Polyphony Diary


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2008
29 March	Concert with Britten Sinfonia West Road Concert Hall Box Office: (Corn Exchange)	Programme as 28 March
28 March	Concert with Britten Sinfonia Norwich Cathedral Box Office: (Theatre Royal)	Pawel Lukaszewski - Via Crucis (UK première) Fauré - Requiem
14 March	St John Passion Barbican	Evangelist & arias: Ian Bostridge Christus: James Rutherford Pilate & arias: Roderick Williams Carolyn Sampson Academy of Ancient Music
16 Feb	RTE Living Music Festival Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (1pm) RTE	Poulenc - Timor et Tremor Pärt - ...which was the son of... Poulenc - Vinea Mea Electa Pärt - Dopo la Vittoria Pärt - Magnificat Pärt - Nunc Dimittis Poulenc - Tenebrae Factae Sunt Pärt - I Am the True Vine Poulenc - Tristis Est Anima Mea Pärt - Morning Star Pärt - Da Pacem Domine
2-5 January	Recordings Hyperion

2007
23 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, Iestyn Davies, Andrew Kennedy, Neal Davies Academy of Ancient Music
30 July	BBC Proms Cadogan Hall, London	Programme includes: Vaughan Williams Willow Song (2 mins) O Mistress Mine (2 mins) Come Away, Death (2 mins) Britten Chorale after an Old French Carol (4 mins) Shepherd’s Carol (4 mins) Sir John Tavener The Tyger (5 mins) The Lamb (4 mins) Click here for further details
14 April	Concert with Britten Sinfonia Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge	Poulenc - Gloria Poulenc - Quatre Motets Poulenc - Exultate Deo Poulenc - Salve Regina Susan Gritton soprano Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Click here for full details + ticket information
13 April	Concert with Britten Sinfonia Norwich Cathedral	Poulenc - Gloria Poulenc - Quatre Motets Poulenc - Exultate Deo Poulenc - Salve Regina Susan Gritton soprano Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge Click here for full details + ticket information
7 April	St John Passion Snape Maltings	Emma Kirkby, Iestyn Davies, James Gilchrist, James Rutherford, Colin Campbell Academy of Ancient Music
6 April	St John Passion St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, Iestyn Davies, James Gilchrist, James Rutherford, Colin Campbell Academy of Ancient Music
3-5 January	Recordings Hyperion

2006
23 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, Iestyn Davies, John Mark Ainsley, James Rutherford Academy of Ancient Music
17 June	Aldeburgh Festival	Bach - Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied Schütz - Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes Schütz - Die mit Tränen saen Wolf - Sechs geistliche Lieder Cornelius - Die Könige Cornelius - Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht Schoenberg - Friede auf Erden
14 April	St John Passion St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, James Gilchrist, James Rutherford, Roderick Williams Academy of Ancient Music
3 April	Recordings Hyperion
1 April	Concert with Britten Sinfonia Ely Cathedral Pre-concert talk: Morten Lauridsen	Bruckner - Overture in D minor Morten Lauridsen - Mid-Winter Songs Britten - Russian Funeral Bruckner - Mass No.2 in E minor Tickets: Corn Exchange Box Office 01223 357851
31 March	Concert with Britten Sinfonia Norwich Cathedral Pre-concert talk: Morten Lauridsen	Bruckner - Overture in D minor Morten Lauridsen - Mid-Winter Songs Britten - Russian Funeral Bruckner - Mass No.2 in E minor Tickets: Theatre Royal Box Office 01603 630000
2-5 January	Recordings Hyperion

2005
23 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, Iestyn Davies, James Gilchrist, James Rutherford Orchestra of Polyphony
21 June	Concert Aldeburgh Festival	Works by Britten and Grainger Jonathan Lemalu bass-baritone Michael Hampton piano Click here for full details and ticket information
25 March	St John Passion St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Anders Dahlin, Roderick Williams, Stephen Roberts Academy of Ancient Music
24 March	St John Passion Brighton Dome	Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Anders Dahlin, Roderick Williams, Stephen Roberts Academy of Ancient Music
2-5 January	Recordings Hyperion

2004
21 December and 23 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, Robin Blaze, James Gilchrist, Stephen Roberts (21 Dec), David Wilson-Johnson (23 Dec) Polyphony Orchestra
19 November	Tavener at 60 Barbican Hall	John Tavener: Butterfly Dreams (London première) Schuon Hymnen (UK première) Supernatural Songs (London première)+ The Lamb Birthday Sleep Pratrirúpa (world première)* Susan Graham mezzo-soprano+ Ralf Gothóni piano* English Chamber Orchestra Click here for full details + ticket information
9 July	Opening concert of Barbican Mostly Mozart Festival	Mozart - Requiem Louis Langrée - Conductor Academy of St Martin in the Fields
1-3 April	Recordings Hyperion
31 March	Concert with the Britten Sinfonia Norwich Cathedral Pre-concert talk with MacMillan and Lauridsen	James MacMillan - Seven Last Words from the Cross Shostakovich - Chamber Symphony Morten Lauridsen - Lux aeterna Click here for full details + ticket information
30 March	Concert with the Britten Sinfonia King's College Chapel, Cambridge Pre-concert talk with MacMillan and Lauridsen	James MacMillan - Seven Last Words from the Cross Shostakovich - Chamber Symphony Morten Lauridsen - Lux aeterna Click here for full details + ticket information

2003
23 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, William Towers, James Gilchrist, James Rutherford Academy of Ancient Music
29 July - 1 August	Recordings Hyperion
18 April	St John Passion St John's, Smith Square	Anders Dahlin, Stephen Roberts Gillian Keith, James Bowman, Andrew Foster-Williams, Academy of Ancient Music
6-8 February	Recordings EMI
2-5 January	Recordings Hyperion	Choral works of Arvo Pärt David James - Countertenor Christopher Bowers-Broadbent - Organ

2002
23 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Gillian Keith, Michael Chance James Gilchrist, David Wilson Johnson Academy of Ancient Music
29 November	Concert St Matthias Church, Budapest	Programme: Missa
3 September	Choral works of Arvo Pärt Temple Church	In the presence of the composer Click here for further information
29 March	St John Passion St John's, Smith Square Broadcast on Radio 3 at 7.30pm	Mark Padmore, Paul Whelan Gillian Keith, James Bowman, Finnur Bjarnason Andrew Foster Williams Academy of Ancient Music
3-6 January	Recordings Hyperion	Choral works of William Walton with The Wallace Collection Organ - James Vivian
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2001
23 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance James Gilchrist, David Wilson Johnson Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
20/21 December	Messiah Theatre de la Maestranza, Seville	Emma Kirkby, John Mark Ainsley David Wilson Johnson Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla
13 April	St John Passion St John's, Smith Square	James Gilchrist, Michael George Emma Bell, Robin Blaze, Mark Milhofer, Neil Davies Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
2-6 January	Recordings Hyperion	2 CDs of John Rutter's music with The Wallace Collection and the City of London Sinfonia
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2000
20/23 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Mark Padmore, David Wilson-Johnson, William Towers, Stephen Roberts Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
3/4/5 May	Recordings Hyperion	Choral works of Peter Cornelius
25/26/27 April	Recordings Hyperion	Britten: Sacred and Profane
21 April	St John Passion St John's, Smith Square	Ian Bostridge, Stephan Loges, Emma Kirkby, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, James Gilchrist, Colin Campbell Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
19/20 February	Programme of Renaissance Music Denmark
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1999
23 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Canzona, Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George
18 December	A cappella concert St John's, Smith Square	A programme of Christmas music
30 November	Poulenc Mass and motets The Temple Church	BBC Lunchtime Concert
18 November	Baltic a cappella music St George's, Bristol	BBC Lunchtime Concert
4/5/6 October	Recordings Hyperion	Hyperion's Schumann Series
2 April	St John Passion St John's, Smith Square	John Mark Ainsley, David Wilson-Johnson, Emma Kirkby, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, James Gilchrist, Neil Davies, Canzona
4 March	Recording Abbey Road Studios	Brigg Fair with Ian Bostridge for a new CD with Julius Drake
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1998
23 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Mark Padmore, David Wilson-Johnson, Canzona
10 April	St John Passion St John's, Smith Square	Ian Bostridge, Catherine Bott, James Bowman, Paul Agnew, Thomas Guthrie, Robert Rice
10 April	BBC Radio 3 St John's, Smith Square	Broadcast of March 1997 St John Passion
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1997
23 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Catherine Bott, James Bowman, John Mark Ainsley, Michael George, Canzona
21 December	Christmas Oratorio St John's, Smith Square	Catherine Bott, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, James Gilchrist, Michael George
20 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Catherine Bott, Catherine-Wyn Rogers, Ian Bostridge, Keel Watson
28 March	St John Passion St John's, Smith Square	Ian Bostridge, Catherine Bott, James Bowman, Mark Padmore, Colin Campbell, David Wilson-Johnson, Brandenburg Consort
6-11 January	Recording Hyperion	with the Bournemouth Sinfonietta
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1996
22 December	Christmas Oratorio St Giles, Cripplegate	Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Ian Bostridge, David Wilson-Johnson, Brandenburg Consort EBU Global Radio Broadcast
21 December	Messiah St John's, Smith Square	Emma Kirkby, James Bowman, Ian Bostridge, David Wilson-Johnson, Brandenburg Consort
20 December	Messiah St Martin-in-the Fields	Catherine Bott, Louise Mott, Mark Milhofer, Stephen Roberts, Brandenburg Consort
19 December	Messiah St Martin-in-the Fields	Ruth Holton, Michael Chance, Joseph Cornwell, Colin Campbell, Brandenburg Consort
18 December	A cappella Christmas concert St John's, Smith Square	Repertoire as Hyperion Christmas Music CD O Magnum Misterium recorded in August 1996
17 December	Christmas Oratorio St John's, Smith Square	Catherine Bott, James Bowman, Ian Bostridge, David Wilson-Johnson, Brandenburg Consort
10 December	Concert St Paul's Cathedral, London	for Imperial Cancer Relief
30 August	BBC Promenade Concert Royal Albert Hall	Carver: O Bone Jesu (19 Parts) Byrd: Ad Dominum Cum Tribularer Dillon: Oceanas
5-7 August	Recording Hyperion	Christmas Music: O Magnum Misterium
4 August	Services St Paul's Cathedral, London	11.00 and 15.15 : Cathedral Services Leighton: Missa Brevis Harvey: I love the Lord Stanford in G Parry: Lord let me know mine end
28 July	A cappella concert Erice Festival, Sicily	Concert in the Duomo Palestrina, Byrd, Tallis, Chant
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