2022
Thursday 10 November
Bach Motets
Solomon's Knot
Jonathan Sells
St Michael & All Angels, Blackheath, London SE3 9JL
Saturday 12 November
"Come and Sing" Mozart Requiem
Geoffrey Webber
Hampstead Parish Church, London NW3 6UU
Saturday 19 November
Handel Messiah
Liverpool Welsh Choral
Keith Orrell
The Tung Auditorium, Liverpool, L7 3NY
Saturday 26 November
Handel Messiah
Islington Choral Society/Hertfordshire Chamber Orchestra
Michael Waldron
St. Andrew Holborn, London EC4A 3AF
Thursday 1 December
Handel Messiah
London Handel Orchestra/Choir of St George's
Adrian Butterfield
St George’s, Hanover Square, London W1S 1FX
Saturday 3 December
A Celebration of Vaughan Williams
Oxford Bach Choir/Philharmonia Orchestra
Benjamin Nicholas
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford OX1 3AZ
Saturday 10 December
Handel Messiah
Salisbury Cathedral Choir/City of London Sinfonia
David Halls
Salisbury Cathedral SP1 2EJ
Monday 12/Tuesday 13 December
Bach Weihnachts Oratorium
Polyphony Soloists/Britten Sinfonia
Stephen Layton
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS (12th)
The Halls, Norwich NR3 1AU (13th)
Friday 16/Saturday 17 December
Bach Messe in h-Moll | Filharmonia Opolska & Krakow Philharmonic Choir
Przemysław Neumann
Opole Philharmonic Józef Elsner, Krakowska 24, 45-075 Opole, Poland
PAST PERFORMANCES
2022
28/30/31 July, 2 August
Vistola Fiume in F Caccini La liberazione di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina
LFO Emerging Artists with CHROMA Ensemble
Conducted by Yshani Perinpanayagam, directed by Jenny Ogilvie
Longborough Festival Opera, New Banks Fee Longborough, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0QF
Saturday 23 July
Dvořák Requiem at Three Choirs Festival
Three Choirs Festival Chorus/The Philharmonia
Geraint Bowen
Hereford Cathedral HR1 2NG
Saturday 16 July
Haydn Creation at Southern Cathedrals Festival
Combined Cathedral Choirs of Salisbury, Chichester and Winchester/The Hanover Band
David Halls
Salisbury Cathedral SP1 2EJ
Monday 4 July
Start the Month with Hampstead Collective
Recital with Rebecca Hardwick, Soprano, and Charlie Newsome-Hubbard, Piano
Featuring Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
Hampstead Parish Church NW3 6UU
Sunday 23 June
Bach Motets at Musikfest Stuttgart
Solomon's Knot
Jonathan Sells
Stiftkirche Stuttgart, DE
Sunday 12 June
Bach Motets
Solomon's Knot
Jonathan Sells
Blythburgh Church, Church Lane IP19 9LP
Saturday 16 April
Passions: Music for Holy Week
Aldeburgh Voices/The Suffolk Ensemble
Dominic Ellis-Peckham
Snape Maltings Concert Hall, IP17 1SP
Friday 15 April
Bach Johannes-Passion
Polyphony/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Stephen Layton
St John's, Smith Square SW1P 3HA
Tuesday 12 April
Bach Johannes-Passion
Hereford Cathedral Choir/Marches Baroque
Geraint Bowen
Hereford Cathedral, HR1 2NG
Sunday 10 April
Bach Johannes-Passion
Exeter Cathedral Choir/Charivari Agréable
Timothy Noon
Exeter Cathedral, EX1 1HS
7/9 April
Bach Johannes-Passion
Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn
Kaspar Zehnder
Zwinglikirche Biel, Switzerland
Heiliggeistkirche Bern, Switzerland
Sunday 3 April
Bach Johannes-Passion
Geoffrey Webber
Hampstead Parish Church NW3 6UU
Saturday 2 April
Bach Johannes-Passion
Dorchester Choral Society
Colin Howard
St Mary's Church, Dorchester DT1 2HJ
Saturday 26 March
Bach Johannes-Passion
St George's Singers & Baroque in the North
Neil Taylor
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester M13 9RD
17/19 March
Bach Matthäus-Passion
The German Choir of London/Coventry Cathedral Choir/MDR Radio Kinderchor Leipzig
Barbara Hoefling
Southwark Cathedral SE1 9DA
Coventry Cathedral CV1 5AB
10, 11, 13 February
Sivan Eldar Like Flesh
Opéra-Orchestre National Montpellier
Maxime Pascal/Silvia Costa
11 Bd Victor Hugo, 34000 Montpellier, France
Wednesday 22 December
Handel Messiah
Burghclere Baroque
Theresa Caudle
The Church of the Ascension, Burghclere RG20 9HX
Monday 20 December
Bach Weihnachts Oratorium
Solomon's Knot
Jonathan Sells
Wigmore Hall, London W1U 2BP
Saturday 18 December
Handel Messiah
London Welsh Chorale
Edward-Rhys Harry
St Cyprian's Clarence Gate, London NW1 6AX
Saturday 11 December
Handel Messiah
Hereford Choral Society & Marches Baroque
Geraint Bowen
Hereford Cathedral, HR1 2NG
Monday 6 December
Handel Messiah
The Hampstead Collective & Colla Voce Singers
Aidan Coburn
St Mary Brookfield, London NW5 1SL
Saturday 4 December
Handel Messiah
The Decimus Ensemble & Devine Music
Steven Devine
Church of King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells, TN1 1YX
Thursday 2 December
Telemann Donner-Ode
Solomon's Knot/Les passions de l'Ame
Jonathan Sells/Meret Lüthi
Französische Kirche Bern, Switzerland
Participation withdrawn following updated travel restrictions
27/28 November
Handel Messiah
Nevill Holt Opera & Manchester Camerata
Nicholas Chalmers
Nevill Holt Hall, Market Harborough LE16 8EG
The Monastery, Manchester M12 5WF
Saturday 20 November
Handel Messiah
Estehazy Chamber Choir & La Folia
Richard Dawson
Priory School Chapel, Lewes BN7 2XN
Sunday 14 November
Schubert: Mass in G D167, Magnificat in C D486, Tantum Ergo D962
Royal Tunbridge Wells Choral Society
Robyn Sevastos
Assembly Hall Theatre, Royal Tunbridge Wells, TN1 2LU
Saturday 6 November
Gala Concert with Lois Letts, Piano
St Andrew & St Mary's Church, How Caple HR1 4SX
Wednesday 3 November
Bach: BWV 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
King's College Choir & Academy of Ancient Music
Daniel Hyde
King's College Chapel, Cambridge CB2 1ST
Monday 1 November
Bach: BWV 10 Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 5 Wo soll ich fliehe hin & BWV 70 Wachet! Betet! Betet! Wachet!
The Hampstead Collective
Geoffrey Webber
Hampstead Parish Church, London NW3 6UU
28, 30, 31 October
Bach Matthäus-Passion | The Strand Consort & Mozaïque Baroque Ensemble
Matthew O'Keefe
King's College Chapel, London WC2R 2LS
Winchester College Chapel, Winchester SO23 9NA
St Mark's Church, Bromley BR2 0TB
Sunday 24 October
Sunday 17 October
Recital with Jerome Knox, Baritone.
London Handel Festival
The Foundling Museum. WC1N 1AZ
Bach Magnificat & Haydn Nelson Mass | Swindon Choral Society
Robin Nelson
Marlborough College Chapel, Wiltshire SN8 1PA
Sunday 17 October
Bach Johannes-Passion | Chester Bach Singers & 18th Century Sinfonia
Martin Bussey
Christ Church, King’s Rd. Higher Bebington, Wirral CH63 8LX
Tuesday 12 October
Recital with John Challenger, Organ
St Dubricius Church, Hentland. HR9 6LP
Saturday 9 October
Bach: Not the Christmas Oratorio BWV 213, 214 & 215
Solomon's Knot Baroque Collective | Jonathan Sells
Dreieinigkeitskirche, Regensburg, DE
Sunday 26 September
Handel: Acis and Galatea\ Mells Summer Opera
Neil Moore
St Andrew's Church, Mells. BA11 3PW
10, 15, 17 September
Bach: Not the Christmas Oratorio BWV 213, 214 & 215
Solomon's Knot Baroque Collective | Jonathan Sells
Wigmore Hall, London. W1U 2BP (10th)
Georgenkirche, Eisenach, DE (15th)
St Nicholas Church, Newbury. RG14 5HG (17th)
Monday 28 June
Handel Lucio Papirio Dittatore\ Opera Settecento
Leo Duarte
Pre-recorded in Wiltshire Music Hub for Händel-Festspiele Halle
Monday 21 June
Handel Dixit Dominus\ The Hampstead Collective
Aidan Coburn
Hampstead Parish Church, Church Row, London NW3 6UU
Saturday 24 May
Handel Messiah \ The Hampstead Collective
Geoffrey Webber
Hampstead Parish Church, Church Row, London NW3 6UU
Saturday 22 May
Holst Sāvitri
Barnes Festival Orchestra | Rodolfus | The Bhavan
Leigh O'Hara
St Mary's, Barnes. SW13 9HL
All other performances from 1 January - 17 May inclusive postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Monday 10 May (pre-recorded in St Bartholomew's Church, Orford)
Book of Flames and Shadows
EXAUDI
James Weeks
Saturday 27 March
Saturday 21 March
Bach Johannes-Passion | Ensemble Pro Victoria
Toby Ward
St Mary's, Bourne Street. SW1W 8JJ
Bach Johannes-Passion | Britten Sinfonia
Daniel Hyde
Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden CB11 4UH
Video recorded for broadcast on Sunday 28 March
https://brittensinfonia.com/event/st-john-passion-free-stream/
2020
Friday 18/Saturday 19 December
Bach Magnificat | Polyphony Soloists/Britten Sinfonia
Stephen Layton
St Andrews & Blackfriars Hall, Norwich NR3 1AU (18th)
Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden CB11 4UH (19th)
Sunday 13 December
Christmas Centenary Recital with James Orford, Organ
St Mellitus RC Church, Finsbury Park N4 3AG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7R3XmvleH8
Saturday 12 December
Handel Messiah | London Welsh Chorale/British Sinfonietta
Edward-Rhys Harry
St James's, Sussex Gardens. W2 3UD
Postponed: COVID-19 Pandemic
Wednesday 2 December
Finalist | International Handel Singing Competition
St George's Hanover Square, Mayfair. W1S 1FX
Saturday 28 November
Handel Messiah | Cardiff Polyphonic Choir
David Young
St David's Hall, Cardiff. CF10 1AH
Postponed: COVID-19 Pandemic
Monday 16 November
Handel Theodora | The Hampstead Collective
Aidan Coburn
Hampstead Parish Church, Church Row, London NW3 6UU
Postponed: COVID-19 Pandemic
Monday 2 November
Bach 'Actus Tragicus' BWV 106 & Schutz Musikalische Exequien | The Hampstead Collective
Peter Foggitt
Hampstead Parish Church, Church Row, London NW3 6UU
Tuesday 8/Wednesday 9 September
Bach Messe in h-Moll | Slovenian Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra
Stephen Layton
Cankarjev dom, Prešernova cesta 10, 1000 Ljubljana
Monday 31 August
Bach Siehe zu daß deine Gottesfurcht, BWV 179 | The Hampstead Collective
Aidan Coburn
Hampstead Parish Church, Church Row, London NW3 6UU
All performances from 14 March - 30 August inclusive postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Saturday 7 March
Bach Johannes-Passion | Finchley Chamber Choir & Linden Baroque
David Lardi
St James's Church, Piccadilly. W1J 9LL
Friday 6 March
Semi-finalist | International Handel Singing Competition
St George's Hanover Square, Mayfair. W1S 1FX
Friday 21 February
Bach Johannes-Passion | St John's College Music Society
James Anderson-Besant
St John's College Chapel, Cambridge. CB2 1TP
Saturday 1 February
Bach Weihnachts-Oratorium | Hereford Cathedral Choir & Marches Baroque
Geraint Bowen
Hereford Cathedral. HR1 2NG
Sunday 19 January
Bach Magnificat | St Edward's Singers & Instruments of Time and Truth
Alex Tester
St Michael and All Angels, Summertown, Oxford. OX2 7ES
2019
Friday 20 December
Handel Messiah | Eloquenza
Chad Kelly
St Anne's Church, Kew Green, London. TW9 3AA
Saturday 14 December
Handel Messiah | Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum
Simon Bell
Tewkesbury Abbey. GL20 5RZ
Tuesday 10 December
Handel Messiah | Choir of Men & Boys
Woodrow Bynum
The Cathedral of All Saints, Albany NY
Saturday 7 December
Bach Weihnachts-Oratorium | Dorchester Choral Society
Colin Howard
St Mary's Church, Dorchester. DT1 2HJ
Sunday 24 November
Mozart Requiem | Tiffin Oratorio
James Day
Tiffin School, Kingston upon Thames. KT2 6RL
Saturday 16 November
Handel Alexander's Feast | Northampton Philharmonic Choir
Christopher Mabley
St. Michael & All Angels, Northampton, NN1 4HL
Sunday 10 November
Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610 | Evangelium Baroque
Peter Foggitt
Hampstead Parish Church, NW3 6UU
Saturday 9 November
Mendelssohn St Paul | Doncaster Choral Society/National Festival Orchestra
Simon Lindley
Priory Place Methodist Church, Doncaster. DN1 1TR
5, 8, 9, 11, 12 October
Purcell The Indian Queen \ Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haïm
Opéra de Lille, Pl. du Théâtre, 59000 Lille, France
Saturday 27 July
Bach Motets at Ryedale Festival | Solomon's Knot Baroque Collective
Jonathan Sells
St Lawrence's Parish Church, York. YO10 3WP
Thursday 25 July
A Purcell Pageant at Rydeale Festival | Solomon's Knot Baroque Collective
Jonathan Sells
St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough. YO11 2BT
Saturday 6 July
Mathias St Teilo | London Welsh Chorale & British Sinfonietta
Edward-Rhys Harry
St Giles' Cripplegate, London. EC2Y 8DA
Saturday 22 June
Haydn Missa in Angustiis | Salisbury Musical Society | John Challenger
Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire SP1 2EJ
Wednesday 19 June
Bach Johannes-Passion 1725 | Solomon's Knot Baroque Collective | Jonathan Sells
Nikolaikirche Leipzig, Germany
Friday 7 June
Bach Motets | Solomon's Knot Baroque Collective | Jonathan Sells
St George's Bristol BS1 5RR
Friday 31 May
Vaughan-Williams A Cotswold Romance | USJ Choir/Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra |
Yasmina Sabbah
Église Saint-Joseph des Pères Jésuites, Beirut, Lebanon
Saturday 25 May
Purcell Dido & Aeneas | The Queille Company | Christopher Bucknall & Isobel Kettle
Château de Queillé, Saint-Queintin-la-Tour, France