| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 12-Apr-2013 Huddersfield Town Hall | Wagner, Verdi and sorrowful Stanford with the Huddersfield Choral Society |
 The bicentenary of Richard Wagner’s birth is inescapable, and it comes as no surprise that, however brief their offering, an institution as august as the Huddersfield Choral Society (HCS) could not allow the moment to pass without taking advantage of the opportunity to perform one of Wagner’s most impressive choral outbursts – “Wacht auf! Es nahet gen den Tag” (Awake! the dawn of day draws near) from Act III of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.Read full review... | |
| 13-Oct-2012 St Faith's Church | Palestrina meets Stravinsky: FifteenB Consort at the Herne Hill Festival |
 Unless you’re actually performing it liturgically, it’s very difficult to know what to do with sacred music these days. The masses of Palestrina, the motets of Byrd, the cantatas of Bach – all seem to merit our attention today, but not for the religious reasons for which they were originally written. Without its original sacred context, however, a Renaissance mass – to take one example – is an extremely strange thing. Sitting back in rapt silence and listening to it straight through, as one does with a Beethoven symphony, is anachronistic to say the least.Read full review... | |
| 2-Mar-2012 Durham Cathedral | First performance of Charles Villiers Stanford's Second Violin Concerto |
 The anthems and service settings of Charles Villiers Stanford form part of the core repertory of Anglican choral music; from the grandest cathedrals to the smallest parish churches, it’s probably safe to say that on any given Sunday, you will find Stanford’s music being sung somewhere. Whilst his choral music has remained extremely popular, his significant orchestral output, which includes seven symphonies and a number of concertos, is less well known.Read full review... | |
