Diary
Evangelist and soloist - J.S. Bach’s St. John Passion - Hampstead Chorus
Evangelist and arias. Directed by Simon Walton.
Soloist and chorus - Dunedin Consort - Tansy Davies’ Passion of Mary Magdalene (World Premiere)
Director: John Butt. Mary Magdalene: Anna Dennis. Jesus: Marcus Farnsworth.
I Fagiolini - Victoria
Alma Redemptoris mater, Tenebrae for Maundy Thursday, Super flumina Babylonis, Ave Maria, Vere languores nostros, Tu es Petrus, Nigra sum, Vidi speciosam by Tomás Luis de Victoria. Directed by Robert Hollingworth.
The Choir of Westminster Abbey - J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion
Directed by Andrew Nethsinga.
The Tallis Scholars - Gdansk
Esquivel Requiem, Phinot Lamentations, Carceres Lamentations, Palestrina Lamentations. Directed by Peter Phillips.
Evangelist - J.S. Bach’s St John Passion - Tremeirchion Bach Choir
Directed by Trystan Lewis.
Chamber Choir Ireland - Come To The Edge
Jennifer Walshe, Ben Nobuto, Cecilie Ore. Directed by David Young.
Dunedin Consort - Foldings & Whirlings
Sheppard, Shaw, Taverner, Thompson, Kernis, Runestad. Directed by Ellie Slorach.
Dunedin Consort - Foldings & Whirlings
Sheppard, Shaw, Taverner, Thompson, Kernis, Runestad. Directed by Ellie Slorach.
Dunedin Consort - Foldings & Whirlings
Sheppard, Shaw, Taverner, Thompson, Kernis, Runestad. Directed by Ellie Slorach.
The Marian Consort - The Language of Flowers - Chiltern Arts
Ceballos, Padilla, Vivanco, Britten, Bryce, Hildegard, Victoria, Amelia Clarkson (world premiere), Guerrero. Directed by Rory McCleery.
Soloist - Couperin’s Leçons de ténèbres - Galway Early Music Festival
Tenors: Edward Woodhouse and Christopher Bowen. Organ: Malcolm Proud. Theorbo: Kristiina Watt.
The Tallis Scholars - East Neuk Festival
Byrd, De Monte, Tallis. Directed by Peter Phillips.
Tenebrae - Mozart’s Requiem - Rheingau Festival
Bach, Allegri, Barber, Mozart. Directed by Nigel Short.
Soloist - J.S. Bach’s B Minor Mass - Sheffield Bach Choir
Soprano: Zoë Brookshaw, Alto: Kate Symonds-Joy, Bass: William Burn. Accompanied by the National Festival Orchestra and directed by Philip Collin.
Resurgam - Suppressed Voices
Byrd, Mendelssohn, Louis Saguer, Eric Zeisl, Hugo Distler, Darius Milhaud. Directed by Mark Duley.
Soloist - Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri - Salisbury Cathedral
Directed by Edward Rimmer.
The Marian Consort - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland residency
Gabrieli, Palestrina arr. J.S. Bach, Hartmann, Praetorius, Handl, Anerio, Schutz, Hassler, Stabile. Directed by Rory McCleery.
The Marian Consort - City of Echoes: Rome in the 16th Century
Felice Anerio, Ghiselin Danckerts, Josquin de Prez, Jean L’Heritier, Orlando de Lassus, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Vicente Lusitano, Jean Mouton, Palestrina. Directed by Rory McCleery.
The Marian Consort - City of Echoes: Rome in the 16th century
Felice Anerio, Ghiselin Danckerts, Josquin de Prez, Jean L’Heritier, Orlando de Lassus, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Vicente Lusitano, Jean Mouton, Palestrina. Directed by Rory McCleery.
Mogens Dahl Kammerkor - Copenhagen Light Festival
Alfvén, Werle, Poulenc, Petersson, Nørgård, Heise, Morales, Holmboe, Storm, Ring. Directed by Mogens Dahl.
The Marian Consort - City of Echoes: Rome in the 16th Century
Directed by Rory McCleery.
The English Concert - Blow, Humfrey and Purcell - Wigmore Hall
Pelham Humfrey’s O Lord my God, Henry Purcell’s Three Parts upon a Ground Z731, John Blow’s I was Glad, and Henry Purcell’s Hail, bright Cecilia. Soprano - Amy Carson, Alto - Alexander Chance, Tenor - Anthony Gregory. Directed by Harry Bicket.
VOCES8 Foundation - Handel’s Messiah
With English Chamber Orchestra. Directed by Nicholas Kraemer.
Edvard Grieg Kor - Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor
Poulenc’s four Christmas motets, Ørjan Matre’s <<…yet from these flames no light…>> and Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor. Directed by Matthew Halls.
Evangelist - J.S. Bach’s St John Passion - Christ Church, Southgate
Directed by William Waine.
The Carice Singers - Baltic Sounds
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s Aletheia, Lotta Wennäkoski’s Valossa, Perttu Haapanen’s Readymade Alice and Arvo Pärt’s Sarah was Ninety Years Old. Directed by George Parris.
Alamire Sings Taverner - Christ Church, Oxford
Taverner’s Dum transsiset sabbatum, Gaude plurimum, Mater Christi, Ave dei patris filia, Quemadmodum, Audivi vocem, O Wilhelme pastor bonae, O splendor gloriae. Directed by David Skinner.
The Carice Singers - Arvo Pärt at 90: Pärt and Tallis
Pärt and Tallis. Directed by George Parris.
The Tallis Scholars - Wigmore Hall
Josquin, Palestrina, Byrd. Directed by Peter Phillips.
Soloist - Orlando Gibbons at 400 - North Cotswold Chamber Choir and Chelys Consort of Viols
Verse anthems and instrumental fantasias based on the work of Orlando Gibbons. Accompanied by Chelys Consort of Viols. Directed by George Parris.
The Marian Consort - Vale of Tears - City of Derry International Choir Festival
Johann Christoph Bach, Johann Michael Bach, Johann Ludwig Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, David Fennessy. Directed by Rory McCleery.
Edvard Grieg Kor - Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony
Bruckner’s Ave Maria, Os Justi and Eighth Symphony. Directed by Sir Mark Elder.
Edvard Grieg Kor - Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony
Bruckner’s Ave Maria, Os Justi and Eighth Symphony. Directed by Sir Mark Elder.
The Carice Singers - Arvo Pärt at 90: Pärt and Tallis
Music by Pärt interspersed with Thomas Tallis. Directed by George Parris.
Edvard Grieg Kor - Barnaby Smith
Taverner, Pärt, Harris, Shaw. Directed by Barnaby Smith.
The Marian Consort - Scottish Renaissance Rediscovered - Melrose Music Festival
Josquin des Prez, John Buchan, James MacMillan, Phillip Cooke, David Peebles, Pierre Certon, Johannes Lupi. Directed by Rory McCleery.
Edvard Grieg Kor - Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Ørjan Matre’s Freude (premiere) and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Directed by Jan Willem de Vriend.
Edvard Grieg Kor - Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Ørjan Matre’s Freude (premiere) and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Directed by Jan Willem de Vriend.
Irish Baroque Orchestra - BBC Proms
Handel’s Alexander’s Feast. Soprano - Hilary Cronin, Countertenor - Hugh Cutting, Tenor - Stuart Jackson. Directed by Peter Whelan.
The Marian Consort - The Language of Flowers - HACS Harrogate Music Festival
Ceballos, Padilla, Hugo Bell, Vivanco, Nneka Cummins, Hildegard of Bingen, Clemens non Papa, Leo Chadburn, Guerrero. Directed by Rory McCleery.
The Carice Singers - Spitalfields Music Festival 2025: A Celebration of the Voice
Arthur Bliss, Max Gibson, Claire Cope, Aníbal Vidal, Daniel Soley, Elif Karlıdağ, Directed by George Parris.
Soloist - City Bach Collective - BWV 7
A liturgical service of Lutheran Vespers, featuring cantata number 7, ‘Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam’.