Future engagements
©Paul Foster-Williams
July
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9, 10, 13, 14, 16 & 17 – Handel's Serse, Iford Festival Opera. Helen-Jane will be covering the role of Atalanta. David Freeman- director, David Bates- musical director with La Nuova Musica. Venue- The Gardens at Iford Manor, Bradford-on-Avon. For further details visit www.concert-diary.com
23rd- 'Goodbye to all that' recital. The Ryedale Festival with musical director Chris Glynn, tenor Thomas Hobbs and actor narrator Martin Vander Weyer in a recital commemorating poets and composers of the first world war. More details to follow but can also be found on the Ryedale festival website or click here for the programme items.
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August
13th - Quimper Music Festival. Vocal soprano soloist with Florilegium. Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Vivaldi Salve Regina RV 617. With counter-tenor Philip Jones directed by Ashley Solomon. Please visit the Florilegium website for further details of venue and programme.
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September
3, 4, 5 - Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte* (Despina). Woodhouse Opera, musical director Joseph Ramadan. Please visit www.woodhousesounds.com for further details and cast. Two performances at Woodhouse Copse, Dorking (dress rehearsal 3rd-open) and one London performance venue tbc. *This production will be performed in English
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Later in 2010
The role of 'Amore' in L'incoronazione di Poppea for Glyndebourne on Tour 2010. Projects with the Choir of the Academy of Ancient Music; a recital of Schumann, Strauss and Reger for the Charterhouse Music Society, London with pianist Jakob Fischert, Mozart Vespers and Handel Solomon.
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Previous performances in 2010:
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June 27th - Monteverdi Vespers. Coventry Cathedral with The St. Michael's Singers directed by Paul Leddington-Wright and with the ESO. *6.30pm*. Please visit the St.Michael's Singers website for details, tickets can be bought on the door.
20th - Bach B Minor Mass with Choir 2000 directed by Peter Britton with the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 7.30pm.
19th - Bach B Minor Mass with Choir 2000 directed by Peter Britton with the Choir 2000 Chamber Orchestra at Histon Baptist Church, Histon, Cambridge, 7.30pm. Please visit the Choir 2000 website for all other details. This concert will be repeated on Sunday 20th at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge also at 7.30
12th - “A Handelian Feast” with the London Pro Arte Choir and the Esprit Ensemble and conductor Robin Kimber. Concert programme includes: Handel Coronation Anthems, Water Musicand more. Solo items with the orchestra and soprano soloist Helen-Jane Howells to include ‘The Rising World’ Athalia; ‘O Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me’ and ‘Endless Pleasure’ Semele; ‘Heart, the Seat of Soft Delight’ Acis and Galatea and ‘Let the Bright Seraphim’ Samson.
Venue: St. Michael’s Church, Flower Lane, NW London. 7.30pm. For tickets and other details please visit www.classicmillhill.org.uk
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May
22nd - (Private event) Spring gala concert, Lauderdale House, NW London. Solo items to include Handel 'Tornami a vagegghiar' Alcina and Mozart 'Deh Vieni, Non Tardar' Le Nozze di Figaro.Ensemble items: Soave sia il vento Cosi fan Tutte Mozart and the famous quartet from RigolettoVerdi and others.
12th - Final of the Association of English Singers and Speakers Patricia Routledge Competition 2010*. The recital hall, Royal College of Music, South Kensington, London. (*first prize). Please see the 'News' page for further details.
7th - Third in the 50th anniversary series of concerts as featured soloist with the Bridgend Male Voice Choir at Clifton Cathedral, Bristol directed by John Jenkins. 7pm. Handel 'Tornami a vagegghiar', Williams 'Pan Ddawr Nos', Puccini 'O Mio Babbino Caro', Coates 'Birdsongs at Eventide', Gershwin 'Someone to Watch Over Me' (solo programme may vary) and ensemble items with the choir ('You'll Never Walk Alone', 'O Virgin of the Angel Host'). Please visit the Bridgend Male Voice Choir website for further details.
1st – Mozart Mass in C Minor. The Reigate Choral Society and the East Sussex Symphony Orchestra conducted by Judith Gonsalves. St. Matthew’s Church, Redhill. 7pm. Tickets can be bought at the door.
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April
23rd - Second concert in gala tour with Bridgend Male Choir directed by John Jenkins (as above April 9th) at St. Chad's RC Cathedral, Birmingham. 7pm
16th - Mozart Requiem with the Academy of Ancient Music (as part of the choir of the AAM). Directed by Richard Egarr with soloists Christopher Purves, James Gilchrist, Katherine Fuge and Barbara Kozelj. Programme also includes the Overture to Don Giovanni K527 and Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K503. Birmingham Symphony Hall, 7.30pm.
9th - Featured soloist with the Bridgend Male Voice Choir in a Gala concert for Cancer Research Wales at Cardiff Metroplitan Cathedral directed by John Jenkins. 7pm. Handel 'Tornami a vagegghiar', Williams 'Pan Ddawr Nos', Puccini 'O Mio Babbino Caro', Coates 'Birdsongs at Eventide', Gershwin 'Someone to Watch Over Me' and ensemble items with the choir ('You'll Never Walk Alone', 'O Virgin of the Angel Host'). Please visit the Bridgend Male Voice Choir website for further details.
2nd- Bach St. Matthew Passion (in English, Neil Jenkins ed.). Coventry Cathedral, 6pm. St. Michael's Singers and the ESO directed by Paul Leddington-Wright. Please visit the Coventry Cathedral website for details of how to purchase tickets.
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March
15th - Hermes fashion launch, Musee de la Chasse, Le Marais,Paris. Directed by Jonathan Kent and designed by Paul Brown. A theme of fairytale and fantasy (H-J will be a mermaid in this break from the norm! See 'News' page for more details). This is a private event.
23,25,26,27th - 'Eve' and chorus for Les Arts Florissants' production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NYC. Les Arts Florissants, William Christie and directed by Jonathan Kent (* 27th is conducted by Jonathan Cohen). For tickets visit the BAM website and for further details and reviews see 'News' page. (Or google the New York Times, Le Monde, Telegraph)
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February
2nd & 3rd - 'Eve' and chorus for Les Arts Florissants' production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen at Theatre de Caen, Caen. Les Arts Florissants, William Christie and directed by Jonathan Kent
14th - Sutton Valence Music Society lunchtime concert. Mixed opera arias and art songs on a theme of love with Consort Opera
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January
16,18,19,21,22,24 - 'Eve' and chorus for Les Arts Florissants' production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen at the Opera Comique, Paris. Les Arts Florissants, William Christie and directed by Jonathan Kent (*24th conducted by Jonathan Cohen). For reviews google 'The Fairy Queen in Le Monde'
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Previous performances in 2009:
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December
19th- Bach Weihnachts-OratoriumParts 1,2,3,4 at St. Pauls, Knightsbridge for the St. Pauls Festival Choir under Richard Latham.
13th – Handel’s Messiah with the City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Lovett at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 7.30pm.
5th - Song recital for the Bognor Regis Music Society, the Concert Rooms, Sudley Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex. An evening of Art Song, opera and folksong including Schoenberg Brettl Lieder; Britten Folksongs; Poulenc Fiancailles pour Rire; Jake Heggie and more. With pianist Anna Tetsuya. For details follow link http://www.bognorregismusic.org.uk/
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November
21st - Bach Magnificat and Haydn Theresienmesse for the Epsom Choral Society under Robin Kimber with the City of London Sinfonia. St. Martin’s Church, Epsom, 7.30pm.
14th - World premiere of ‘Cross of Nails’ by David Briggs at Coventy Cathedral with the St. Michael’s Singers and the ESO Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Leddington-Wright. (other item-Rutter Requiem)
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October
18th - Concert celebrating the music of Handel with the Bergonzi Quartet for the Rudolph Kempe Society - an evening of Handel arias, orchestral favourites and sacred songs. The Muses, Kempe Studios, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7.30pm. See Rudolph Kempe website for details
17th - Brahms Requiem and lieder by Mahler, Strauss and Schubert for the Waverley Singers under Richard Pierce at St. Thomas-on-the-Bourne, Farnham, Surrey, 7.30pm
10th - An evening recital of lieder and chamber items with the Bergonzi Quartet for the Rudolph Kempe Society at the Kempe Studios, Stratford-upon-Avon. 7.30pm. See www.rudolphkempesociety.org for details
3rd - Mozart Requiem at Ely Cathedral, with the Ely Sinfonia conducted by Steve Bingham. 7.30pm
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September
29th September – 2nd October - Samling Outreach. "Samling is bringing four of its Scholars and Britain's pioneering chamber orchestra Southbank Sinfonia (SbS) to the North East to work and perform with children in seven County Durham schools in the second year of a two-year project. The week’s work will culminate in two professional standard concerts featuring two 100-strong school choirs, full 32-piece professional orchestra SbS, side-by-side student musicians and 4 Samling Scholars, conducted by Simon Over at Durham Gala Theatre on 2nd October from 5 pm. Tickets available from Durham Gala Theatre box office: Telephone 0191 332 4041 Website www.galadurham.co.uk.
26th- Soloist with Florilegium at The Rye Festival . "Celebrating the anniversaries of Purcell and Handel, two giants of the musical world, Florilegium present this wonderful varied programme, which includes some well-loved favourites. Florilegium is one of Britain's most outstanding ensembles, with a reputation for stylish and exciting interpretations of baroque and classical repertoire". St. Thomas' Church, Winchelsea 7.30pm. For details go to http://www.ryefestival.co.uk/pages/event_detail.asp?Event=375
13th - 'Songs of Apollo' II- An evening recital of Purcell arias and chamber items with the Bergonzi Quartet for the Rudolph Kempe Society at the Kempe Studios, Stratford-upon-Avon. 7.30pm. See www.rudolphkempesociety.org for details
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August
8th - Final performance of The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne. Tickets by return only
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July
(The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne Festival Opera)
21st- BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall- Glyndebourne Festival Opera and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by William Christie present Purcell's The Fairy Queen. This will be broadcast live on Radio 3 and is available on the BBC iplayer
15th - The Worshipful Company of Cutlers Annual Dinner
5th - 'Songs of Apollo' An evening recital of Purcell arias and chamber items with the Bergonzi Quartet for the Rudolph Kempe Society at the Kempe Studios, Stratford-upon-Avon. 7.30pm. See www.rudolphkempesociety.org for details
4th - Lunchtime recital in the Chichester Festival, St John's Church, South Street. 1.10-2pm with Anna Tetsuya, piano. A summer medley of favourite arias, art song and piano solos. See the Chichester Festivities website for details
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June
(The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne Festival Opera)
6th - Bach Magnificat, London Pro Arte Choir, St. Michael's Church, Millhill 7.30pm
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May
30th - The World Premiere of Carson P.Cooman's Revelations of Love Divine at Cadogan Hall, with the London Mozart Players and Royal Holloway Choir. 7.30pm
17th - Handel Solomon, Fletching Singers, All Saint Church, Lewes 7.30pm
9th - Mozart Requiem, Reigate Choral Society,St. Matthew's Church, Redhill, 8pm
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From May till August -Glyndebourne Festival Chorus for Guilio Cesare & The Fairy Queen. Till August 8th - Performances of Purcell The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, Sussex (click here for the Glyndebourne website)
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April
5th - Mendelsohn Elijah, Ardingly Chapel for the Ardingly Choral Society
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March
30th-April 2nd - Handel's Alessandro (chorus) for the London Handel Festival at the Britten Theatre conducted by Laurence Cummings.
March 28th - Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge conducted by Leon Lovett and for the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and Choir
17th - Soloist and small choir in London Handel Festival Come Ye Sons of Art and parts of King Arthur.Conducted by Adrian Butterfield at St. George's, Hanover Square.
15th - Summer Soiree for the Simon Fletcher Charitable Trust (Award winners concert). Craxton Studios, Finchley,Nrth London 5pm.
10th - Schoenberg Brettl Lieder with Joe Middleton piano. As part of a collaboration with the London Philharmonia's series on 'Vienna: City of Dreams. Inner Parry Rooms, RCM, 7pm.
6th - A concert of Handel in collaboration with 'Florilegium', Inner Parryrooms, RCM, 6pm (Helen-Jane will sing 'Tornami a vagegghiar' and 'Un cenno leggiadretto')
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February
28th - St. David's Day Gala Concert and Inuagural Opening of the New Seven Theatre, Shrewsbury. With the Bridgend Male Choir, BTM Band & Sian Lloyd
19th - Opera Scenes at the Royal College of Music (Anne - Merry Wives of Windsor)
15th - Lunchtime recital at 'Taggs' Studios, Barnes and for the Young Singers Welfare Society. With Anna Tetsuya,piano.
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January
29th - St. John's, Smith Square - Bach Cantatas 192 & 11. conduted by Ashley Solomon and members of the Royal College fo Music Historical Performance Department
21st - Evening recital (with other members of the RCM vocal department) at the Austrian Cultural Forum, South Kensington. 7.30pm with Norbert Meyn
11th - a lunchtime Gala Concert with 'Consort Opera' (see 'news' page for details) for the Sutton Valence Music Society, Sutton Valence, 2pm.
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For any concerts in 2008 click here and for even earlier click here
For details of oratorio and concert repertoire click here
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23rd- 'Goodbye to all that' recital. The Ryedale Festival with musical director Chris Glynn, tenor Thomas Hobbs and actor narrator Martin Vander Weyer in a recital commemorating poets and composers of the first world war. More details to follow but can also be found on the Ryedale festival website or click here for the programme items.
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August
13th - Quimper Music Festival. Vocal soprano soloist with Florilegium. Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Vivaldi Salve Regina RV 617. With counter-tenor Philip Jones directed by Ashley Solomon. Please visit the Florilegium website for further details of venue and programme.
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September
3, 4, 5 - Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte* (Despina). Woodhouse Opera, musical director Joseph Ramadan. Please visit www.woodhousesounds.com for further details and cast. Two performances at Woodhouse Copse, Dorking (dress rehearsal 3rd-open) and one London performance venue tbc. *This production will be performed in English
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Later in 2010
The role of 'Amore' in L'incoronazione di Poppea for Glyndebourne on Tour 2010. Projects with the Choir of the Academy of Ancient Music; a recital of Schumann, Strauss and Reger for the Charterhouse Music Society, London with pianist Jakob Fischert, Mozart Vespers and Handel Solomon.
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Previous performances in 2010:
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June 27th - Monteverdi Vespers. Coventry Cathedral with The St. Michael's Singers directed by Paul Leddington-Wright and with the ESO. *6.30pm*. Please visit the St.Michael's Singers website for details, tickets can be bought on the door.
20th - Bach B Minor Mass with Choir 2000 directed by Peter Britton with the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 7.30pm.
19th - Bach B Minor Mass with Choir 2000 directed by Peter Britton with the Choir 2000 Chamber Orchestra at Histon Baptist Church, Histon, Cambridge, 7.30pm. Please visit the Choir 2000 website for all other details. This concert will be repeated on Sunday 20th at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge also at 7.30
12th - “A Handelian Feast” with the London Pro Arte Choir and the Esprit Ensemble and conductor Robin Kimber. Concert programme includes: Handel Coronation Anthems, Water Musicand more. Solo items with the orchestra and soprano soloist Helen-Jane Howells to include ‘The Rising World’ Athalia; ‘O Sleep Why Dost Thou Leave Me’ and ‘Endless Pleasure’ Semele; ‘Heart, the Seat of Soft Delight’ Acis and Galatea and ‘Let the Bright Seraphim’ Samson.
Venue: St. Michael’s Church, Flower Lane, NW London. 7.30pm. For tickets and other details please visit www.classicmillhill.org.uk
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May
22nd - (Private event) Spring gala concert, Lauderdale House, NW London. Solo items to include Handel 'Tornami a vagegghiar' Alcina and Mozart 'Deh Vieni, Non Tardar' Le Nozze di Figaro.Ensemble items: Soave sia il vento Cosi fan Tutte Mozart and the famous quartet from RigolettoVerdi and others.
12th - Final of the Association of English Singers and Speakers Patricia Routledge Competition 2010*. The recital hall, Royal College of Music, South Kensington, London. (*first prize). Please see the 'News' page for further details.
7th - Third in the 50th anniversary series of concerts as featured soloist with the Bridgend Male Voice Choir at Clifton Cathedral, Bristol directed by John Jenkins. 7pm. Handel 'Tornami a vagegghiar', Williams 'Pan Ddawr Nos', Puccini 'O Mio Babbino Caro', Coates 'Birdsongs at Eventide', Gershwin 'Someone to Watch Over Me' (solo programme may vary) and ensemble items with the choir ('You'll Never Walk Alone', 'O Virgin of the Angel Host'). Please visit the Bridgend Male Voice Choir website for further details.
1st – Mozart Mass in C Minor. The Reigate Choral Society and the East Sussex Symphony Orchestra conducted by Judith Gonsalves. St. Matthew’s Church, Redhill. 7pm. Tickets can be bought at the door.
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April
23rd - Second concert in gala tour with Bridgend Male Choir directed by John Jenkins (as above April 9th) at St. Chad's RC Cathedral, Birmingham. 7pm
16th - Mozart Requiem with the Academy of Ancient Music (as part of the choir of the AAM). Directed by Richard Egarr with soloists Christopher Purves, James Gilchrist, Katherine Fuge and Barbara Kozelj. Programme also includes the Overture to Don Giovanni K527 and Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major K503. Birmingham Symphony Hall, 7.30pm.
9th - Featured soloist with the Bridgend Male Voice Choir in a Gala concert for Cancer Research Wales at Cardiff Metroplitan Cathedral directed by John Jenkins. 7pm. Handel 'Tornami a vagegghiar', Williams 'Pan Ddawr Nos', Puccini 'O Mio Babbino Caro', Coates 'Birdsongs at Eventide', Gershwin 'Someone to Watch Over Me' and ensemble items with the choir ('You'll Never Walk Alone', 'O Virgin of the Angel Host'). Please visit the Bridgend Male Voice Choir website for further details.
2nd- Bach St. Matthew Passion (in English, Neil Jenkins ed.). Coventry Cathedral, 6pm. St. Michael's Singers and the ESO directed by Paul Leddington-Wright. Please visit the Coventry Cathedral website for details of how to purchase tickets.
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March
15th - Hermes fashion launch, Musee de la Chasse, Le Marais,Paris. Directed by Jonathan Kent and designed by Paul Brown. A theme of fairytale and fantasy (H-J will be a mermaid in this break from the norm! See 'News' page for more details). This is a private event.
23,25,26,27th - 'Eve' and chorus for Les Arts Florissants' production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NYC. Les Arts Florissants, William Christie and directed by Jonathan Kent (* 27th is conducted by Jonathan Cohen). For tickets visit the BAM website and for further details and reviews see 'News' page. (Or google the New York Times, Le Monde, Telegraph)
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February
2nd & 3rd - 'Eve' and chorus for Les Arts Florissants' production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen at Theatre de Caen, Caen. Les Arts Florissants, William Christie and directed by Jonathan Kent
14th - Sutton Valence Music Society lunchtime concert. Mixed opera arias and art songs on a theme of love with Consort Opera
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January
16,18,19,21,22,24 - 'Eve' and chorus for Les Arts Florissants' production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen at the Opera Comique, Paris. Les Arts Florissants, William Christie and directed by Jonathan Kent (*24th conducted by Jonathan Cohen). For reviews google 'The Fairy Queen in Le Monde'
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Previous performances in 2009:
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December
19th- Bach Weihnachts-OratoriumParts 1,2,3,4 at St. Pauls, Knightsbridge for the St. Pauls Festival Choir under Richard Latham.
13th – Handel’s Messiah with the City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Lovett at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, 7.30pm.
5th - Song recital for the Bognor Regis Music Society, the Concert Rooms, Sudley Road, Bognor Regis, West Sussex. An evening of Art Song, opera and folksong including Schoenberg Brettl Lieder; Britten Folksongs; Poulenc Fiancailles pour Rire; Jake Heggie and more. With pianist Anna Tetsuya. For details follow link http://www.bognorregismusic.org.uk/
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November
21st - Bach Magnificat and Haydn Theresienmesse for the Epsom Choral Society under Robin Kimber with the City of London Sinfonia. St. Martin’s Church, Epsom, 7.30pm.
14th - World premiere of ‘Cross of Nails’ by David Briggs at Coventy Cathedral with the St. Michael’s Singers and the ESO Symphony Orchestra conducted by Paul Leddington-Wright. (other item-Rutter Requiem)
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October
18th - Concert celebrating the music of Handel with the Bergonzi Quartet for the Rudolph Kempe Society - an evening of Handel arias, orchestral favourites and sacred songs. The Muses, Kempe Studios, Stratford-upon-Avon, 7.30pm. See Rudolph Kempe website for details
17th - Brahms Requiem and lieder by Mahler, Strauss and Schubert for the Waverley Singers under Richard Pierce at St. Thomas-on-the-Bourne, Farnham, Surrey, 7.30pm
10th - An evening recital of lieder and chamber items with the Bergonzi Quartet for the Rudolph Kempe Society at the Kempe Studios, Stratford-upon-Avon. 7.30pm. See www.rudolphkempesociety.org for details
3rd - Mozart Requiem at Ely Cathedral, with the Ely Sinfonia conducted by Steve Bingham. 7.30pm
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September
29th September – 2nd October - Samling Outreach. "Samling is bringing four of its Scholars and Britain's pioneering chamber orchestra Southbank Sinfonia (SbS) to the North East to work and perform with children in seven County Durham schools in the second year of a two-year project. The week’s work will culminate in two professional standard concerts featuring two 100-strong school choirs, full 32-piece professional orchestra SbS, side-by-side student musicians and 4 Samling Scholars, conducted by Simon Over at Durham Gala Theatre on 2nd October from 5 pm. Tickets available from Durham Gala Theatre box office: Telephone 0191 332 4041 Website www.galadurham.co.uk.
26th- Soloist with Florilegium at The Rye Festival . "Celebrating the anniversaries of Purcell and Handel, two giants of the musical world, Florilegium present this wonderful varied programme, which includes some well-loved favourites. Florilegium is one of Britain's most outstanding ensembles, with a reputation for stylish and exciting interpretations of baroque and classical repertoire". St. Thomas' Church, Winchelsea 7.30pm. For details go to http://www.ryefestival.co.uk/pages/event_detail.asp?Event=375
13th - 'Songs of Apollo' II- An evening recital of Purcell arias and chamber items with the Bergonzi Quartet for the Rudolph Kempe Society at the Kempe Studios, Stratford-upon-Avon. 7.30pm. See www.rudolphkempesociety.org for details
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August
8th - Final performance of The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne. Tickets by return only
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July
(The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne Festival Opera)
21st- BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall- Glyndebourne Festival Opera and The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment conducted by William Christie present Purcell's The Fairy Queen. This will be broadcast live on Radio 3 and is available on the BBC iplayer
15th - The Worshipful Company of Cutlers Annual Dinner
5th - 'Songs of Apollo' An evening recital of Purcell arias and chamber items with the Bergonzi Quartet for the Rudolph Kempe Society at the Kempe Studios, Stratford-upon-Avon. 7.30pm. See www.rudolphkempesociety.org for details
4th - Lunchtime recital in the Chichester Festival, St John's Church, South Street. 1.10-2pm with Anna Tetsuya, piano. A summer medley of favourite arias, art song and piano solos. See the Chichester Festivities website for details
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June
(The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne Festival Opera)
6th - Bach Magnificat, London Pro Arte Choir, St. Michael's Church, Millhill 7.30pm
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May
30th - The World Premiere of Carson P.Cooman's Revelations of Love Divine at Cadogan Hall, with the London Mozart Players and Royal Holloway Choir. 7.30pm
17th - Handel Solomon, Fletching Singers, All Saint Church, Lewes 7.30pm
9th - Mozart Requiem, Reigate Choral Society,St. Matthew's Church, Redhill, 8pm
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From May till August -Glyndebourne Festival Chorus for Guilio Cesare & The Fairy Queen. Till August 8th - Performances of Purcell The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne Opera House, Lewes, Sussex (click here for the Glyndebourne website)
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April
5th - Mendelsohn Elijah, Ardingly Chapel for the Ardingly Choral Society
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March
30th-April 2nd - Handel's Alessandro (chorus) for the London Handel Festival at the Britten Theatre conducted by Laurence Cummings.
March 28th - Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge conducted by Leon Lovett and for the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and Choir
17th - Soloist and small choir in London Handel Festival Come Ye Sons of Art and parts of King Arthur.Conducted by Adrian Butterfield at St. George's, Hanover Square.
15th - Summer Soiree for the Simon Fletcher Charitable Trust (Award winners concert). Craxton Studios, Finchley,Nrth London 5pm.
10th - Schoenberg Brettl Lieder with Joe Middleton piano. As part of a collaboration with the London Philharmonia's series on 'Vienna: City of Dreams. Inner Parry Rooms, RCM, 7pm.
6th - A concert of Handel in collaboration with 'Florilegium', Inner Parryrooms, RCM, 6pm (Helen-Jane will sing 'Tornami a vagegghiar' and 'Un cenno leggiadretto')
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February
28th - St. David's Day Gala Concert and Inuagural Opening of the New Seven Theatre, Shrewsbury. With the Bridgend Male Choir, BTM Band & Sian Lloyd
19th - Opera Scenes at the Royal College of Music (Anne - Merry Wives of Windsor)
15th - Lunchtime recital at 'Taggs' Studios, Barnes and for the Young Singers Welfare Society. With Anna Tetsuya,piano.
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January
29th - St. John's, Smith Square - Bach Cantatas 192 & 11. conduted by Ashley Solomon and members of the Royal College fo Music Historical Performance Department
21st - Evening recital (with other members of the RCM vocal department) at the Austrian Cultural Forum, South Kensington. 7.30pm with Norbert Meyn
11th - a lunchtime Gala Concert with 'Consort Opera' (see 'news' page for details) for the Sutton Valence Music Society, Sutton Valence, 2pm.
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For any concerts in 2008 click here and for even earlier click here
For details of oratorio and concert repertoire click here
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