UPCOMING CONCERTS

Conducting (bold): Chorus Mastering (italics)

‘Lighthouse Carols’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Lighthouse, Poole, 23rd December 2025

with Dougie Scarfe (presenter)

J S Bach ‘Christmas Oratorio’ : Bath Minerva Choir, Rhian Davies (mezzo), James Gilchrist (ten), Christian Andreas (bar), St Swithin’s Church, Bath 13 December 2025

Philharmonia Chorus: ‘Christmas Classics’ with Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Michale England, Royal Festival Hall, 14 December 2025

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Handel ‘Messiah’ with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, cond. David Bates, Lighthouse (Poole), 17 December 2025

Philharmonia Chorus: Handel ‘Messiah’ with Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Eamonn Dougan, Royal Festival Hall, 12 December 2025

MCC Carol Concert : Philharmonia Chorus, Timothy End (pno), The Long Room, Lord’s Cricket Ground, 1 December 2025

Renaissance Antiphonal Polyphony : The Carr Consort, St John the Baptist (Holland Park, London), 7-9 November,ber 2025

Philharmonia Chorus: Bernstein ‘Chichester Psalms’ with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Vassily Petrenko, Royal Albert Hall, 21 October 2025

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Music of the Electric Light Orchestra, with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Lighthouse (Poole), 18 October 2025

Hawkwood Choral Weekend : Hawkwood College, Stroud, 26-28 September 2025

Featuring Beethoven’s Mass in C with student soloists from the Royal Academy of Music etc

Britten ‘War Requiem’ : 80th-year memorial concert for the Hiroshima bombing, with a chorus of 140 singers from the UK, NHK Children’s Chorus, Hiroshima Symphony Orchestra, Hiromi Omura (sop), James Gilchrist (ten), Roderick Williams (bar); Phoenix Hall, Hiroshima, 6 September 2025

A major project presenting the War Requiem for the first time in the Peace Park’s concert hall, just metres from the epicentre of the blast in 1945.

Philharmonia Chorus: Joe Hisaishi ’The End of the World’, BBC Proms, with the RPO, cond. Joe Hisaishi, Royal Albert Hall, 14 August 2025

Dartington ChoralFest : Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, 28 July-4 August 2025

Choral Director for this new choral offering at the famed Dartington, featuring Dvorak’s ‘Stabat Mater’ alongside masterclasses and workshops

Britten ‘War Requiem’ : with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Magna Sinfonia, Rusne Tuslaite (sop), Elgan Llyr Thomas (ten), Florian Störtz (bar), Lighthouse (Poole), 12 July 2025

Blackford ‘Not in our Time’ workshop : Bath Minerva Choir, James Hutchings (ten), Stuart Orme (bar), Steve Hollas (pno), King Edward’s School, Bath

A mastefclass-workshop on this remarkable contemporary oratorio, premiered in 2011

Spanish Polyphony and contemporary settings of Lorca : Seville, 3-8 June 2025

16th Century Venetian Polyphony : The Carr Consort, Iffley Church (Oxfordshire), 23-25 May 2025

Inaugural performance by this new consort

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Walton ‘Belshazzar’s Feast’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, cond. David Hill, Lighthouse (Poole) 14 May 2025

Fauré ‘Requiem’ and Vaughan Williams ‘Dona Nobis Pacem’ with Bath Minerva Choir, Bath Philharmonia, Caroline Taylor (sop), Florian Störtz (bar) : Bath Abbey, 3 May 2025

Philharmonia Chorus: Hans Zimmer ‘Gladiator in concert’ with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, cond. Tim Henley, Royal Albert Hall 26-7 April 2025

Philharmonia Chorus: Bernstein ‘Chichester Psalms’ with the Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Marin Allsop, Royal Festival Hall, 24 April, 2025

Philharmonia Chorus; Brahms ‘Ein Deutsches Requiem’ with the BBC Concert Orchestra, cond. Daniel Hyde, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, 18 April, 2025 - live Radio 3 relay

Philharmonia Chorus: Verdi ‘Requiem’ with the Philharmonia Orchestra, cond. Riccardo Muti, Royal Festival Hall, 27 March 2025

Philharmonia Chorus: Shostakovich Symphony no.13 ‘Babi War’ and Schoenberg ‘A Survivor from Warsaw’, with the Orchestra National de Lille, cond. Joshua Weilerstein, Lille and Paris 14-17 March 2025

THE BIG SING : Poole Lighthouse, 26 January 2025

‘Broadway Melodies’ featuring selections from Jesus Christ Superstar, Guys and Dolls, and others. 700 singers from across the UK.

WIth Sam Hanson (Piano)

‘Lighthouse Carols’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Lighthouse, Poole, 23rd December 2024

with Dougie Scarfe (presenter)

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Handel ‘Messiah’ with BSO/N , Lighthouse, Poole, 11.12.24

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Vaughan Williams ‘Dona nobis pacem’ with BSO/D Hill, Lighthouse, Poole, 23.10.24

Brahms ‘Ein Deutsche Requiem’ with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Magna Sinfonia, Lighthouse, Poole, 10th November 2024

Blackford’s ‘Babel’ and Vaughan Williams’ ‘Serenade to Music’ with Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Christchurch Priory, 14th September 2024

with Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Mark Le Brocq (tenor), Steve Gadd (baritone), Chris Dowie and Sam Hanson (piano), David Bednall (organ)

Hawkwood Choral Weekend : Hawkwood College, Stroud, 16th-18th August 2024

Featuring music by female composers - Rebecca Clarke, Florence Price, Morfydd Owen, Valborg Aulin, Lili Boulanger, Celia McDowell, Ruth Karn et al

Dartington ChoralFest : Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon, 3rd-11th August 2024

Course Director for this new choral offering at the famed Dartington. Rachmaninov’s ‘All-Night Vigil’ (Vespers)

Philharmonia Chorus: Puccini ‘La Bohème’ with Orch.Nationale de Lille/A Bloch, Lille Auditorium, 5-6.07.24

‘Whitacre Weekend’ - a workshop with Bath Minerva Choir and guests, King Edward’s School, Bath, 13-14th June 2024

Exploring the music of Eric Whitacre, including When David Heard, Three Flower Songs, Sleep, and I thank you god for most this amazing day

Paul Carr’s ‘Awakening’ world-premiere : Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Lighthouse, Poole, 9th June

A major new oratorio (50’) to a libretto by Stephen Feltham, on the subject of the monoliths of Salisbury Plain;

with Sam Furness (tenor). Recording 20th-21st July.

Bath Minerva Choir Tour to Sweden, 12th-16th June : Katarina Kryka, Stockholm, 15th June 2024

Music by Valborg Aulin, Sibelius, Ola Gjeilo, Paul and Gavin Carr; with Steven Hollas (organ, piano)

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Kancheli ‘Styx’ with BSO/K Karabits, Lighthouse, Poole, 01.05.24

Verdi ‘Requiem’ : Shaldon Festival Singers Choral Workshop, Shaldon, Devon, 27th April 2024

Open to guest singers, with a public performance in the evening

Philharmonia Chorus: Verdi ‘Requiem’ with RPO/V Petrenko, RAH, 23.04.24

Philharmonia Chorus: Rachmaninov ‘The Bells’ with RPO/V Petrenko, RFH, 11.04.24

J S Bach ‘Easter Oratorio’ and selections from the ‘B Minor Mass’ : Poole Lighthouse, 27th March 2024

Eleanor Pennell-Briggs (soprano), Bethany Thomas (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Bell (tenor), Thomas Humphreys (baritone);

Bournemouth Chamber Orchestra

J S Bach ‘St John Passion’ : Bath Minerva Choir, Bath Abbey, 16th March 2024

WIth James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Thomas Humphreys (Christus), Rebecca Ramsay (Soprano), Ruby Bak (mezzo-soprano), Johannes Moore (Baritone);

Bristol Baroque Ensemble

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus: Verdi ‘Requiem’ with BSO/D Hill, Lighthouse, Poole, 28.02.24

Rising Voices Big Sing - ABBA! : Talbot Heath School, Poole, 11th February 2024

For cancer sufferers and their carers, with Chris Dowie (Piano)

THE BIG SING : Poole Lighthouse, 21st January 2024

“Les Musicals!'“ - music from Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia and West Side Story. 660 singers from across the UK.

WIth Sam Hanson (Piano)

Richard Blackford 70th Birthday Concert: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, St Swithin’s, Bath, 13th January 2024

Handel Zadok the Priest; Blackford Three Rosetti Songs; Blackford Tango; Parry Blest Pair of Sirens; Blackford Babel

with Elizabeth Watts (Soprano), Mark Le Brocq (Tenor), Stephen Gadd (Baritone), Sam Hanson & Chris Dowie (piano), David Bednall (Organ), Jeremy Little & Catherine Ring (percussion), Jesper Svedberg (Cello), Arena Jakubcová (violin) and David Maraček (piano)