Recent Performances Gaudete On Sunday 14th December, the choir of
All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London, conductor Paul Brough, gave the liturgical premiere of my motet
Gaudete . The performance was part of Evensong and Benediction at All Saints Church.
Gaudete is from volume 1 of the collection
Tempus per Annum .
Puer natus est nobis
Also from
Tempus per Annum , my motet
Puer natus est nobis was premiered by
The Chapelle du Roi, conductor Alistair Dixon, at their concert 'The Marriage of Englandand Spain' at St. John's Smith Square, London on Saturday 20th December2009.
Jesu Rex Gloriae
My motet for the Feast of Christ the King,
Jesu Rex Gloriaereceived a revival at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Cadogan Street,Chelsea. It was sung at High Mass on Sunday 23rd November by St. Mary'sLatin Mass Choir, conductor Malcolm Cottle.
Faith, Hope and Charity on the Radio
Faith, Hope and Charity , in the version for string orchestra, was featured on the BBC Radio 3 programme
Radio 3 Requestson Sunday 12th October 2008. The show played the recording of the workby violinist Simon Baggs and the strings of the Chameleon ArtsOrchestra, conductor Paul Brough, from my CD
The Testament of Dr. Cranmer which was released in 2007.
Publication of Tempus per Annum - volume 2 This Autumn the 2nd volume of
Tempus per Annum was published by Spherical Editions. Volume 2 contains 22 motets forLent, Passiontide and Ascension. When complete the collection willcover the entire Church's year in 72 motets, so volume 2 means I amhalf way through.
Lucis Creator Optime - Saturday March 7th On Saturday March 7th, at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Cadogan Street, Chelsea, my motet
Lucis Creator Optime will be premiered by the
15B Consort at their concert
Star of the Evening - Music for Vespers . The concert centres around music for Vespers and Marian motets.
Lucis Creator Optime is a setting of the vespers hymn, my second setting of the text, this time unaccompanied. The
15B Consort is drawn from members of my choir
FifteenB and consists of Rowena Wells, Alison Cross, Sally Prime, Robert Hugill, Katie Boot and John McLeod.
The Woodward Scale - Saturday 16th May 'Light breeze. Vending machine cups may roll.
Light carrier- and dry-cleaning bags rustle'
On Saturday 16th May 2009, as part of the
Music Under the Pyramid concert series at Christ Church, Redford Way, Uxbridge,
London Concord Singers , conductor Malcolm Cottle, will be giving the premiere of
The Woodward Scale. The work sets Antony Woodwards' amusing modern day re-write of theBeaufort Wind Scale used to estimate wind strengths. The original textto
The Woodward Scale appeared in Country Life in 2002.