Concert archive

Monday 25 August 2008

Presteigne Festival

Helen Reid, piano

programme to include:
Cecilia McDowall: Colour is the keyboard

Friday 22 August 2008

Presteigne Festival

Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin
Helen Reid, piano

programme to include:
Cecilia McDowall: Strange violin, are you following me?

Thursday 14 August 2008

Helen Reid, piano

programme to include:
Dominic Sewell: Rokeby Venus
Cecilia McDowall Keyboard is the colour

Friday 8 August 2008

Cambridge Summer Music Festival

Jinny Shaw, oboe
Okeanos

programme to include
Cecilia McDowall: Y Deryn Pur

23 July 2008 - 23 July 2008

Conwy Classical Music Festival

The Thorne Trio


programme to include:
Handel, Mozart, Schubert
Cecilia McDowall: Century Dances

Saturday 19 July 2008

The Maia Singers
John Pomphrey, conductor

programme to include
Cecilia McDowall: Fancy of Folksongs

Sunday 13 July 2008

Prize Giving Concert

programme to include:
Equal voice choir, conductor Simona Budd
Junior Trinity Choir, conductor Mark Griffiths
Big Band, conductor Barry Graham
Junior Trinity Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Morley

Cecilia McDowall Regina caeli
Lutoslawski, Copland

Friday 11 July 2008

Llangollen 2008

Cantatrici, conductor, John Walmsley

programme to include:
Cecilia McDowall Crystal Spring (SSA)

Sunday 6 July 2008

Shipley Arts Festival

Bernardi Music Group, Andrew Bernardi, violin
John Parsons, conductor

programme to include:
Cecilia McDowall: Descending Blue (premiere)

Friday 4 July 2008

V & A Friday Evening Concert

The Salmagundi Ensemble
Fiona Mitchell, clarinet
Leslie Boulin Raulet, violin
Cory Barger, bassoon
Michael Wigram, cello
Laura Garwin, trumpet
Eunice Chow, piano

Cecilia McDowall: Street Café
Georges Auric: Suite from Marlborough s'en va t'en guerre (UK premiere)
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen for violin and piano
James Stephenson: Thinking (world premiere)

Thursday 3 July 2008

Berkhamsted Collegiate School Prize Giving

Berkhamsted Collegiate School Choir
Peter Hopkins, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: Towards the morning (premiere)
SATB a cappella

Wednesday 2 July 2008

The Northern Aldborough Festival

Jinny Shaw, oboe
Epsilon Quartet

Cecilia McDowall: Y Deryn Pur

Saturday 28 June 2008

Worthing Choral Society
Adrian Bawtree, conductor

Concert to include,
Cecilia McDowall: Fancy of Folksongs

Children's Music Theatre Group, Duxford
Arwen Gilbert, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: Deep Waters, an eco opera, with libretto by Christie Dickason

Specially commissioned by the W11 Opera for a cast of over 80 children. An opera that is witty but with a dark edge, it has a serious issue at its heart - overfishing.

Woking Choral Society
Nicholas Steinitz, conductor

Concert to include,
Cecilia McDowall: Fancy of Folksongs

Friday 27 June 2008

Helen Reid, piano

programme to include:
Cecilia McDowall: Colour is the keyboard

Saturday 7 June 2008

Saxophone recital

Jenni Watson (saxophones)
Ben Powell (piano)

programme to include:
Cecilia McDowall: Mein blaues Klavier
for soprano saxophone and piano

Tuesday 3 June 2008

Helen Sanger, trumpet

Cecilia McDowall: The Night Trumpeter

Thursday 29 May 2008

Elizabeth Mantle, soprano
Rianka Bouwemeester, piano

William Croft: A Hymn On Divine Musick
Vivaldi: Amor hai vinto (Largo)
Bach: Ei! wie schmeckt der Coffee süße (Coffee Cantata BWV 211)
Poulenc: Fiancaille Pour Rire
Cecilia McDowall: Radnor Songs

Tuesday 27 May 2008

English Music Festival

The London Chorus
Ronald Corp, conductor

Concert to include,
Cecilia McDowall: The skies in their magnificence (premiere)

Wednesday 21 May 2008

Gala Fundraising Concert for the Presteigne Festival

Gemma Rosefield, cello
Nicola Eimer, piano

works by Brahms, Fauré, Martinu and Adrian Williams
Cecilia McDowall: Falling Angels

Sunday 18 May 2008

Choral Eucharist

Rt Revd Graeme Knowles, preacher

Robert Saxton: Locus iste
Cecilia McDowall: A Canterbury Mass
Graham Ross: O Sacrum Convivium
Gabriel Jackson: St Asaph Toccata

London Festival of Contemporary Church Music

Friday 16 May 2008

Lunchtime recital

Daniel Roberts, piano

programme to include:
Cecilia McDowall: Vespers in Venice

Saturday 10 May 2008

'Welcome May' - a celebration of Spring

The Maia Singers
John Pomphrey, conductor

programme to include:
Alan Bullard: Welcome May (premiere, new orchestrated version)
Alan Bullard: Suite for recorder, harp and strings (premiere)
Antony Hopkins: Concerto for recorder (premiere)
Cecilia McDowall: Fancy of Folksongs

Thursday 8 May 2008

Chamber Music at Christ Church

Catriona Scott, clarinet
Gemma Rosefield, cello
Michael Dussek, piano

Frederyk Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor Op 65
Cecilia McDowall: Cavatina at Midnight (world première of a CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust commission)
Adam Gorb: Reconciliation
Johannes Brahms: Trio in A minor Op 114

Hampstead and Highgate Festival 2008 event HHF03

Monday 5 May 2008

Shipley Festival: King Leo

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-cantata, librettist, Sarah Dawson (1993)

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Saturday 3 May 2008

Shipley Arts Festival

Bernardi Music Group
conductors, Nic Pendlebury, David Wordsworth

programme to include
Cecilia McDowall: Ave maris stella
Cecilia McDowall: new work (premiere)

Thursday 1 May 2008

Ascension Day Choral Evensong

Cantate
Andrew Cleary, conductor

service to include:
Cecilia McDowall: Rise heart: thy Lord is risen (premiere)

Tuesday 29 April 2008

The Salmagundi Ensemble:

Fiona Mitchell, clarinet
Cory Barger, bassoon
Laura Garwin, trumpet
Leslie Boulin Raulet, violin
Michael Wigram, cello
Eunice Chow, piano


programme to include:
Cecilia McDowall: Street Café
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 4 in F minor, op.52
Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G Major
Bohuslav Martinů: La Revue de Cuisine

Sunday 27 April 2008

A concert for Cancerkin for people affected by breast cancer

Peter Fisher violin
Peter Hewitt piano

programme to include:
Kreisler, Prokofiev, Fauré, Castelnuovo Tedesco
Cecilia McDowall: Strange violin, are you following me? (premiere)

Friday 18 April 2008

City of London Sinfonia
Jo Cullen, conductor

Concert to include,
Cecilia McDowall: Great Hills
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 4
Britten: Simple Symphony
Grieg: Holberg Suite

Saturday 12 April 2008

Mozart Requiem and McDowall première

Charlotte Mobbs, soprano
Frances Bourne, mezzo soprano
Mark Dobell, tenor
Christopher Foster, bass
St Albans Choral Society
Orchestra Nova
George Vass, conductor

Franz Schubert: Magnificat in C, D486
Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Cecilia McDowall: Laudate (St Albans Choral Society commission - world première)
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626

Sunday 30 March 2008

Sunday Worship BBC Radio 4

Cantate
Andrew Cleary, conductor

Morning service to include:
Cecilia McDowall: Rise heart: thy Lord is risen (premiere)

Saturday 29 March 2008

Addison Chamber Choir
David Wordsworth conductor

programme to include:
Cecilia McDowall:
Three Latin motets:
Ave Regina
Ave Maria
Regina Caeli

Thursday 20 March 2008

Live Music Now

Flutes en Route

The flute quartet present a program of works inspired by nature including music from Eugène Bozza's Quartet Jour d'ete a la montagne, Cecilia McDowall's: Hotfoot, Marc Berthomieu's Les Chats and Casterede's Flutes en Vacances. In association with Live Music Now Scotland.

Sunday 16 March 2008

Music for Easter on Palm Sunday

City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
Andrew Parnell, organ
George Vass, conductor

J S Bach: Motet - O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV118
Anton Bruckner: Christus factus est
Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K618
Gregorio Allegri: Miserere
Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11
Cecilia McDowall: I have done what was mine to do
Frank Martin: Mass for double choir
Felix Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden

Bollington Festival Choir
Donald Judge conductor


Cecilia McDowall: Ave maris stella
Mozart: Requiem

Saturday 8 March 2008

Spring Classics

David Adams violin
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
George Vass conductor

Cecilia McDowall: Rain, Steam and Speed
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op63
Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A, Op 92

Friday 15 February 2008

Vesuvio Wind Quintet

Cecilia McDowall: Winter Music
works by by Milhaud and Grainger

Sunday 3 February 2008

ABCD Chor Fest

Newstead Singers
Lesley Cooper conductor

Cecilia McDowall: Lonely Hearts

Tuesday 15 January 2008

piano recital

Helen Reid, piano

Debussy: Preludes
Haydn: Fantasy
Ravel: Menuet Antique
Cecilia McDowall: Colour is the Keyboard
Chopin: 2 Nocturnes
Gershwin: 3 Preludes

Wednesday 9 January 2008

lunchtime recital

Helen Reid, piano

Debussy: Preludes
Haydn: Fantasy
Ravel: Menuet Antique
Cecilia McDowall: Colour is the Keyboard
Chopin: 2 Nocturnes
Gershwin: 3 Preludes

Monday 7 January 2008

Park Lane Concerts

Gemma Rosefield cello
Nicola Eimer piano

Cecilia McDowall: Falling Angels

lunchtime recital

Helen Reid, piano

Debussy: Preludes
Haydn: Fantasy
Ravel: Menuet Antique
Cecilia McDowall: Colour is the Keyboard (London premiere)
Chopin: Two Nocturnes
Gershwin: Three Preludes

Tuesday 25 December 2007

Evensong

The Cathedral Choirs
The Ely Imps
The Ely Sinfonia
Paul Trepte, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Saturday 22 December 2007

Christmas concert in aid of Macmillan Nurses

Concord Singers
Mary Lock, conductor

Cecilia McDowall:
Now may we singen as it is

Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

The Cathedral Choirs
The Ely Imps
The Ely Sinfonia
Paul Trepte, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Thursday 20 December 2007

Christmas Concert

St Aloysius College

Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with the Joyful Company of Singers

Roderick Williams: O Adonai
Trad. French arr. Roderick Elms: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Brahms arr. Binkerd: Chorale Prelude: Es ist ein ros entsprungen
Praetorius/Sandstrom: Es ist ein' ros entsprungen
Herbert Howells: A Spotless Rose
J S Bach arr. Roderick Elms: Wachet auf ('Sleepers Awake')
Trad. Basque arr. Roderick Elms: Gabriel's Message
Arnold Bax: Five Fantasies on Polish Christmas Carols
Holst: Christmas Day
Handel: Messiah (excerpts)
Roger Quilter: A Children's Overture
Trad. French arr. Roderick Elms: Angels from the Realms of Glory
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est
Cornelius arr. Ivor Atkins: The Three Kings
J H Hopkins arr. Roderick Elms: We Three Kings of Orient Are
Trad. Czech arr. Roderick Elms: Rocking
Trad. arr. Roderick Elms: In Dulci Jubilo

Sunday 16 December 2007

The Starlight Christmas Tea Concert

Chancel Choir
Carillon Bell Choir
Keystone Brass Quintet

programme to include
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est
Daniel Pinkham, John Rutter, David Willcocks

South Chiltern Choral Society Christmas Concert

South Chiltern Choral Society
conductor: Gwyn Arch

programme to include
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Christmas Carol Concert

The Hythe Singers
St Cuthbert's School Choir
conductor, Paul Plummer

programme to include
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Saturday 15 December 2007

Christmas Concert

Concord Singers
Mary Lock, conductor
Bedford Choral Society


Cecilia McDowall:
Now may we singen as it is (premiere)

Christmas Carol Concert

South Holland Singers
Rodin Carter, conductor

programme to include
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Reading Festival Chorus Christmas Concert

Reading Festival Chorus
Taplow Children's Choir
Janet Lincé, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est
Charpentier: Messe de Minuit
Carols for choir and audience

South Chiltern Choral Society Christmas Concert

South Chiltern Choral Society
conductor: Gwyn Arch

programme to include
Alan Bullard, A Feast of Christmas
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Friday 14 December 2007

Portsmouth Grammar School Carol Service

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Talking Turkeys!! (carol) (premiere)

Wednesday 12 December 2007

Dollar Academy Concert

Preparatory, Junior and Senior Choirs and Orchestra of Dollar Academy
Director of Music: John McGonigle

Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Sunday 9 December 2007

Seasonal Favourites

Reigate and Redhill Choral Society
Peter Farrant, conductor


Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est
John Rutter: Magnificat
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

A fantastic mix of seasonal favourites to capture the true spirit of Christmas. John Rutter's festive Magnificat features alongside which topped the 2007 ClassicFM Hall of Fame and is performed as part of a season-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of Vaughan Williams' death in 2008. The concert will also feature a special guest appearance by British composer Cecilia McDowall, who will introduce her joyous Christmas cantata Christus Natus Est, which incorporates five popular Christmas carols. The concert also includes a wonderful selection of traditional carols for all.

Saturday 8 December 2007

Gala Christmas Concert

Consort Singers, the Women's Choir and the Consort Choir of the Loyola Marymount University Department of Music
Dr Mary Bredon, conductor

programme to include
Buxtehude Das neugeborne Kindelein
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

A Christmas Concert

The London Welsh Chorale
the London Welsh Brass Ensemble
Kenneth Bowen, conductor

A programme of readings, carols for choir and audience
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Sing this Night

Soilhull Choral Society
with Choristers of St Thomas's, Stourbridge
Andrew Fletcher, conductor

Carols for all
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Friday 7 December 2007

Private carol service

Colet Court Choir, St Paul's Scool
Tim Frost

Carol service to include
Cecilia McDowall: Christmas Bells

Thursday 6 December 2007

Gala Christmas Choral Concert

Consort Singers,the Women's Choir and the Consort Choir of the Loyola Marymount University Department of Music
Dr Mary Bredon, conductor

programme to include
Buxtehude Das neugeborne Kindelein
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Sunday 2 December 2007

Langcliffe Singers
Viva Voce Youth Choir
conductor, Tricia Rees-Jones

Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Advent Carol Sevice

Collegium Vocale

Burton Veni, Veni Emmanuel
Byrd Virgo Dei Genetrix
Gombert Magnificat Tertii et Octavi Toni
Cecilia McDowall: Annunciation
Porter There is no rose
Praetorius Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Friday 30 November 2007

Consort Singers, the Women's Choir and
the Consort Choir of the
Loyola Marymount University Department of Music
Dr Mary Bredon, conductor

programme to include
Buxtehude Das neugeborne Kindelein
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Lunchtime recital

Elizabeth Mantle, soprano
Laia Armengol, piano

programme to include,
Cecilia McDowall: Radnor Songs
Walton, Quilter and Britten

Wednesday 28 November 2007

Nina Bernsteiner recital

Nina Bernsteiner, soprano
István Bonyhádi, piano

Cecilia McDowall: Four Shakespeare Songs
Cecilia McDowall: If there are angels
Songs by Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf, Sergej Rachmaninov, Richard Strauss

Saturday 24 November 2007

King Leo

The London Schubert Players and Portland School, Worksop.
Allan Hughes, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, librettist, Sarah Dawson (1993)

See above for details of King Leo

King Leo

The London Schubert Players and Portland School, Worksop.
Allan Hughes, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, librettist, Sarah Dawson (1993)

See above for details of King Leo

Friday 23 November 2007

King Leo

The London Schubert Players and Portland School, Worksop.
Allan Hughes, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, librettist, Sarah Dawson (1993)

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Sunday 18 November 2007

Gala Concert

Rachel Nicholls, soprano
Frances Bourne, mezzo soprano
Andrew Carwood, tenor
Michael Bundy, baritone
Finchley Choral Society
Orchestra Nova
George Vass, conductor

Georg Frideric Handel: Coronation anthem Zadok the Priest
Cecilia McDowall: Magnificat
Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor Missa in angustiis

Wednesday 14 November 2007

Bloomsbury international Recitals

Louise Adamson, mezzo soprano
Emma Vallender, oboe
Leo Nicholson, piano

programme to include
Cecilia McDowall: White Fox Woman,
a mini opera for oboe and mezzo soprano

Sunday 11 November 2007

Remembrance Sunday Concert

London Mozart Players
Nicolae Moldoveanu, conductor
Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir (director Andrew Cleary)
Victoria Holden, flute - PGS pupil
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Michael Chance, countertenor
Ben Johnson, tenor
Dawid Kimberg, bass

Cecilia McDowall: Ave Maris Stella
Mozart: Flute Concerto
Lynne Plowman: Cries Like Silence
Tarik O'Regan: And There was a Great Calm
Sally Beamish: The Lion and the Deer (world premiere)

Flautet
Jak Berry, Caroline Dromey, Lauren Turner, Marielle Way (flutes)

Cecilia McDowall: Hotfoot
Damase: Quatuor de flutes
Jongen: Elegie
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Debussy: Arabesques I & II
Mower: Fictions Suite

Wednesday 7 November 2007

The Night Trumpeter

Divertimento 21
Jo Harris, trumpet
Ben Palmer, conductor

Stravinsky: Suite The Soldier's Tale
Cecilia McDowall: The Night Trumpeter

Monday 15 October 2007

Lunchtime concert

Salmagundi Ensemble with Paul Archibald

Cecilia McDowall: Street Café
Francis Poulenc: Allegro tristamente (Sonata for Clarinet and Piano)
Kenneth Leighton: Elegy for Cello and Piano
Bohuslav Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine

Friday 28 September 2007

Four Shakespeare Songs

Carolyn Whitaker, soprano
Robert Altizer, baritone
Warren Cohen, piano

Finzi: Dies Natalis (last two movements)
Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring
Cecilia McDowall: Four Shakespeare Songs
Vaughan Williams: Bright is the Ring of Words

Tuesday 9 January 2007

Helen Reid, piano

Cecilia McDowall: Colour is the Keyboard

Monday 27 August 2007

Schumann Piano Quartet Plus

Virginia Shaw, oboe
Sara Trickey, violin
Sarah-Jane Bradley, viola
Alice Neary, cello
Gretel Dowdeswell, piano

Benjamin Britten: Phantasy Quartet, Op 2
Peter Fribbins: Fantasia on Bugail Yr Hafod (world premiere - Presteigne Festival 25th Anniversary Commission)
Donald Francis Tovey: Elegiac variations, Op 25
Cecilia McDowall: Y Deryn Pur (world premiere - Presteigne Festival 25th Anniversary Commission)
Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat, Op 44

Presteigne Festival 2007 event 19

Sunday 26 August 2007

Festival Eucharist

City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
Edward Kemp-Luck, organ
George Vass, conductor

David Matthews: Psalm 23: The Lord is my Shepherd
Cecilia McDowall: A Canterbury Mass
Edward Elgar: Ave verum corpus, Op 2 No 1
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11

Presteigne Festival 2007

Saturday 25 August 2007

Joan Hughes Memorial Concert

Virginia Shaw, oboe
Charlotte Mobbs, soprano
Lucie Spicková, mezzo soprano
Mark Dobell, tenor
Eamonn Dougan, bass
City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
Presteigne Festival Orchestra
George Vass, conductor

William Mathias: Intrada, Op 54
Peter Sculthorpe: Second Sonata for string orchestra
Hilary Tann: Shakkei: a diptych for oboe and small orchestra (world premiere - Presteigne Festival 25th Anniversary Commission)
Joseph Haydn: Mass in G, Hob XXII:6 'St Nicolas Mass'
Cecilia McDowall: Ave Maris Stella

Presteigne Festival 2007 event 11

Gala Concert

Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent, conductor
Laudibus
The Magnificat Children's Choir Budapest
Manchester Boys' Choir
The North West Honour Choir

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Regina Caeli (sung by the Joyful Company of Singers)

22nd Annual ABCD Convention

The convention runs from 24-26 August at the University of Chester

Monday 20 August 2007

Dartington concert

Paul Goodey, oboe
Linda Hirst, mezzo soprano

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: White Fox Woman

Dartington Summer School

Friday 17 August 2007

Radnor Songs

Liz Mantle, soprano
Suzy Ruffles, piano

Cecilia McDowall: Radnor Songs

Oh, no John!

Sing for Pleasure summer school
Ian Shirley, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: 'Oh, no John!' (Fancy of Folksongs)

Sunday 5 August 2007

Helen Reid at Dartington

Helen Reid, piano
Mark Rowan-Hull, artist

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Colour is the keyboard (première)
Premières by Huw Watkins, Diana Burrell, David Matthews and Naresh Sohal

Dartington Summer School

Tuesday 17 July 2007

Laura Garwin and Juliet Edwards, trumpet and piano

Halsey Stevens: Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Schubert: Moments Musicaux, nos 2 and 3
Cecilia McDowall: The Night Trumpeter
Joseph Turrin: Psalm, from Two Portraits

Sunday 15 July 2007

Concert for St Andrew's Church, Nuthurst

Andrew Bernardi, violin
Linda Coffin, flute
Bruce Martin, flute
Nic Pendlebury, conductor
Bernardi Chamber Ensemble

Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Cecilia McDowall: The Great Hills, concerto for violin, two flutes and string orchestra, based on Belloc's Tales (Shipley Arts Festival commission)

Shipley Arts Festival

Blenheim Concerts

Amy Dickson, saxophone
Catherine Milledge, piano

Milhaud: Scaramouche
Cecilia McDowall: Mein Blaues Klavier
Turnage: Two Elegies Framing a Shout
Gershwin: Three Preludes
Désenclos: Prélude, Cadence et Finale
Wood: Cries of the Sentor
Hindson: In Search of Ecstasy
Bozza: Aria
Iturralde: Pequeña Czarda

Amy Dickson was born in Australia where she won the Symphony Australia Young Performer of the Year Award 2004. She was also the first saxophonist to win the Gold Medal at the Royal Overseas League Competition in London in the same year. She works closely with Catherine Milledge who, as a soloist, pianist and chamber musician, has performed in London venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room and the Wigmore Hall.

The Blenheim Music Circle was formed in 1987 to promote public concerts and recitals by professional musicians in the Chiswick area of West London, UK. It is entirely dependent on members' subscriptions, ticket sales and advertising support from local businesses. Concerts and recitals from 2005 onwards are given under the name of Blenheim Concerts.

Saturday 14 July 2007

Chaconne Brass

Torbjörn Hultmark, trumpet
Mark Kesel, trumpet
Simon de Souza, horn
Emily White, trombone
James Doherty, tuba

Rameau( arr C. Mitchell): Overture from Castor et Pollux
Albinoni (arr M. Kesel): Concerto Op 7 No 6
Cecilia McDowall: Tango Oscuro
Jr. Jacob van Eyck (arr T. Hultmark: Psalm
Malcolm Arnold: Quintet for Brass
J S Bach: Little Fugue in G minor
Hummel (arr C. Mitchell): Variations on the march from Les Deux Journées by Cherubini
Ben Castle: Picture This
Fats Waller: Ain?t Misbehavin?
Traditional: Just A Closer Walk

Music in Lyddington 2007

Thursday 12 July 2007

London Brass

Andy Crowley, trumpet
Gareth Small, trumpet
Martin Owen, horn
Robb Tooley, trombone
Oren Marshall, tuba

Praetorius (arr. Paul Archibald): Dances of Terpsichore
Domenico Scarlatti (arr. Stephen Dodgson): Three Sonatas
Malcolm Arnold: Brass Quintet Op 73
J S Bach (arr. T Jackson): Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Karl Jenkins (arr. Tony Small): The Adiemus Collection
Oren Marshall: Bush Baby - Parts 1 and 2
Cecilia McDowall: Tango Oscura
Albeniz (arr. Richard Bissill): España

Festival de Inverno

Saturday 7 July 2007

'An evening of music to suit all tastes'

Delia Corrie, reader
Ian Tate, piano
The Maia Singers
John Pomphrey, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: 'Green Bushes' and 'O no John!' (A Fancy of Folksongs)

Saturday 30 June 2007

Last Night at the Proms

Julia Glossop, mezzo soprano
Langcliffe Singers
Settle Orchestra

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: A Fancy of Folksongs
Ernest Tomlinson: Fantasia on North Country Tunes
Arthur Butterworth: Creatures of the night
Choral music by Percy Grainger
A selection of favourites from 'the last night of the proms'

Extended interval - bring your own picnic
Wet weather facilities available

Thursday 28 June 2007

King Leo

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, with text by Sarah Dawson (1993)

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Wednesday 27 June 2007

King Leo

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, with text by Sarah Dawson (1993)

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Monday 25 June 2007

King Leo

Children's Music Theatre Group, Duxford
Arwen Gilbert, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, with text by Sarah Dawson (1993)

Duxford Saturday Workshop

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Saturday 23 June 2007

King Leo

Children's Music Theatre Group, Duxford
Arwen Gilbert, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, with text by Sarah Dawson (1993)

Duxford Saturday Workshop

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Last Night at the Proms

Julia Glossop, mezzo soprano
Langcliffe Singers
Settle Orchestra

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: A Fancy of Folksongs
Ernest Tomlinson: Fantasia on North Country Tunes
Arthur Butterworth: Creatures of the night
Choral music by Percy Grainger
A selection of favourites from 'the last night of the proms'

Extended interval - bring your own picnic
Wet weather facilities available

Wednesday 20 June 2007

Concert Bites Coffee Concert series

Susanna Hogan, soprano
Richard Black, piano

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Radnor Songs
Judith Weir: King Harald's Saga
Walton: Three Songs

A 20th/21st century English programme on the theme of historical time and place.

Admission free - retiring collection
Post-concert coffee and cake provided
Nearest tube: Monument
Nearest rail: Cannon St/London Bridge
Nearest bus: any to London Bridge

Sunday 17 June 2007

Edward Elgar 150th Anniversary Concert

City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
Edward Kemp-Luck, organ
George Vass, conductor

Elgar: Give unto the Lord, Op 74
Cecilia McDowall: A Canterbury Mass (world première)
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia, Op 27
Elgar: Four Motets
James MacMillan: Magnificat
Elgar: Great is the Lord, Op 67

Saturday 16 June 2007

'An evening of music to suit all tastes'

Delia Corrie, reader
Ian Tate, piano
The Maia Singers
John Pomphrey, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: 'Green Bushes' and 'O no John!' (A Fancy of Folksongs)

Thursday 14 June 2007

Laura Garwin trumpet recital

Halsey Stevens: Sonata for trumpet and piano
Joseph Turrin: Psalm for flugelhorn and piano
Cecilia McDowall: The Night Trumpeter

Wednesday 13 June 2007

International Double Reed Society 2007 Conference

Robyn Dixon Costa, oboe/English horn
Anthony J Costa, clarinet/bass clarinet

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Le Temps Viendra

Conference runs from 12-16 June

Tuesday 12 June 2007

Not just a place

Marielle Way, flute
Alice Murray, cello
Aleksander Szram, piano

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Not just a place

Monday 11 June 2007

Salmagundi Ensemble

Cecilia McDowall: Street Café
Alexandre Tansman: Suite for bassoon and piano
Luciano Berio: Lied for unaccompanied clarinet
Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen Op 20 for violin and piano
Cecilia McDowall: The Night Trumpeter

Thursday 31 May 2007

Lonely Hearts

Newstead Singers
Lesley Cooper, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: 'Night Garden' and 'Would like to meet' - for upper voices, from Lonely Hearts

Royal Academy of Music concert

Joseph Chadwick, trumpet
RAM Ensemble

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Seraphim

Tuesday 29 May 2007

Lonely Hearts

Newstead Singers
Lesley Cooper, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: 'Night Garden' and 'Would like to meet' - for upper voices, from Lonely Hearts

Sunday 27 May 2007

Elgar Onwards

The Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Three Latin Motets (Ave Regina Caelorum; Ave Maria; Regina Caeli Laetare)
Works by Elgar, Harvey, O'Regan, Parry, Tavener, Vaughan Williams and Malcolm Williamson

Masterpieces of English choral music from the last 150 years

Saturday 26 May 2007

Elgar Onwards

The Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Three Latin Motets (Ave Regina Caelorum; Ave Maria; Regina Caeli Laetare)
Works by Elgar, Harvey, O'Regan, Parry, Tavener, Vaughan Williams and Malcolm Williamson

Masterpieces of English choral music from the last 150 years

Thursday 24 May 2007

Birmingham Conservatoire chamber recital

Stephanie Oatridge, oboe and cor anglais
Suzie Pukris, soprano

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: White Fox Woman

Soprano and oboe

Louise Adamson, soprano
Emma Vallender, oboe

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: White Fox Woman

Wednesday 23 May 2007

Anna McCleave and Paul Chilvers

Anna McCleave, soprano
Paul Chilvers, piano

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: songs from Radnor Songs :
'The Buzzard', 'Summergill', 'Flat Out', 'New Radnor'

Monday 21 May 2007

Birmingham Conservatoire chamber recital

Stephanie Oatridge, oboe and cor anglais
Suzie Pukris, soprano
Jo Sealey, piano
Cindy Wu, violin
Helen Lancaster, viola
Emma Cap, cello

Colin: Solo de Concours No 8
Cecilia McDowall: White Fox Woman
Poulenc: Sonata for Oboe and Piano
Francaix: Quartet for Cor Anglais and Strings

Saturday 19 May 2007

Gloria!

Elizabeth Weisberg, soprano
Siân Menna, mezzo-soprano
Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir
Salisbury Sinfonia
David Gostick, conductor

Vivaldi: Gloria
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Handel: My Heart is Inditing
Cecilia McDowall: Magnificat
Cecilia McDowall: Ave Maris Stella

Two works from the choral top ten, Vivaldi?s famous Gloria and choral classic Zadok the Priest, form the centrepiece of this concert alongside two works by this season?s featured composer, Cecilia McDowall. BSC is joined by two popular, dynamic soloists for the choir?s first appearance at Wimborne Minster for many years.

Lonely Hearts

Vocal ensemble
Esperanza Martin Morales, harp
Philip Colman, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Lonely Hearts

Tuesday 15 May 2007

Salmagundi Ensemble

Cecilia McDowall: The Night Trumpeter
Debussy: 'Poissons d'Or' from Images (for piano)
Heinrich Baermann: Adagio for clarinet and piano
Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine

Monday 14 May 2007

Salmagundi Ensemble

Cecilia McDowall: Street Café
Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen for violin and piano
Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine

Sunday 13 May 2007

Elgar Onwards

The Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: Three Latin Motets (Ave Regina Caelorum; Ave Maria; Regina Caeli Laetare)
Works by Elgar, Harvey, O'Regan, Parry, Tavener, Vaughan Williams and Malcolm Williamson

Masterpieces of English choral music from the last 150 years

A celebration of British wind chamber music

Vesuvio Wind Quintet:
Holly Cook, flute
Theresa Sheppard, oboe
Adam Cadman, clarinet
Kathryn Allnutt, horn
Gráinne Devery, bassoon

To include:
Percy Grainger: Walking Tune
Percy Grainger: Lisbon
Holst: Quintet in Ab Op 14
Cecilia McDowall: Winter Music
Malcolm Arnold: Three Shanties
Gwyn Parry Jones: Wind and Sea
Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for Bassoon
Benjamin Britten: Metamorphoses (oboe)

Sound Designs - The Boosey and Hawkes Story

Enjoy a feast of music from the British wind quintet repertoire and celebrate the heritage of woodwind instrument making and performance in Britain.

Thursday 10 May 2007

Concert at Frensham Heights

Students and staff of Frensham Heights

Cecilia McDowall: Ave Maris Stella
Part songs by Stanford, Sullivan and Elgar
Vocal and instrumental solos by advanced students

Wednesday 9 May 2007

George Vass 50th birthday concert

John Lill, piano
Hampstead Voices
Hampstead and Highgate Festival Orchestra
George Vass, conductor

Hugh Wood: Divertimento for string orchestra, Op 51 (world première)
Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K618
Mozart: Piano Concerto in A, K414
Cecilia McDowall: Ave maris stella
Haydn: Symphony No 31 in D, Hornsignal

Hampstead and Highgate Festival 2007

This charity gala, the opening concert of the 2007 Hampstead and Highgate Festival, is in aid of the Royal Free Hospital, the Royal Society of Musicians and the Musicians' Benevolent Fund

Tuesday 8 May 2007

Salmagundi Ensemble

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Street Café
Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine

Saturday 5 May 2007

Celebrity Classical Concert

Andrew Bernardi, violin
Linda Coffin, flute
Bruce Martin, flute
Nic Pendlebury, conductor
Bernardi Chamber Ensemble

Cecilia McDowall: The Great Hills, concerto for violin, two flutes and string orchestra, based on Belloc's Tales (première, Shipley Arts Festival commission)
J S Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 4
Music by Elgar

Shipley Arts Festival

Sunday 29 April 2007

The Night Trumpeter

Stephen Bishop, trumpet

Cecilia McDowall: The Night Trumpeter

Flute Choir of Atlanta Spring Concert

To include:

Gliere: Russian Sailor's Dance
Boismortier: Concerto in E minor
Mozart: The Magic Flute overture
Coolen: Celtic Suite
Cecilia McDowall: Shuffle By the Seaside
Rossini: Barber of Seville Overture

Sunday 18 March 2007

Ensemble Lumière

Mozart: Divertimento in F
Nielsen: Wind Quintet
Cecilia McDowall: Century Dances for oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Jean Francaix: Wind Quintet
Jim Parker: Mississippi Five

Woking Music Society

Saturday 10 March 2007

Showcase for Young Performers

Emily Taylor, narrator
St Catherine's Singers,
Haberdashers' Aske's Girls School
Lucy Bernays, director
Watford Schoool of Music String Ensemble
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
George Vass, conductor

Handel/Harty: Water Music Suite
Paul Patterson: The Red Riding Hood Songbook Op 77
Cecilia McDowall: Galileo's Ground
Cecilia McDowall: Time Piece
Schubert: Symphony No 6 in C, D589

Wednesday 21 February 2007

Richard Latham, baritone and Victoria Savage, piano

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Christmas Eve at Sea (a setting of John Masefield's poem)

Sunday 18 February 2007

Choral Evensong from Ely Cathedral

Paul Trepte, director of music

Music to include:
Introit: I have done what was mine to do
Cecilia McDowall: St Martin's Canticles

The first in BBC Radio 3's new season of Sunday Choral Evensong broadcasts.

Saturday 10 February 2007

Trinity Juniors Equal Voice Choir

Simona Budd, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Cradle Song

Saturday 27 January 2007

Lucy Cartledge, flute and Diana Hamilton, piano

To include:

Cecilia McDowall: Piper's Dream

Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir

Cecilia McDowall: Five Seasons

Soil Association Annual Conference

The 2007 Soil Association conference focuses on the urgent need to develop new models of localised food and farming systems. This is in anticipation of the central role that farmers and growers will play in averting climate change and delivering food security in an era of scarce and expensive energy.

The full cultural conference programme includes art and music, and closes with a performance of Cecilia McDowall's Five Seasons

Sunday 21 January 2007

Susan Milan and Andrew Ball

Richard Rodney Bennett: Winter Music
Arthur Butterworth: Aubade Op 53
Edwin Roxburgh: Stardrift
Brian Lock: Sonata for flute and piano
Dave Heath: Out of the Cool
Julian Anderson: The Colour of Pomegranates
Robert Saxton: Krystallen
Cecilia McDowall: Eleven
Matthew Taylor: Image in Spring

Flautist Susan Milan is joined by pianist Andrew Ball to present an impressive programme of 20th century works by some of the most versatile British composers of our time. A diversity of styles are represented, with the London première of a new Sonata by Brian Lock.

Saturday 20 January 2007

Mass for Unity at St Etheldreda's

Paul Trepte, director of music

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: St Martin's Magnificat

Sunday 7 January 2007

The Sorrel Quartet

Gina McCormack, violin
Catherine Yates, violin
Robin Ireland, viola
Helen Thatcher, cello

Haydn: Quartet in G Op 77 No 1
Cecilia McDowall: String Quartet - The Case of the Unanswered Wire
Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat Op 130

London Chamber Music Series

Saturday 23 December 2006

Christmas Eve at Sea

Richard Latham, baritone


Concert included:
Cecilia McDowall: Christmas Eve at Sea (words: Masefield)

Monday 18 December 2006

Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir

David Gostick, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: Cantate Astra

Saturday 16 December 2006

This Wondrous Mystery: A Christmas Concert in aid of Crisis

Paul Plummer, conductor

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Tomas Luis de Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
John Tavener: The Lamb
Judith Weir: Little tree
Cecilia McDowall: Cantate Astra (London première)
Margaret Haley: Mother Mary, Sing (world première) (winner of Hythe Singers' inaugural international Christmas Carol Composition Competition in 2006)
Jamie Brown: O Oriens (world première)
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Msyterium
Francis Poulenc: O Magnum Msyterium
Judith Weir: My Guardian Angel
Audience carols and festival readings

Guernsey Choral and Orchestral Society

Helen Grand, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Christus natus est

Lewisham Choral Society

Stefan Reid, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: Magnificat
Christmas music for choir and audience

Chorleywood Choral Society

Graham Wili, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Christus natus est

Finchley Choral Society Family Carols

Finchley Choral Society
Richard Harvey, organ
George Vass, conductor

Carols and Christmas music together with
Cecilia McDowall: Christus natus est

Friday 15 December 2006

Christus natus est

Gavin Pettinger, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Christus natus est

Guernsey Choral and Orchestral Society

Helen Grand, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Christus natus est

Rise up, shepherd

James Allen's Girls School Choir
Marilyn Harper, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Rise up, shepherd (carol)

Sunday 10 December 2006

A Christmas Celebration

Rebecca Rudge, soprano
The Grove School Choir, Harpenden
Rosie Coupe, director
St Albans Choral Society
Richard Harvey, organ/piano
George Vass, conductor

Carols and Christmas music for choir, organ and audience, seaonal readings and
Cecilia McDowall: Christus natus est
John Rutter: Magnificat (excerpts)

Bollington Festival Choir Christmas Concert

Bollington Festival Choir
Anna Christensen, harp
Andrew Cummings, organ
Vocal soloists from the choir
Donald Judge, conductor

Christmas Music, to include:
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Britten: Ceremony of Carols (SATB)
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est
Arrangements by Bob Chilcott
Harp solos

Berkhamsted Choral Society

Graham Wili, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Christus natus est

Saturday 9 December 2006

Ave Maris Stella - Portsmouth Festival Choir

Julia Doyle, soprano
James Bowman, counter-tenor
Warren Trevelyan Jones, tenor
Jimmy Holliday, bass
Portsmouth Festival Choir
The Academy of St Thomas
David Truslove, conductor

Handel: Zadok the Priest
Cecilia McDowall: Ave maris stella
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum
Handel: Birthday Ode to Queen Anne

London Welsh Chorale Christmas Concert

The London Welsh Chorale
London Welsh Brass Ensemble
Kenneth Bowen, conductor

Rutter: Gloria
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est
Handel: Messiah choruses

Sunday 3 December 2006

Christmas at Chartham

City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
Edward Kemp-Luck, organ
George Vass, conductor

Francis Poulenc: Four Christmas Motets
Cecilia McDowall: Cantate Astra (world première)
Traditional carols for choir, audience and organ

Saturday 2 December 2006

Addison Singers

David Wordsworth, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Christus Natus Est

Wellingborough Singers
Wellingborough Preparatory School Junior Choir
Peter Marshall, conductor

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Christus Natus Est

Trinity Juniors Christmas Concert

Trinity Juniors Equal Voice Choir
Simona Budd, conductor
Four Part Choir, Big Band, Wind and Symphony Orchestras

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Cradle Song (world première)
Bruckner arr T Doss: Os Justi
John Williams: Olympic Theme and Fanfare
Malcolm Arnold: Peterloo Overture
Khachaturian: Spartacus Suite No 2

Saturday 25 November 2006

20th Century Chamber Music

Artists include
Susanna Hogan, soprano
Rianka Bouwmeester, piano

Finzi: Oh fair to see (1929)
Finzi: Since we loved (1956)
Medtner: Four songs from Op 6 (1904)
Arnold: Trio for flute, viola and bassoon Op 6 (1943)
Cecilia McDowall: song cycle Radnor Songs (2005)
Philip Martin: The Rainbow Comes and Goes (1987)
Hindemith: Pastores loquebantur (1944)
Hindemith: Cum natus esset (1941)
Bridge: Sonata for violin and piano (1932)
Carl Vine: Five Bagatelles (1994)
Kurt Weill: Tango habañera Youkali (1934)

Oxford and Cambridge Music Club

Saturday 18 November 2006

Five Seasons - Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir

Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir
Musicians from Kokoro, contemporary music ensemble of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
David Gostick, conductor

Cecilia McDowall: Five Seasons (première)
Works by Delius, Elgar and Vaughan Williams

Celebrating music inspired by our organic heritage and rural landscape

Sunday 12 November 2006

Voices of Hope: Haydn, McDowall and Paulus

Minnesota Center Chorale
J Michele Edwards, conductor

Haydn: Heiligmesse
Cecilia McDowall: Ave maris stella
Stephen Paulus: A Place of Hope (settings of writings by patients at Mayo Clinic)

Wednesday 11 October 2006

King Leo

Music for Everyone
Rose Shorney, musical director
Nina Stevenson, director

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, with text by Sarah Dawson (1993)

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Tuesday 10 October 2006

King Leo

Music for Everyone
Rose Shorney, musical director
Nina Stevenson, director

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, with text by Sarah Dawson (1993)

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Monday 9 October 2006

King Leo

Music for Everyone
Rose Shorney, musical director
Nina Stevenson, director

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, with text by Sarah Dawson (1993)

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Sunday 8 October 2006

King Leo

Music for Everyone
Rose Shorney, musical director
Nina Stevenson, director

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, with text by Sarah Dawson (1993)

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Saturday 7 October 2006

King Leo

Music for Everyone
Rose Shorney, musical director
Nina Stevenson, director

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, with text by Sarah Dawson (1993)

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

First Exhibition Concert

Olli Kortekangas: Fantasia on two hymns in the Finnish Hymnbook of 1701 (2001)
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent: Media Vita (1996)
Jouko Linjama: Three liturgical stained-glass paintings Op 95 - Introitus, Kyrie orbis factor and Gloria (1993)
Willem van Twillert: Toccata à la Chaconna (2005)
Martin Stacey: Icarus (2004)
Cecilia McDowall: Three Antiphons - Ave Regina, Ave Maria and Regina Coeli (2004)
Jyrki Linjama: Laudes / Completorium from Hildegardiana (1998)
Neil Wright: A Dreame and Fugue Angelicall (1999)

Annual Festival of New Organ Music

Various performers open doors into the world of contemporary organ music, playing on the 1883 'Father' Willis organ of St Dominic's Priory

Friday 6 October 2006

King Leo

Music for Everyone
Rose Shorney, musical director
Nina Stevenson, director

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, with text by Sarah Dawson (1993)

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Thursday 5 October 2006

King Leo

Music for Everyone
Rose Shorney, musical director
Nina Stevenson, director

Cecilia McDowall: King Leo, an eco-musical or cantata, with text by Sarah Dawson (1993)

There's been a bungle in the jungle! King Leo is getting old. His sight is not great and his strength is on the wane ... so he makes the decision to take a year out from his responsibilities for the rainforest. What he needs is a place in the sun to rejuvenate and revitalise. He splits his kingdom between Panther, honourable but a bit too upfront with the truth, and Tiger a rampant rascal out to make a fast buck. Tiger speculates on his future as a property developer, cutting down the forest and selling off to the highest bidder. Naturally, the animals are wild with worry.

Will Tiger make the take-over total or will Panther, with some back up from Gaia, the earth guru, save the day, the forest and the planet ... ?

Wednesday 4 October 2006

Sung Eucharist

Ely Cathedral Choir
Paul Trepte, conductor

Sung Eucharist to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Ordination of
The Revd Canon Dr Peter Sills, Vice-Dean, Ely Cathedral on St Francis Day

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: 'I have done what was mine to do' - a setting of words by St Francis for unaccompanied choir (première)

Sunday 27 August 2006

The Joyful Company a capella

Joyful Company of Singers
Thomas Oxley, bassoon
Peter Broadbent, conductor

Cecilia Mcdowall: Three Latin Motets
Adrian Williams: My heart is steadfast
Frank Martin: Mass for double choir
Giles Swayne: Magnificat I
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat Antiphons
Vaclovas Augustinas: Hymne à St Martin
Peteris Vasks: Mate saule
Peteris Vasks: Sava tauta
Janis Lusens: Latvian Lullaby
Veljo Tormis: Vastlad

Presteigne Festival 2006 event 13

Limited availability, early booking recommended

Wednesday 16 August 2006

The Thorne Trio

To include:
Cecilia McDowall: Century Dances

Monday 14 August 2006