2008's engagements

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Saturday 16 February 2008 at 1pm

Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

Polyphony

Stephen Layton conductor

Poulenc Timor et Tremor
Pärt .which was the son of...
Poulenc Vinea Mea Electa
Pärt Dopo la Vittoria
Pärt Magnificat
Pärt Nunc Dimittis
Poulenc Tenebrae Factae Sunt
Pärt I Am the True Vine
Poulenc Tristis Est Anima Mea
Pärt Morning Star
Pärt Da Pacem Domine


Saturday 8 March 2008 at 7.45pm

St George's Church, High Street, Beckenham. BR3 1AX.

Helena Dix soprano
Graham Neal tenor
David Stout baritone

Beckenham Chorale

James Blair conductor

Lambert The Rio Grande
Orff Carmina Burana


Sunday 9 March 2008 at 6.30pm

St Giles Parish Church, Matlock, Derbyshire.

Graham Neal tenor
Julian Empett baritone

Stephen Oxley conductor
Tom Corfield organ

Stainer The Crucifixion


Friday 14 March 2008 at 7.30pm

Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London.

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Michael Chance counter-tenor
Ian Bostridge tenor/Evangelist
Roderick Williams bass
James Rutherford bass/Christus

Polyphony
Academy of Ancient Music

Stephen Layton conductor

JS Bach St John Passion


Saturday 15 March 2008 at 7.30pm

St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Bromley, Kent.

Graham Neal evangelista
James Oldfield Jesus
Gareth Dayus-Jones Pilatus and bass arias
Meeta Ravel soprano
Timothy Garrard
countertenor
Timothy Kiddell 
tenor

Bromley Parish Church Singers

Thomas Corns conductor

JS Bach St John Passion (sung in English)


Sun 16 March 2008 at 3.00pm

All Saints' Pastoral Centre, London Colney, Main Chapel

Graham Neal tenor

Quorum

Ewart Hopkins conductor

Georg Frideric Handel Messiah (Part 2)
Georg Frideric Handel Chandos Anthem No. 9, 'O praise the Lord with one consent'


Friday 21 March 2008 at 7pm

Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, HM Tower of London

The Choir of the Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London

Colm Carey conductor
Sam Gladstone organ

A concert of Lenten music


Friday 28 March 2008 at 7.30pm

Norwich Cathedral

Elin Manahan Thomas soprano
Iestyn Davies counter tenor
Allan Clayton tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams baritone
Jacqueline Shave violin

Polyphony
Britten Sinfonia

Stephen Layton conductor

Fauré Requiem
Pawel Lukaszewski Via Crucis (UK première tour)


Saturday 29 March 2008 at 7.30pm

Concert Hall, West Road, Cambridge

Elin Manahan Thomas soprano
Iestyn Davies counter tenor
Allan Clayton tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams baritone
Jacqueline Shave violin

Polyphony
Britten Sinfonia

Stephen Layton conductor

Fauré Requiem
Pawel Lukaszewski Via Crucis (UK première tour)


Saturday 5 April 2008 at 6.30pm

Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Carolyn Sampson soprano
Iestyn Davies alto
James Gilchrist tenor
Peter Harvey baritone

Ex Cathedra
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Jeffrey Skidmore conductor

Handel Messiah


Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 7.30pm

St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth

Cappella Nova

Alan Taverner director

Victoria Missa Laetatus sum
Victoria Motets and Polyphonic Hymns


Thursday 8 May 2008 at 7.30pm

Greyfriar's Kirk, Edinburgh

Cappella Nova

Alan Taverner director

Victoria Missa Laetatus sum
Victoria Motets and Polyphonic Hymns


Friday 9 May 2008 at 7.30pm

Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews

Cappella Nova

Alan Taverner director

Victoria Missa Laetatus sum
Victoria Motets and Polyphonic Hymns


Saturday 10 May 2008 at 7.30pm

St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness

Cappella Nova

Alan Taverner director

Victoria Missa Laetatus sum
Victoria Motets and Polyphonic Hymns


Sunday 11 May 2008 at 7.30pm

St Andrews-in-the-Square, Glasgow

Cappella Nova

Alan Taverner director

Victoria Missa Laetatus sum
Victoria Motets and Polyphonic Hymns


Friday 16 May 2008 at 7.30pm

St. George's  Church, Bloomsbury Way, Bloomsbury Village. WC1A 2HR.

Graham Neal tenor

Situation Opera

Nick Newland and Marion Wood conductors

Mozart RequiemK626
Mozart Exsultate, Jubilate K165
Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 9 K271


Saturday 17 May 2008 at 7.30pm

St. George's Parish Church, Beckenham, Kent.

Susannah Startup soprano
Graham Neal tenor
Reuben Thomas bass

The Choir of St. George's
St. George's Chamber Orchestra

Madeleine Lovell conductor

Rossini Overture Il Signor Bruschino
Schubert Symphony no. 8 in B minor, D 759 'Unfinished'
Mozart Coronation Mass K 317

Part of the St George's Arts Festival 


Friday 20 June 2008 at 7.30pm

Sadler's Wells, London

Richard Hickox conductor
Roderick Williams The Pilgrim

Philharmonia Voices

Vaughan Williams The Pilgrim's Progress


Sunday 22 June 2008 at 4.00pm

Sadler's Wells, London

Richard Hickox conductor
Roderick Williams The Pilgrim

Philharmonia Voices

Vaughan Williams The Pilgrim's Progress


Saturday 28 June at 7.30pm

Royal Festival Hall, London

Heidi Grant Murphy soprano
Simon Keenlyside baritone

Philharmonia Chorus
Philharmonia Voices

Philharmonia Orchestra

Lorin Maazel conductor

Brahms Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn
Brahms A German Requiem


Friday 4 July 2008 at 8.00pm

St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh

Cappella Nova

Alan Tavener director

Voices Of Scotland
Scottish Music and Poetry from the 6th Century to the 21st.

The programme includes In convertendo a 5 by Patrick Douglas (Prebendary of St Giles'), A Mediaeval Scottish Triptych by Ronald Stevenson, Elegy for Colum Cille by Rebecca Rowe, Warldis Vanitie: Ane Merroure for Marie Stuart by Gabriel Jackson and other exquisite medieval and renaissance music from Scotland


Wednesday 23 July 2008 at 7.00pm

Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, London. SE10 8ES.

Iris Korfker Fiordiligi
Aurore Lacabe
 Dorabella
Georgia Knower Despina
Graham Neal Ferrando
Nicholas Dwyer Guglielmo
Georgios Papaefstratiou Don Alfonso

Situation Opera

Ian Gerrard director
Marion Wood conductor

Mozart Così Fan Tutte


Thursday 24 July 2008 at 7.00pm

Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, London. SE10 8ES.

Iris Korfker Fiordiligi
Aurore Lacabe
 Dorabella
Georgia Knower Despina
Graham Neal Ferrando
Nicholas Dwyer Guglielmo
Georgios Papaefstratiou Don Alfonso

Situation Opera

Ian Gerrard director
Marion Wood conductor

Mozart Così Fan Tutte


Friday 25 July 2008 at 7.00pm

Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, London. SE10 8ES.

Iris Korfker Fiordiligi
Aurore Lacabe
 Dorabella
Georgia Knower Despina
Graham Neal Ferrando
Nicholas Dwyer Guglielmo
Georgios Papaefstratiou Don Alfonso

Situation Opera

Ian Gerrard director
Marion Wood conductor

Mozart Così Fan Tutte


Saturday 26 July 2008 at 7.00pm

Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, London. SE10 8ES.

Iris Korfker Fiordiligi
Aurore Lacabe
 Dorabella
Georgia Knower Despina
Graham Neal Ferrando
Nicholas Dwyer Guglielmo
Georgios Papaefstratiou Don Alfonso

Situation Opera

Ian Gerrard director
Marion Wood conductor

Mozart Così Fan Tutte


Monday 28 July to Sunday 3 August 2008

University of Kent, Canterbury

Graham provided the music for the Lambeth Conference


Tuesday 23 September 2008

Royal Festival Hall, London

Stephen Gould Oedipus
Ekaterina Gubanova
 Jocasta
Kyle Ketelsen Creon/Messenger
Franz-Josef Selig Tiresias
Andrew Kennedy Shepherd

Philharmonia Voices
Philharmonia Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor

Stravinsky Oedipus rex


Saturday 18 October 2008 at 7.30pm

St. Andrew's Church, Coulsdon

Iris Korfker soprano
Graham Neal tenor
Kit Perona-Wright organ

Chandos Choir

Jo Richards conductor

Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise
Pergolesi Stabat Mater


Wednesday 22 October 2008 at 7.30pm

ENO, London Colliseum

Verdi
Aida

Graham appears in the chorus


Thursday 23 October

Recording session for BBC Sunday Half Hour


Saturday 25 October 2008 at 6.30pm

ENO, London Colliseum

Verdi
Aida

Graham appears in the chorus


Tuesday 28 October 2008 at 7.30pm

Barbican Hall

Samuel Pisar narrator
Kelly Nassief soprano

Philharmonia Chorus
Trinity Boys Choir

Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

John Axelrod conductor

Bernstein Symphony No.3 (Kaddish)


Thursday 30 October 2008 at 7.30pm

ENO, London Colliseum

Verdi
Aida

Graham appears in the chorus


Saturday 1 November 2008 at 7.30pm

ENO, London Colliseum

Verdi
Aida

Graham appears in the chorus


Tuesday 4 November 2008 at 7pm

Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, HM Tower of London

The Choir of the Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London

Colm Carey conductor

A concert of a cappella choral music


 

Thursday 6 November 2008 at 7.30pm

ENO, London Colliseum

Verdi
Aida

Graham appears in the chorus


 

Saturday 8 November 2008 at 6.30pm

ENO, London Colliseum

Verdi
Aida

Graham appears in the chorus


Tuesday 11 November 2008 at 7.30pm

ENO, London Colliseum

Verdi
Aida

Graham appears in the chorus


Friday 14 November 2008 at 7.30pm

ENO, London Colliseum

Verdi
Aida

Graham appears in the chorus 


Thursday 20 November 2008 at 7.30pm

ENO, London Colliseum

Verdi
Aida

Graham appears in the chorus


Saturday 22 November 2008 at 7.30pm

ENO, London Colliseum

Verdi
Aida

Graham appears in the chorus


Tuesday 28 November 2008 at 7pm

Barbican Hall

Gweneth-Ann Jeffers Senta
James Hancock Holländer
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts Erik
Karl Huml Daland
Anne-Marie Owens Mary
Richard Roberts Steuermann

Philharmonia Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Lionel Friend conductor

Wagner Der fliegende Holländer


Thursday 4 December 2008

St George's Church, Hanover Square

The Choir of St George's

Simon Williams conductor

Handel Messiah


Saturday 6 December 2008

St John's Catholic Cathedral, Portsmouth

Graham Neal tenor

Portsmouth University Choir and Chamber Singers

George Burrows conductor


Sunday 14 December 2008

Norwich Cathedral

Polyphony 
Britten Sinfonia

Stephen Layton Conductor

Handel Messiah


Thursday 18 December 2008

Ely Cathedral 

Polyphony 
Britten Sinfonia

Stephen Layton Conductor

Handel Messiah


 

Saturday 20 December 2008 at 7.30pm

St. John's Church, Upper Norwood

Amy Haworth soprano
Lloyd Griffith alto
Graham Neal tenor
Paul Charrier baritone

Serlo Consort

Kit Perona-Wright conductor

Bach Wachet Auf 
Haydn
Sancti Nicolai Mass


Sunday 21 December 2008

St John's, Smith Square

Polyphony 
Britten Sinfonia

Stephen Layton Conductor

Handel Messiah


Monday 22 December 2008

St John's, Smith Square

Polyphony 
Britten Sinfonia

Stephen Layton Conductor

Handel Messiah


Tuesday 23 December 2008

St John's, Smith Square

Polyphony 
Britten Sinfonia

Stephen Layton Conductor

Handel Messiah