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18/02/2014

Truro Triptyque (2014) will be premièred by Tak Man Chow on 30th May 2014 in Truro Cathedral, Cornwall

Lunchtime Organ Recital

Tak Man Chow (Royal College of Music)

Friday 30th May 2014, 1.10pm
Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, TR1 2AF

15/02/2014

WAR... Words... Song...

part of Middlesex University's Concerts & Colloquia series

Thursday 13th March 2014, 5.30pm - entry FREE
St Mary's Church, Church End, Hendon, London, NW4 4JT

Middlesex University Singers' Ensemble
Nicholas Chalmers, organ; Laura O'Gorman, piano
Mark Oldfield, Director

09/02/2014

London Firebird Orchestra will give the première of my orchestral work Simul certāminis invicem accidit (2014) as part of a concert in the Ricketts Quadrangle at Middlesex University (Hendon) on Thursday 10th April 2014 at 7.30pm. This piece makes use of the venue (pictured on the right) in the!...

The première will be conducted by François Evans.

Tickets are FREE, but must be obtained in advance from:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mozart-requiem-concert-tickets-10526486003

or by phoning: 020 8441 6052

28/01/2014

Earlier today Sonus Repercussus (2013) played by James McVinnie was recorded by BBC Radio 3 at the BBC Singers / Choir & Organ Showcase event and concert held at St Paul's Knightsbridge.

Broadcast date in the week of 3rd-7th March 2014 on 'Afternoon on 3'

16/01/2014

The Blood of Sunset (2013-14) is the prelude of a much larger project to set the works of Roland Leighton in an extensive cycle [title TBC], set for completion in early 2015. The 2-movements of The Blood of Sunset use two of Roland Leighton's poems.

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WAR... Words... Song...

part of Middlesex University's Concerts & Colloquia series

Thursday 13th March 2014, 5.30pm - entry FREE
St Mary's Church, Church End, Hendon, London, NW4 4JT

Middlesex University Singers' Ensemble
Mark Oldfield, Director

04/01/2014

02/01/2014

03/12/2013

An early evening concert of settings of First World War poetry and readings as part of Middlesex University's Concerts & Colloquia series.

To include the premiere of The Blood of Sunset (2013-14).

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Thursday 13th March 2014, 5.30pm - entry FREE
St Mary's Church, Church End, Hendon, London, NW4 4JT

Middlesex University Singers' Ensemble
Mark Oldfield, Director

28/11/2013

Gabriel Keen, a pianist who is equally at home with
contemporary classical music and jazz improvisation, workshopped Exspiravit Resonare (2013) [listed on the image to the right as 'New Work'] on 28th November 2013 in an event that was part of Middlesex University's 2013/14 Concerts & Colloquia series.

Gabriel studied at Dartington College of Arts and London College of Music, and at Dartington summer school with Milton Babbitt and Martin Butler. His collaboration with Bernard Pulham on the piano duet version of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring this year (in celebration of the work's centenary) has resulted
in performance at the City Lit and release on CD.

30/09/2013

James McVinnie and the BBC Singers will feature the six compositions of Choir & Organ's 2013 New Music series in a free concert on 28th January 2014, 4pm at St Paul's Knightsbridge. This will be the London premiere of Sonus Repercussus which won the the 2013 Choir & Organ Composition Competition, in partnership with St Albans International Organ Festival. The concert will be recorded by BBC Radio 3 with a view to future broadcast.

Details of how to apply for the free tickets will be given in the Jan/Feb 2014 issue of Choir & Organ magazine (and will also appear on this website in due course).

29/09/2013

Diadem (2013) will be premiered by the choir of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb in the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols on 22nd December 2013, 6pm.

Choir of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb
Nicholas Chalmers, Director of Music
Anna Steppler, Organ

25/07/2013

Winner of the St Albans International Organ Festival 2013 Compsition Prize, David J Loxley-Blount and Maggie Hamilton (editor of Choir & Organ) in the Cathedral & Abbey Church of St Alban, 20th July 2013

Click here to listen to James McVinnie's performance
of Sonus Repercussus during the 2013 prizewinners concert.

20/05/2013

Sonus Repercussus has won the 2013 Choir & Organ Composition Competition, in partnership with St Albans International Organ Festival.

The work was inspired by large acoustic spaces … homophonic passages alternate with contrasting multi-section episodes which vary in character and texture in a quasi-rondo form. James McVinnie will give the world premiere in St Albans Cathedral on Saturday 20 July, during the Prizewinners Concert of St Albans International Organ Festival 2013.

03/05/2013

The Allegri String Quartet have selected The Morning River Glideth for inclusion in their free lunch-time concert at Middlesex University (Hendon Campus) on 21st May 2013.

Programme c.45mins in duration, including Janáček's 1st string quartet 'Kreutzer Sonata'.

March 2013

Holmfirth has been confirmed as part of North London Chorus' summer concert programme for 29th June 2013.

This follows workshopping of the piece during two sessions at the choir's residential weekend that took place in Buckinghamshire in early Feburary 2013.

Sweet Bells to be premiered in Service of Nine Lessons and Carols

November 2012

Sweet Bells (2012) will be premiered by the choir of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb in the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols on 16th December 2012, 6pm.

Choir of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb
Benedict Kearns, Conductor
Anna Steppler, Organ

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