Concert archive

Saturday 13 March 2010

Bushey Symphony Orchestra 35th Anniversary Season

Anna Beryl, cello
Hannah Marcinowicz, saxophone
Choir of Parmiter's School, Garston
*Bushey Symphony Orchestra*
George Vass, conductor

Mozart: _Symphony No 32 in G, K318_
Tarik O'Regan: _And there was a great calm_
Saint-Saëns: _Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 33_
Michael Torke: _Saxophone Concerto_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Lonely Hearts_
Bizet: _Suite - Jeux d'Enfants_

*Fluitkwartet Confour*

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Hotfoot_

Friday 12 March 2010

2010 ACDA - Southern Division Conference

*University of Alabama at Birmingham Concert Choir*
*Dr. Philip L. Copeland*, conductor


Spiritus domini_ (chant)_
Peteris Vasks: _Mate Saule_
William Byrd: _Sacerdotes domini_
*Cecilia McDowall:* _Regina caeli_
Jaako Mantyjarvi: _Death May Dissolve Me_
Zoltan Kodaly: _Esti dal_
Vytautas Miškinis: _Nunc dimittis_

Sunday 7 March 2010

*Virginia Chorale*
*Scott Williamson*, conductor

programme to include:
Hildegard: _In principio omnes_
Fanny Mendelssohn: _Abendlich_
Williametta Spencer: _At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners_
Faith York: _Snow_
Deborah Mason: _Whitman Interlude_ (premiere)
Judith Shatin: _Adonai Roi_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Regina caeli_
Chen Yi: _Sakura, Sakura_
Clare Maclean: _Hope There Is_
Eleanor Daley: _Requiem_
Giselle Wyers: _Goodbye_
Emma Lou Diemer: _Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal_

EARS WIDE OPEN: Celebrating Women in Music
with Bellissima! Women's choral ensemble and the Young Singers Project

Saturday 6 March 2010

A suitable job for a woman

*The Meljon Singers*
*Janette Ruocco*, conductor

programme to include works by:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Ave Regina_
Libby Larsen
Miriam Mackie
Janette Ruocco
Judith Weir

Ears wide open: Celebrating women in music

*Virginia Chorale*
*Scott Williamson*, conductor

programme to include:
Hildegard: _In principio omnes_
Fanny Mendelssohn: _Abendlich_
Williametta Spencer: _At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners_
Faith York: _Snow_
Deborah Mason: _Whitman Interlude_ (premiere)
Judith Shatin: _Adonai Roi_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Regina caeli_
Chen Yi: _Sakura, Sakura_
Clare Maclean: _Hope There Is_
Eleanor Daley: _Requiem_
Giselle Wyers: _Goodbye_
Emma Lou Diemer: _Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal_

EARS WIDE OPEN: Celebrating Women in Music
with Bellissima! Women's choral ensemble and the Young Singers Project

Vocal Sensations

*Royal Scottish National Orchestra*, members of the *RSNO Chorus* and massed choirs from North East Scotland
*David Danzmayr*, conductor (RSNO assistant conductor)

Orff: _O Fortuna_ from _Carmina Burana_
Parry: _Blest Pair of Sirens_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _After the Rain_ (premiere)
Verdi: _Va pensiero_ from _Nabucco_
Verdi: _Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside_ from Aida

Come and enjoy a wonderful hour-long performance of some of the greatest vocal music ever written. Performed by the RSNO Chorus together with local singers and accompanied by the RSNO, this is sure to be an uplifting and fitting conclusion to the Orchestra’s week in the Aberdeen area.

Friday 5 March 2010

Ears wide open: Celebrating women in music

*Virginia Chorale*
*Scott Williamson*, conductor

programme to include:
Hildegard: _In principio omnes_
Fanny Mendelssohn: _Abendlich_
Williametta Spencer: _At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners_
Faith York: _Snow_
Deborah Mason: _Whitman Interlude_ (premiere)
Judith Shatin: _Adonai Roi_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Regina caeli_
Chen Yi: _Sakura, Sakura_
Clare Maclean: _Hope There Is_
Eleanor Daley: _Requiem_
Giselle Wyers: _Goodbye_
Emma Lou Diemer: _Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal_

EARS WIDE OPEN: Celebrating Women in Music
with Bellissima! Women's choral ensemble and the Young Singers Project

Monday 1 March 2010

Lunchtime concert

*Paul Archibald*, trumpet, *Helen Reid*, piano

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _The Night Trumpeter_

Sunday 28 February 2010

*Fluitkwartet*

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Hotfoot_

Saturday 20 February 2010

Lunchtime Recital

*Michel Sedgwick*, trumpet, *Guy Llewellyn*, horn,
*Christopher Lawrence*, tuba


Programme to include works by:
Trygve Madsen: _Divertimento_ for Horn, Tuba and Piano Op.43
*Cecilia McDowall*: _The Night Trumpeter_
Paul Dukas: _Villanelle_
Trygve Madsen: _The Mysterious Barricades II_ (Op.82)

Saturday 13 February 2010

Choral Evensong

*The Choir of St Paul's Cathedral
Andrew Carwood*, conductor

Responses: Spicer
Introit: _Notre Père_ - Duruflé
Canticles: _Jesus Service_ - Mathias
Psalm: 139
Anthem: _Deus portus pacis_ - *Cecilia McDowall*
Hymn 114

Sunday 7 February 2010

Afternoon Concert

*Haruko Motohashi*, violin, *Masachi Nishiyama*, piano

Elgar: _Idylle_ Op.4 No.1
Elgar: _Pastourelle_ Op.4 No.2
Elgar: _Virelai_ Op.4 No.3
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Strange Violin, are you following me?_
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No.4 Op.23 in A minor
Handel: Violin Sonata No.5 in G minor Op.1 No.10
Schubert: _Rondo Brilliante_

Thursday 28 January 2010

Lunchtime concert

*Sheida Davis* (cello) *Helen Reid* (piano)

programme to include:
Beethoven, Prokofiev, Martinu and
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Falling Angels_

Wednesday 27 January 2010

Lunchtime concert

*Sheida Davis* (cello) *Helen Reid* (piano)

programme to include:
Beethoven, Prokofiev, Martinu and
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Falling Angels_

Sunday 24 January 2010

When Poetry Sings

*Colorado Conductor's Chorus*
*Lawrence Kaptein*, conductor
*Grace Asquith*, accompanist

Mendelssohn: _Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Regina caeli_
Handel: _Haste thee, nymph_ (L’Allegro)
Aaron Copland: _Lark_
Morten Lauridsen: _Mid-Winter Songs_
Ned Rorem: _Tears (From an Unknown Past)_
Antonio Estevez: _Mata del anima sola_

Newark Brass Festival 2010

*Michael Buchanan* (trombone) *Helen Reid* (piano)

programme to include the premiere of:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Skerry and Fjord_
(a Newark Brass Festival commission for Michael Buchanan, the overall winner of the Newark Brass Festival 2009)
*Newark Town Band* with *Paul Archibald*
*Trio D'art: Paul Archibald* (trumpet) *John Kenny* (trombone) *Helen Reid* (piano)

John Reeman: _Four Miniatures_ for trumpet, trombone and piano
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Le temps viendra_

The programme will be hosted by Judy Theobold from BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Blenheim Concerts (first of the new season)

*Quintabile*, brass quintet

programme to include:
Tylman Susato arr John Iveson: _Renaissance Dances_
Werner Pirchner: _L'Homme au marteau dans la poche_
George Frederick Handel: arr Walter BarnesLargo from Xerses
Kerry Turner: _Ricochet for Brass Quintet_
Malcolm Arnold: _Quintet For Brass Op.73_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Bells in the Air _
Joseph Horovitz: _Music Hall Suite_
Lou Pollack arr Paul Nagle:_That's a Plenty!_

Saturday 23 January 2010

When Poetry Sings

*Colorado Conductor's Chorus*
*Lawrence Kaptein*, conductor
*Grace Asquith*, accompanist

Mendelssohn: _Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Regina caeli_
Handel: _Haste thee, nymph (L’Allegro)_
Aaron Copland: _Lark_
Morten Lauridsen: _Mid-Winter Songs_
Ned Rorem: _Tears (From an Unknown Past)_
Antonio Estevez: _Mata del anima sola_ (1916-88)

The Colorado Conductors’ Chorus was founded in the Fall of 2008 by an enthusiastic group of Denver-area choral professionals interested in rehearsing and performing quality choral music at a high artistic level.

*Postponed:*
*John Aley*, trumpet, *Martha Fischer*, piano

The programme features:
Giuseppe Tartini: _Sonata_ for piccolo trumpet and harpsichord
Robert Russell Bennett: _Rose Variations_ for trumpet and piano
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Framed_ for trumpet and piano (American premiere)
John Stevens: _Sonata_ for trumpet and piano

Friday 22 January 2010

Haydn Reloaded

*Matthew Schellhorn*, piano

performs miniatures on Haydn’s name by Debussy, Widor, d'Indy, Dukas, Ravel, Hahn,
_and_
Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Tim Watts, Michael Zev Gordon, Jeremy Thurlow, Colin Riley, *Cecilia McDowall*, plus Haydn

Thursday 24 December 2009

Christmas Eve

*Canterbury Choir*
Garmon Ashby, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_
with brass quintet, percussion and organ

Christmas Eve

*St Philp's Singers*
Garmon Ashby, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_
with brass quintet, percussion and organ

Tuesday 22 December 2009

Home for the Holidays

*Phoenix Chorale*
Charles Bruffy, conductor
Sonoran Brass Quintet

programme to include:
Ola Gjeilo: _Alleluia_; _O Magnum Mysterium_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus Natus Est_
Arvo Pärt: _Seven Magnificat Antiphons_
and Christmas carols

Monday 21 December 2009

Home for the Holidays

*Phoenix Chorale*
Charles Bruffy, conductor
Sonoran Brass Quintet

programme to include:
Ola Gjeilo: _Alleluia_; _O Magnum Mysterium_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus Natus Est_
Arvo Pärt: _Seven Magnificat Antiphons_
and Christmas carols

Sunday 20 December 2009

Home for the Holidays

*Phoenix Chorale*
Charles Bruffy, conductor
Sonoran Brass Quintet

programme to include:
Ola Gjeilo: _Alleluia_; _O Magnum Mysterium_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus Natus Est_
Arvo Pärt: _Seven Magnificat Antiphons_
and Christmas carols

Saturday 19 December 2009

*Arnside Choral Society*
Tracie Penwarden, soprano
Ian Allan, conductor

programme to include:
Bob Chilcott: _A Little Jazz Mass_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus Natus Est_

Family Christmas Concert

*Congleton Choral Society*
*Polyphonic Brass*
Nicholas Concannon, conductor

Christus Natus Est - A Cantata for Christmas - programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_, a cantata for Christmas
Extracts from _Messiah_
Community carols for audience and choir

Home for the Holidays

*Phoenix Chorale*
Charles Bruffy, conductor
Sonoran Brass Quintet

programme to include:
Ola Gjeilo: _Alleluia_; _O Magnum Mysterium_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus Natus Est_
Arvo Pärt: _Seven Magnificat Antiphons_
and Christmas carols

Epworth Choir Charity Christmas Concert

*Epworth Choir*
Katherine Dienes-Williams, guest conductor (Organist and Master of the Choristers, Guildford Cathedral),
organ and brass

programme to include:
Carols Old and New, featuring
John Rutter: _Jesus Child_,
_Joy to the World_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus Natus Est_ a cantata for Christmas)

Christmas Concert

*Renaissance Voices*
Harold Stover, conductor

This year’s program features music from the Renaissance by Byrd, Palestrina, and Guerrero; 20th Century English classics by Vaughan Williams, Howells, and Parry; the Maine premiere of a new work by *Cecilia McDowall*: _Regina caeli_; traditional carols and, of course, seasonal readings shared by members of Renaissance Voices.

Christmas by Candlelight

*Surrey Brass*
Levon Parikian, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_

_a festive programme of seasonal music, words and song._

Home for the Holidays

*Phoenix Chorale*
Charles Bruffy, conductor
Sonoran Brass Quintet

programme to include:
Ola Gjeilo: _Alleluia_; _O Magnum Mysterium_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus Natus Est_
Arvo Pärt: _Seven Magnificat Antiphons_
and Christmas carols

Friday 18 December 2009

Home for the Holidays

*Phoenix Chorale*, Charles Bruffy, conductor
Sonoran Brass Quintet

programme to include:
Ola Gjeilo: _Alleluia_; _O Magnum Mysterium_ (premiere)
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus Natus Est_
Arvo Pärt: _Seven Magnificat Antiphons_
and Christmas carols

Monday 14 December 2009

*Taunton’s College Choir, Community Choir and Orchestra*
Jane Higgins, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Ave maris stella_

Sunday 13 December 2009

*Montrose & Distrct Choral Society*
Ralph Jamieson, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_, a cantata for Christmas

Saturday 12 December 2009

Christmas Concert 2009

*Sittingbourne Orpheus Choral Society*
Andrew Lowen, conductor

For 2009 our Christmas Concert will be accompanied by a brass group. It will contain our usual mix of favourites and audience carols (including Andrew's arrangement of Bob Chilcott's Nova Nova); and this year will include works for a children's choir (*Cecilia McDowall's* Christmas Cantata, _Christus Natus Est_, and John Rutter's _Donkey Carol_).

This Worldes Joie

*St Albans Chamber Choir*
John Gibbons, conductor

Mendelssohn: _Im Advent_
Nicholas Hare: _Welcome Redemption's Dawn_
Arnold Bax: _This Worldes Joie_
Richard Pygott (died 1552): _Quid petis, 0 fili?_
Arnold Bax: _I sing of a maiden that is makeless_
John Gibbons: _Angel's Message_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Annunciation_
Paul Spicer: _How love bleeds_ (_Four Carols for Dark Times_)
_Silent night_ arr. John Gibbons

Glenrothes Choral Society Christmas Concert

*Glenrothes Choral Society*

Christmas music old and new. Includes -
Pergolesi: _Magnificat_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus Natus Est_
Durante and many more old favourites.

Friday 11 December 2009

Christmas Concert

*Giggleswick School Choir*
Darren Everhart, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_

Thursday 10 December 2009

*Giggleswick School Choir*
Darren Everhart, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_

Monday 7 December 2009

Lunchtime concert

*The Backman Trio*
Frida Backman, violin
Ruth Beedham, cello
Marcus Andrews, piano

John Ireland: _Phantasie Trio_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _The Colour of Blossoms_
Felix Mendelssohn: Trio No. 2 in C minor

Saturday 5 December 2009

Winter concert

*The Addison Singers*
David Wordsworth, conductor

programme to include;
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Magnificat_

Music for a Winter's Evening

*Cantemus*, Alan Moore, conductor

programme to include works by Poulenc, Kenneth Leighton, Schütz, Victoria, Bach, Lassus,
*Cecilia McDowall*, Britten and Darke

Sunday 29 November 2009

Advent Service of Lessons and Carols

*Canto Deo Chamber Choir*
Jonathan Brown, conductor

service to include;
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Annunciation_

Saturday 28 November 2009

*Piano 40*:
2 pianos, 4 pianists, 40 digits

programme to include:
Charles Camilleri: _Divertimento_
Edmund Joliffe: _Carnival_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Piano Forty_
Andrew Peggie: _Octo-Pagainni_
Brian Chapple: _Burlesque_
Smetana: _Rondo_
Moscheles: _Grand Duo_

Advent Vigil

*Canto Deo Chamber Choir*
Jonathan Brown, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Annunciation_

Sunday 22 November 2009

Woking Concert Society

Helen Reid, piano

Alexander Skryabin: Six Preludes from Op. 11
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Colour is the Keyboard_
Robert Schumann: _Faschingswank aus Wien Op. 26_
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata in A flat Op. 110
Claude Debussy: _Nocturne; L'Île Joyeuse_

Wednesday 18 November 2009

Festival of St. Cecilia, Musicians Benevolent Fund

*The Choirs of St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral*
Andrew Carwood, Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral

Festival service to include the
Musicians Benevolent Fund new anthem:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Deus, portus pacis_
(world premiere)

Tuesday 17 November 2009

Piano Trio Society

*English Piano Trio*

programme to include
*Cecilia McDowall*: _The Colour of Blossoms_

Sunday 15 November 2009

*University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Concert Choir*
Philip Copeland, conductor


programme to include:
William Byrd: Haec Dies
Zoltan Kodaly: Esti dal
Vytautas Miškinis, Toivo Tuula,Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
Cecilia McDowall: Regina Caeli
a diverse programme of music from five centuries and five nations

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Concert Choir
Philip Copeland, conductor

programme to include:
William Byrd: _Haec Dies_
Zoltan Kodaly: _Esti dal_
Vytautas Miškinis, Toivo Tuula,Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Regina Caeli_
_a diverse programme of music from five centuries and five nations_

Friday 13 November 2009

Derby Chamber Music

Helen Reid, piano

Janacek: _In the Mists_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Colour is the Keyboard_
Schumann: _Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op.26 (Viennese Carnival)_
Beethoven: _Sonata in A flat, Op.110_
Debussy: _Nocturne in D flat_
Debussy: _L’isle Joyeuse_

Thursday 12 November 2009

Chaconne Brass 25th Anniversary Concert

*Chaconne Brass*
Avirbhav Verma

Dowland: Lute songs (arr Chaconne and Matthew Allsop)
Emily White: _Tripudium_
Matthew Allsop: _Shaping the Invisible_, for quintet and electro-acoustic tape
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Tango Oscuro_
Jacob van Eyck (arr Torbjorn Hultmark): _Doen Daphne d’over schoone Maeght_
Edward Longstaff: Symphony for Brass
Torbjörn Hultmark: A Lullaby, for quintet and electro-acoustic tape (BBC Commission, World Première)
Mark Kesel: _Nachna_, for quintet and tabla
Torbjörn Hultmark: _An Iberian Draft_ (after the 2nd movement of Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez)
Plus arrangements and improvisations with tabla and guitar

To be broadcast on BBC _Hear and Now_

Cambridge Festival

Matthew Schellhorn, piano
John McMunn, tenor
Alec Frank-Gemmill, horn

Britten: _Still falls the rain_, for tenor, horn and piano
Britten: _Now sleeps the Crimson Petal_, for tenor, horn and piano
Haydn: _Variations in F minor_, for piano
Jeremy Thurlow: _Unbidden Visions_, for tenor, horn and piano (world premiere)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Michael Zev Gordon, *Cecilia McDowall*, Colin Riley, Jeremy Thurlow, Tim Watts: _Homage to Haydn_, for piano (world premiere)
Mendelssohn: Selected songs for tenor and piano
Schubert: _Auf dem Strom_, for tenor, horn and piano

Wednesday 11 November 2009

Music for Remembrance Day

*Oakham Chamber Choir*
Peter Davis, conductor

programme to include:
Handel: _De torrente in via bibet (Dixit Dominus)_
Angus McPhee: _Agnus Dei_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Ave maris stella_

Midday Music

*The Backman Trio*
Frida Backman, violin
Ruth Beedham, cello
Marcus Andrews, piano

John Ireland: _Phantasie Trio_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _The Colour of Blossoms_
Felix Mendelssohn: _Trio No. 2 in C minor_

Wednesday 4 November 2009

Haydn Anniversary Concert

*Estherhazy Singers of London*
Daniel Moult, organ
Esther Jones, conductor

Haydn: _Creation Mass_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Thy voice, o Harmony, is divine_ (London premiere)
Motets by Bruckner and Mendelssohn

Sunday 1 November 2009

The 2009 British Horn Festival

Horns Aloud

*Cecilia McDowall*: new work for horn quartet, Nocturne:
1. _Distance and Moon_
2. _Under the brim of his hat_

Early evening recital

Haruko Motohashi, violin, Masachi Nishiyama, piano

Schubert: _Rondo Brilliante_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Strange Violin, are you following me?_
Britten: _Three pieces from the Suite op.6_
Beethoven: _Violin Sonata in G Major Op.96, no.10_

Saturday 31 October 2009

Rebecca Rudge, soprano,
Andrew Rupp, baritone
*St Albans Choral Society*
Orchestra Nova
George Vass, conductor

Haydn: _Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo in B flat (Kleine Orgelmesse)_
*Cecilia McDowall* _Ad Lucem - A Canticle of Light_
Vasks: _Dona nobis pacem_
Other choral works by Mozart

Friday 30 October 2009

Rebecca Rudge, soprano,
Andrew Rupp, baritone
*St Albans Choral Society*
Orchestra Nova
George Vass, conductor

Haydn: _Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo in B flat (Kleine Orgelmesse)_
*Cecilia McDowall* _Ad Lucem - A Canticle of Light_
Vasks: _Dona nobis pacem_
Other choral works by Mozart

Saturday 24 October 2009

Hoddesdon Music Society

Helen Reid, piano

Scriabin: Six Preludes
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Colour in the Keyboard_ Schumann: _Carnival Jest_
Beethoven: _Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major_ Debussy: _L'Isle Joyeuse_

Meditations

Rebecca Rudge, soprano, Andrew Rupp, baritone
*St Albans Choral Society*
Orchestra Nova
George Vass, conductor

Mozart: _Divertimento in F, K138_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Ad Lucem - A Canticle of Light_ (commissioned by Alan McGlynn for the St Albans Choral Society - world premiere).
Haydn: _Missa Brevis in B flat, 'Little Organ Mass_
Vasks: _Dona nobis pacem_
Debussy: _Danse sacrée et danse profane_
Finzi: _In terra pax, Op 38_

Sunday 18 October 2009

Canterbury Festival

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

Bach: _O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht,_ BWV118
Tarik O’Regan: _Three Motets from Sequence for St Wulfstan_
Brahms: _Geistliches Lied,_ Op 30
*Cecilia McDowall*: _I know that my Redeemer liveth_
Mendelssohn: _Verleih uns Frieden_ Bruckner: _Three Motets (Ave Maria,Locus iste, Christus factus est_)
Joe Duddell: _The Realside_
Mozart _Motet: Ave verum corpus, K618_
John McCabe: _The Evening Watch_
Bach: _Motet: Lobet den Herrn,_ BWV230

Afternoon concert

Martin Smith, violin
Sarah Down, piano

Janacek: _Sonata_ for violin and piano
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Strange Violin_
Brahms: _Violin Sonata no 1 in G Major, Op.78_

Saturday 17 October 2009

Little Missenden Festival of Music and the Arts

James Kreiling, piano

David Matthews: _Two Dionysus Dithyrambs op94_
John McCabe: _Tenebrae_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Shades of Solace; Vespers in Venice_
Maurice Ravel: _Gaspard de la Nuit_

_Little Missenden Festival of Music and the Arts; still thriving in its 50th anniversary year. The 50th Festival takes place from 9th to 18th October, 2009._

Thursday 15 October 2009

80th Anniversary Season - Gloucester Music Society

*Zephyr*
_A programme to celebrates the 70th birthday of John McCabe and the centenary of the birth of Gilbert Vinter._

Holst: _Wind Quintet Op 14 in Ab major_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Winter Music_
Paul Patterson: _Westerly Winds Op 84_
Gilbert Vinter: _Two Miniatures_
John McCabe: _Postcards for Wind Quintet_
Malcolm Arnold: _Divertimento for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet_
Norman Hallam: _Dance Suite_

Saturday 3 October 2009

Morning concert

Martin Smith, violin

Janacek: _Sonata_ for violin and piano
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Strange Violin_
Brahms: _Violin Sonata no 1 in G Major, Op.78_

Saturday 26 September 2009

Matthew Schellhorn

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Colour is the Keyboard_

Thursday 17 September 2009

Haruko Motohashi, violin, Masachi Nishiyama, piano

Elgar: _Chanson de Nuit/Matin_
Beethoven: _Violin sonata in D Major, Op.12 no.1_
Prokofiev: _Five melodies for violin and piano, Op.35bis_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Strange Violin, are you following me?_
Franck: _Violin Sonata in A Major_

Monday 31 August 2009

Presteigne Festival

Gemma Rosefield, cello
Gretel Dowdeswell, piano

Felix Mendelssohn: _Variations Concertantes, Op17_
Huw Watkins: _Cello Sonatain C, Op 102 No1_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Falling Angels_
Bohuslav Martinu: _Variations on a theme of Rossini_

Sunday 30 August 2009

Presteigne Festival Eucharist

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

*Cecilia McDowall*: Introit: _I have done is was mine to do_
William Mathias: _Missa Aedis Christi, Op 92_
John McCabe: _The Evening Watch_
William Harris: _Faire is the heaven_
William Mathias: _Let the people praise thee, O God, Op 87_

Saturday 29 August 2009

Presteigne Festival

Pippa Goss, soprano
Catherine King, mezzo-soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Michael Bundy, bass
Richard Watkins, horn
City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
Presteigne Festival Orchestra
George Vass, conductor

John McCabe: _Red Leaves_
Huw Watkins: _Nocturne for horn and small orchestra_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Laudate_
Joseph Haydn: _Mass in Time of War_

Tuesday 25 August 2009

Summer series of organ concerts

Daniel Bishop, organ

Johann Sebastian Bach: _Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546_
Herbert Howells: _Psalm Prelude 'Out of the deep have I called unto Thee, O Lord' Set 2 No 1_
Henry Purcell: _Trumpet Voluntary in D_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Hornpipe_ from '6 Pastiches'
Charles-Marie Widor: _Toccata from 'Symphony No 5', Op 42_

A lunchtime concert showcasing the talents of the organists of St Saviour’s Church and from around the country.

Monday 10 August 2009

Dartington International Summer School

Trio D'Art: Paul Archibald, trumpet, John Kenny, trombone and Helen Reid, piano

*Cecilia McDowall*: _Le Temps Viendra_ (premiere for trumpet, trombone and piano)
programme to include works by David Robertson (world première, Somei Satoh, Hikari, Daniel Schnyder and Damase

Sunday 2 August 2009

London Concord Singers
Malcolm Cottle, conductor

Giovanni Gabrieli: _Deus qui Beatum Marcum_
Peter Philips: _O Crux, splendidor_
Anton Bruckner: _Ave Maria; Christus Factus Est_
Samuel Sebastian Wesley: _Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace_
Judith Bingham: _The Darkness is no Darkness_
Jonathan Dove: _I am the Day_
Haward Helvey: _Three Teasdale Madrigals_
*Cecilia McDowall* _Regina Coeli_

Saturday 1 August 2009

London Concord Singers
Malcom Cottle, conductor

Giovanni Gabrieli: _Deus qui Beatum Marcum_
Peter Philips: _O Crux, splendidor_
Orlandus Lassus: _Missa Ad imitationem Vinum bonum: Kyrie/Credo/Agnus_
Anton Bruckner: _Ave Maria; Christus Factus Est_
Samuel Sebastian Wesley: _Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace_
Judith Bingham: _The Darkness is no Darkness_
Jonathan Dove: _I am the Day_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Regina Coeli_

Friday 24 July 2009

Concert in aid of the church restoration fund

The Cavendish Singers
Manvinder Rattan, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _O, No John_ _(A Fancy of Folksongs)_

Tuesday 21 July 2009

Conwy Classical Music Festival

Isd Trio (soprano, flute and piano)

*Cecilia McDowall*: _Four Shakespeare Songs_

Tuesday 14 July 2009

King Leo: the eco-musical

St Andrew's CE Primary School Choir
Paul Withams, conductor

*Cecilia McDowall* _King Leo_

Monday 13 July 2009

King Leo: the eco-musical

St Andrew's CE Primary School Choir
Paul Withams, conductor

*Cecilia McDowall*: _King Leo_

Saturday 11 July 2009

King Leo: the eco-cantata

Chelmsford Youth Choirs
Simon Warne, conductor

*Cecilia McDowall*: _King Leo_; _A Fancy of Folksongs_
Alexander L'Strange: _Loves Philosophy_

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Magdalen College School Concert

The Oxford Sixth, Magdalen College School Choir
Jon Cullen, conductor
Hanover Band

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Thy voice, o Harmony, is divine_ (premiere)

Sunday 21 June 2009

Michel Sedgwick, trumpet
Maurice Hodges, piano

Torelli: _Concerto in D_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _The Night Trumpeter_
Haydn: _Trumpet Concerto_

Thursday 18 June 2009

Bedford Park Festival

The Greenwich Trio (winners of the Solti Foundation Award)

Beethoven:_Allegretto_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Cavatina at Midnight_
Mendelssohn: _Piano Trio No2 in C minor_

Bring a picnic to have afterwards in the garden.

Sunday 14 June 2009

Andrew Bernardi, violin
Helen Reid, piano
Zoe Peate and the Amici Voices

*Cecilia McDowall*: _Strange Violin, are you following me?_

Saturday 6 June 2009

London Pro Arte Choir
Robin Kimber, conductor

Bach _Magnificat_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Ave Maris Stella_
Purcell _They that go down
to the sea in ships_

Tuesday 2 June 2009

Philip Haworth (oboe)

*Cecilia McDowall*: _White Fox Woman_
a mini opera for voice and oboe

Sunday 17 May 2009

London Festival of Contemporary Church Music

_Sunday before Ascension_
Choral Eucharist
Preacher: The Ven. Dr Bill Jacobs

Introit: _Hear my prayer, O Lord_ - Hugh Collins Rice,
Mass: _Missa Brevis_ - Jonathan Dove (lp),
Motet: _I know that my redeemer liveth_ - *Cecilia McDowall* (lp),
Voluntary: _Scherzo on Gopsal_ - Alan Smith

Wednesday 13 May 2009

Sharon Reading (oboe)

*Cecilia McDowall:* _White Fox Woman_
a mini opera for voice and oboe

Tuesday 12 May 2009

In Praise of Women

Londinium
Madeleine Lovell, conductor

Byrd: Benedicta et venerabilis - Virgo Dei genitrix from Gradualia 1 -
Byrd: Gaude Maria from Gradualia 1
Duruflé: Tota pulchra es
Tarik O'Regan: Columba aspexit
Rachmaninov: Bogoroditsye Dyevo
Grieg: Ave maris stella
Bruckner: Ave Maria
*Cecilia McDowall*: Regina Caeli
Bennet: All creatures now
Morley: April is in my mistress' face
Farmer: Fair Phyllis
Elgar (from Part-songs, Op. 18): O Happy Eyes; My love dwelt in a Northern Land
Vaughan Williams (from Elizabethan Songs): The Willow Song; O Mistress Mine
Barber: Reincarnations (Mary Hynes; Anthony O Daly; The Coolin)
Whitacre: With a lily in your hand

Muse, Mother of God, Mistress: woman in all her guises is the beguiling subject of Londinium's concert In Praise of Women, which celebrates the inspirational role of the feminine for composers from the Renaissance to the present.

Starring a myriad of female characters, from the spotless Virgin to the cold-hearted mistress, In Praise of Women (conceived and conducted by Londinium's Musical Director Madeleine Lovell) is a musical feast, featuring motets and madrigals from the English Renaissance, sacred music by Rachmaninov, Grieg, Bruckner and Duruflé, part-songs by Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Samuel Barber and Eric Whitacre, and works by contemporary composers Tarik O'Regan and Cecilia McDowall.

Saturday 9 May 2009

London Festival of Contemporary Church Music Opening Concert

7.15pm Pre-concert talk: Jonathan Harvey
8.00pm Opening Concert: A Celebration of the Choral Music of Jonathan Harvey,
The Joyful Company of Singers, Peter Broadbent, conductor


Jonathan Harvey: _Come, Holy Ghost_, _The Royal banners forward go_, _How could the soul not take flight?_
Roxanna Panufnik: _Prayer_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Deus qui claro lumine_
Kerry Andrew: _Dusk Songs_

Monday 4 May 2009

Shipley Arts Festival

Trinity String Ensemble
Nic Pendlebury, conductor
Shipley String Academy
West Sussex County Youth Dance Company
Justine Reeves, choreographer

programme to include:
Strauss: Metamorphosen
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Great Hills_

Sunday 3 May 2009

Addison Singers, Edward Kemp-Luck, organ, David Wordsworth, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Ave maris stella_

Solemn Mass

The Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Martin Baker, conductor

*Cecilia McDowall* _A Canterbury Mass_

Saturday 2 May 2009

Addison Singers, Edward Kemp-Luck, organ,
David Wordsworth, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Ave maris stella_

Monday 27 April 2009

Flute Quartet _Confour_

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Hotfoot_

Sunday 26 April 2009

Flute Quartet _Confour_

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Hotfoot_

Eucharist

Aurora Nova, Patrick Craig, conductor

Service to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Rise heart; thy Lord is risen_

Saturday 25 April 2009

Flute Quartet _Confour_

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Hotfoot_

Sunday 19 April 2009

Lunchtime concert

Flute Quartet _Confour_

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Hotfoot_

Saturday 18 April 2009

London Welsh Brass Ensemble

Anon _Die bankelsangerlieder_
Karl Jenkins _Salm o Dewi Sant_
Samuel Sheidt _Suite_
Howarth _Pasce Tuos_
Victor Ewald _Symphony for Brass_
Spiritual _Just a Closer Walk with Thee_
Horovitz _Music Hall Suite_
Traditional _Come Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl_
*Cecilia McDowall* _Tango Oscuro_
Paul Nagle _The Roaring Twenties_

Friday 17 April 2009

English Piano Trio

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _The Colour of Blossoms_

Thursday 16 April 2009

Leith Hill Music Festival

Epsom Choral Society
Robin Kimber, conductor

programme to include in 'own choice' category
*Cecilia McDowall* _I know that my redeemer liveth_

Saturday 11 April 2009

Easter night vigil

Choir of St James's, Sussex Gardens
Robin Kimber, conductor

Lassus _Mass for double choir_
*Cecilia McDowall* _I know that my redeemer liveth_ (London premiere)

Saturday 4 April 2009

London Orpheus Choir
London Orpheus Orchestra
James Gaddarn, conductor

Antonín Dvorák _Te Deum_ Op 103
*Cecilia McDowall* _Ave Maris Stella_
Gabriel Fauré _Requiem_ Op 48
Francis Poulenc _Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor_

Sunday 29 March 2009

Weibermusik

Ensemble Tityre

*Cecilia McDowall* _Not just a place_ for flute, oboe/cor and piano

Friday 27 March 2009

Flute Quartet _Confour_

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Hotfoot_

Thursday 26 March 2009

Peter Fisher, violin
Peter Hewitt, piano

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Strange violin, are you following me?_

Easter Concert

London Concord Singers
Malcolm Cottrell, conductor

Mendelssohn _100th psalm (Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt_
Mendelssohn _Nunc dimittis (Herr, nun lässet du deinen Diener fahren)_
Mendelssohn _Trauergesang_
J.S. Bach _Jesu, meine Freude_
Claudio Monteverdi _Lauda Jerusalem_
Vittoria _Alma Redemptoris Mater_
Morales _Sancta et immaculata Virginitas_
Gesualdo _Tristis est anima mea_
*Cecilia McDowall* _Regina Caeli_

Sunday 22 March 2009

charity concert in aid of Houses for Heroes

Peter Fisher, violin
Peter Hewitt, piano


programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Strange violin, are you following me?_

Saturday 21 March 2009

Epsom Choral Society

Brahms _A German Requiem_
*Cecilia McDowall* _I know that my redeemer liveth_ (premiere)

Friday 20 March 2009

English Piano Trio

Haydn _Trios in C and G minor_ Hob.XV:21 and 19
Beethoven _Trio in C minor_ op.1 no.3
David Matthews _All will grow Great and Powerful again_ (premiere)
*Cecilia McDowall* _The Colour of Blossoms_ (premiere)
Joseph Phibbs _The Palace of the Winds_ (premiere)

Monday 9 March 2009

Luton Music Club

Gemma Rosefield, cello
Simon Lepper, piano


Frescobaldi _Toccata_
*Cecilia McDowall* _Falling Angels_
Grieg _Sonata in A minor Op 36_
Chopin _Sonata in G minor Op 65_
Martinu _Variations on a theme of Rossini_

Sunday 8 March 2009

Weibermusik

Ensemble Tityre

*Cecilia McDowall* _Not just a place_ for flute, oboe/cor and piano

Saturday 28 February 2009

David Sonin's Memorial Concert

Deborah Calland, trumpet
Jennifer Bate, organ
Sally Silver, soprano
Penelope Thwaite, piano
Gemma Rosefield, cello
Nicola Eimer, piano
Highgate Choral Society
Charles Owen, piano
Wihan quartet


Handel _Let the bright seraphim_ (trumpet and organ)
Handel _Eternal source of light divine_ (soprano)
Grainger _Colonial song_ (piano)
Haydn _Andante and variations_ (piano)
*Cecilia McDowall* _Falling Angels_ (cello and piano)
Fauré _In Paradisum_ (Requiem), _Cantique de Jean Racine_
Chopin _Sonata no.3 in B minor_ (piano)
Schubert _Impromptu_ op.142 no.3 (piano)
Bach _Toccata and Fugue in D minor_ (organ)
Schubert Quintet 1st two movements
Parry _I was glad_

All proceeds will be donated to St. Luke's Hospice

Wednesday 18 February 2009

Rush Hour Concert

Emily Pettet, violin
Laura Cook, flute
Davey Berryman, flute
University of Surrey Chamber Orchestra

Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.4
*Cecilia McDowall* _Great Hills_

Monday 9 February 2009

Bluecoat Concert

Christ's Hospital choir, orchestra, brass, wind and jazz ensemble

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _The night garden_ from _Lonely Hearts_

Sunday 25 January 2009

Mill Hill Music Club

*Sonus Ensemble*
Cunnold, soprano
Louisa Barry, mezzo-soprano
Merel van der Knoop, piano
Jezz James, tenor

*Cecilia McDowall* Shakespeare songs: _How should I my truelove know?_
_First Rehearse_

An exciting group of young, talented artistes performing an evening of songs from the operas and musicals all inspired by Shakespeare.

Saturday 17 January 2009

The Thorne Trio
Ilid Jones, oboe, Esther Sheridan, clarinet, Alex Thornloe, bassoon

Handel arr. A. Thorneloe _Arrival of the Queen of Sheba_
Mozart _Divertimento No. 4_
Bach _Suite III: Bourree 1 & II_ for Solo Bassoon
Gordon Jacob _Preamble & Homage to J.S.B._, from _Five Pieces_ for Solo Clarinet
*Cecilia McDowall* _Century Dances_
Julius Fucik _Stary brucoun_
Haydn _Divertimento No. 2_ for Solo Oboe
Ibert _Cinq Pieces en Trio_
Britten _Six Metamorphoses After Ovid_, for Solo Oboe
Elgar _Chanson du Matin_
Stefan de Haan _Divertimento_

Friday 9 January 2009

Park Lane Group

Horns Aloud

*Cecilia McDowall* _Distance and Moon_ for Horn Quartet

Lunchtime concert

Sian Phillips, violin
Per Rundberg, piano

*Cecilia McDowall* _Strange violin, are you following me?_

Wednesday 24 December 2008

Christmas concert


*Cecilia McDowall*: Christus Natus Est (chamber orchestra version)

Tuesday 23 December 2008

Christmas concert

*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_

Saturday 20 December 2008

Christmas concert

Worthing Choral Society, Rose Setten, soprano,
Adrian Bawtree, conductor
with St Botolph's Church Choir
Salvation Army Band


programme to include
*Cecilia McDowall* _Christus natus est_

Alton Choral Society
Christopher Gardner, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Of a Rose_

Angels we have heard on high

Northampton Bach Choir
Northampton High School Junior Choir+
Lee Dunleavy, conductor
Kate Miller, conductor+

*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_
with selections from Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Carols old and new

Wednesday 17 December 2008

Academy Voices, John Hancorn, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Ave maris stella_

Tuesday 16 December 2008

Christmas lunchtime concert

Trinity Boys Choir
David Swinson, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall* _Christus natus est_

Sunday 14 December 2008

Christmas Concert

Helensburgh Oratorio Choir
Martin Speller, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_

Saturday 13 December 2008

Christmas Carol Concert

Horsley Choral Society
David Wordsworth, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Angels for the Nativity_

Christmas Concert 2008

Harrow Choral Society
Brass, organ and percussion
Simon Williams, conductor

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_

Christmas Classics

Sussex Voiceworks
Mardi Brass
Peter Farrant, conductor

to include: Handel's Messiah
and seasonal favourites by Mozart, Tavener, RVW and popular carols for all.
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_

A dazzling array of seasonal favourites with traditional _carol for all_. Special guests will be one of London’s Premiere Brass Ensemble's _MardiBrass_ who return by popular demand. Famous Christmas music from Handel's _Messiah_ will feature alongside McDowall's joyous and powerful Christmas Cantata _Christus Natus Est_. V.Williams' dramatic _Old Hundredth_ will open the programme to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of his death and marriage at All Saint's Church Hove in 1897.

Royal College of Music Junior Department

Royal College of Music Choir
Royal College of Music Brass
Neil Ferris, conductor

*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christus natus est_

Home for the Holidays

Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra,
Donald Kendrick, conductor



to include: Christmas carols old and new.
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Angelus ad virginem_ (_Christus natus est_)

Sunday 7 December 2008

A Christmas Journey

The Joyful Company of Singers
Peter Broadbent, conductor



A Christmas Journey from the prophecies of Isaiah as set by Palestrina in the 16th Century, to the Annunciation as presented in very different ways by *Cecilia McDowall* and Bob Chilcott, to the Birth of Jesus with attendant Angels and Shepherds through to the arrival of the three Kings, as interpreted by Byrd, Victoria, Poulenc and others, this programme celebrates the whole Christmas story. The second half offers arrangements of popular Christmas melodies by composers ranging from Vaughan Williams to Andrew Carter, with a typically irreverent view from Tom Lehrer.

Saturday 6 December 2008

Christmas Concert

London Pro Arte Choir
conductor, Robin Kimber

Schubert: _Mass in Eb_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _A Fancy of Folksongs_

Advent Concert

The Hill Singers
Iestyn Evans, conductor

programme to include;
_Christus natus est_

Thursday 4 December 2008

Lunchtime recital

Damian Thantrey, baritone and Peter Hewitt, piano

Programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Christmas Eve at Sea_

Sunday 30 November 2008

Winter Solstice Concert

Camerata California
Ava DeLara
Daniel Canosa, conductor

Goecki, Totus Tuus
Puccini, Magnificat
Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb
John Rutter, What Sweeter Music
*Cecilia McDowall* _Christus natus est_

Thursday 27 November 2008

Andover Music Club

The Thorne Trio

programme to include:
Century Dances

Sunday 23 November 2008

Choral Evensong

Choir of Exeter College
Alistair Reid, conductor
Revd Dr Laurence Whitley, Minister of Glasgow Cathedral, preacher

Ayleward: _Preces and Responses_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _St Martin's Canticles_
MacMillan: _Christus Vincit_

Saturday 22 November 2008

St Cecilia's Day concert

Joanne Dexter, soprano
Clare McCaldin, mezzo-soprano
Orchestra Nova
Northampton Bach Choir
Lee Dunleavy, conductor

*Cecilia McDowall*: _Magnificat_
William Alwyn _Autumn Legend_
John Rutter _Magnificat_

This concert compares and contrasts two different settings of the Magnificat, the song of praise of the Virgin Mary, by two living composers. Autumn Legend was written by the Northampton born composer William Alwyn for solo Cor Anglais and strings.

Monday 17 November 2008

10th anniversary of the Cavatina Chamber Music Trust

Wihan Quartet
Carducci Quartet
The Thorne Trio
Catriona Scott, clarinet, Gemma Rosefield, cello, Michael Dussek, piano

*Cecilia McDowall*: _Cavatina at Midnight_ (clarinet, cello and piano)

Sunday 16 November 2008

Solemn Mass

Westminster Cathedral Choir
Martin Baker, conductor

*Cecilia McDowall*: _A Canterbury Mass_

Saturday 15 November 2008

Spirit and Song

Sacramento State University Concert Choir
Donald Kendrick, conductor

programme to include:
Bob Chilcott _The Making of the Drum_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _A Fancy of Folksongs_

Wednesday 12 November 2008

John McCabe, piano

Knussen: Prayer Bell Sketch
David Ellis: Old Willows
Casken: The Haunting Bough
Joubert: Piano Sonata No 2
Emily Howard: Sky and Water
*Cecilia McDowall*: Four Piano Solos
McCabe: Tenebrae

Sunday 9 November 2008

Caroline Whitaker (soprano)
Fine Arts String Orchestra
Warren Cohen, conductor

Handel: _Concert Grosso_ Op.6 no.5
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Four Shakespeare Songs_ for soprano and strings
Parry: _Lady Radnor Suite_

Friday 24 October 2008

Contemporary English Choral Church Music

Kantorei,
University of Iowa School of Music Choir
Dr Timothy Stalter, conductor

*Cecilia McDowall*: _Ave Regina_, _Regina Caeli_
Gabriel Jackson: Three works
Paul Spicer: _How Love Bleeds_
Jonathan Harvey: _The Angels_
Howard Skempton: _The Flight of Song_

Saturday 18 October 2008

Little Missenden Festival

Gemma Rosefield, cello, Nicola Eimer, piano

Shostakovich _Sonata for cello and piano in D minor_
Ralph Vaughan Williams _Six studies in English folk song_
James Francis Brown _Prospero’s Isle_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Falling Angels_

Sunday 12 October 2008

Meditations

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

Ralph Vaughan Williams _Te Deum in G_
Henry Purcell _Trumpet Tune and Air_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _I have done_
Frank Martin _Mass for double choir_
James MacMillan _In splendoribus sanctorum_
John Tavener _Song for Athene_
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Three Antiphons_
Michael Tippett _Spirituals from A Child of Our Time_
James Macmillan _Magnificat_

Friday 10 October 2008

Portsmouth Grammar School CD launch

The Portsmouth Chamber Choir
Andrew Cleary, conductor
London Mozart Players string quintet

CD A Song more Silent: New Works for Remembrance

*Cecilia McDowall*: _Ave maris stella_

Wednesday 8 October 2008

Song Festival

Sarah Poole, soprano

programme to include:
*Cecilia McDowall*: Bronte Song cycle, _Retrospection_, _Poor Captive Dove_, and _Snow_.

Friday 26 September 2008

Ave maris stella

Priory Singers
Richard Prince, conductor

programme to include
*Cecilia McDowall*: _Ave maris stella_

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_

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
John Walmsley, conductor,

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

Christmas Carol Concert

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

programme to include
Cecilia McDowall: _Christus Natus Est_

South Chiltern Choral Society Christmas Concert

South Chiltern Choral Society
conductor: Gwyn Arch

programme to include
Cecilia McDowall: _Christus Natus Est_

Saturday 15 December 2007

Christmas Carol Concert

South Holland Singers
Rodin Carter, conductor

programme to include
Cecilia McDowall: _Christus Natus Est_

Christmas Concert

Concord Singers
Mary Lock, conductor
Bedford Choral Society


Cecilia McDowall:
_Now may we singen as it is_ (premiere)

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

Sing this Night

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

Carols for all
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_

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_

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_

Tuesday 9 January 2007

Helen Reid, piano

Cecilia McDowall: _Colour is the Keyboard_