein Feste Burg
Cantata 125: Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin
Jesu, Meine Freude
Gillian Keith, soprano; Nathan Vale, tenor; Peter Harvey, bass
Stenitz Bach Players directed by Tony Robson

St Martin's Church, Salisbury, UK
Contemporary Choral Music commissioned by the John Armitage Memorial Trust
Patterson: The 5th Continent
J Dove: The Far Theatricals of Day
Farrant Singers

Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, UK
Cambridge Music Festival
B Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
J Dove: The Far Theatricals of Day
J Rutter: Gloria
University Festival Chorus, Onyx Brass, Christopher Robinson - conductor

St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Squre, London, UK
S Barber: Agnus Dei
L Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
C Orff: Carmina Burana
New London Singers, Barts Chamber Choir, Trafalgar Sinfonia - Ivor Settlefield conductor

December

Recording of CD: Conversazione 1 for the Avie Label
with Sounds Baroque directed by Julian Perkins

Christuskirche, Mainz, Germany
G F Handel: Messiah
Bachchor Mainz, conductor - Ralf Otto