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2009
4 April Hall One, King’s Place, London 7.30
The NMC Songbook: A Recipe
with James Bowman counter tenor
Premières of Haiku by Bláar Kindsdottir and The Moon’s Funeral by Joseph Phibbs
4 April Hall One, King’s Place, London 8.45
The NMC Songbook: True Standards Advanced
with Daniel Norman tenor and Iain Burnside piano
Première of Easter Zunday by Sadie Harrison and Colin Matthews’ arrangement of a Galliard by Morley
25 May Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester-on-Thames 11.00
for the English Music Festival
with James Bowman counter tenor
including the première of White in the Moon by Tom Rose
and music by Britten, Butterworth, Andrew Gant, Joseph Phibbs, Giles Swayne and Simon Whiteley
20 June St James the Less, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent 7.30
with James Bowman counter tenor
24 July St Mary’s Church, Reigate 7.30
for Reigate Summer Music
with James Bowman counter tenor
29 September Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park 7.00
for the Windsor Festival in aid of the Royal Chapel
with James Bowman counter tenor
14 November Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk 5.00 & 7.30
Britten: The Little Sweep
with Jubilee Opera
15 November Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk 3.00 & 5.30
Britten: The Little Sweep
with Jubilee Opera
2008
20 February Hertford College, Oxford 6.30
Tracing the threads: perspectives on ‘The Turn of the Screw’
Pre-performance talk for Oxford Opera Company
18 April Westonbirt School, Tetbury 7.30
Wind of the Western Sea: an evening of English song
with James Bowman counter tenor and Andrew Swait treble
6 May The Chapel, Keble College, Oxford 6.00
with James Bowman counter tenor
including the première of Simon Whiteley’s Drop, drop slow tears
26 May Dorchester Abbey 11.00 a.m.
English Music Festival
with James Bowman counter tenor and Andrew Swait treble
including world premières of four early Britten songs: Chamber Music V (Goldenhair), Diaphenia, The Owl, Witches’ Song
27 July Schloss Dennenlohe, Bavaria 6.00
Brahms: Deutsche Volkslieder
with Andrew Swait treble
21 and 27 August Hall 1, King’s Place, London
Premiere recordings for the NMC Songbook
with James Bowman counter tenor, Sam Harris and Andrew Swait trebles
Music by Peter Maxwell Davies, Blár Kindsdottir, James MacMillan and Joseph Phibbs
18 September Windsor Parish Church 7.00
Illustrations for The History of Music by James Naughtie for the Windsor Festival
with James Naughtie and Quintessential Voices
Music by Palestrina, Bach, Mozart, Schubert and Vaughan Williams
24 October The Britten–Pears Libary, Aldeburgh 4.00
Launch of Lord Berners: Composer, Writer, Painter, ed. Peter Dickinson
Berners: Valses Bourgeoises for piano duet
with Peter Dickinson piano
31 October Great Hall, St Andrew’s Hospital, Northampton 8.00
for the Northamptonshire Choral Foundation
with James Bowman counter tenor and Daniel Turner tenor
1 November All Saints’ Church, Weston-super-Mare 11.30 a.m.
for All Saints’ Festival
with James Bowman counter tenor
2 November The Royal Chapel, Windsor Great Park 6.30
Memorial concert for Audrey Dellow
with the Choir of The Royal Chapel
15 and 16 November (5.00 and 7.30 both days) St Bartholomew’s Church, Orford
Britten: Noye’s Fludde (fiftieth anniversary production in the original venue)
with Jubilee Opera, Steuart Bedford cond
3 December St Oswald’s Church, Durham 7.30
Recital for the Musicon concert series
preceded by masterclass in the Recital Room of the University Music School (1.30)
with James Bowman counter tenor
2007
24 February New Cottage, Overy Road, Burnham Market 7.30
Talk on Imogen Holst and Britten for the Friends of North Norfolk Music Festival
15 June St Mary & St Edward Parish Church, Barrow Gurney, Bristol 7.30
Recital for the Barrow Gurney Festival
with James Bowman counter tenor
19 June The Britten–Pears Library, Aldeburgh 12.30
Launch of Sounding Art Press and their first publication: The Turn of the Screw: visual responses to Britten’s opera by Jane Mackay, commentary by Andrew Plant
with Andrew Swait treble
28 July St Botolph’s Church, Lincolnshire 11.30 a.m.
with Jamie McDougall saxophone
13 October East Sheen Parish Church, East Sheen Avenue, Richmond, London 7.30
‘The English Song’
with James Bowman counter tenor
including the UK première of Giles Swayne’s No sad songs
20 October (7.00) and 21 October (3.00) Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
Songs by Britten and Liza Lehmann
with Stefan Holmström bass-baritone
and performances of Hans Krása’s Brundibár by Jubilee Opera, Nicholas Collon cond
2 November In Tune, Radio 3 5.15 (live broadcast)
with James Bowman counter tenor.
Music by Handel
2006
4 February Church of St John the Baptist, Loughton, Essex 7.30
with James Bowman counter tenor
14 March St Mary’s Church, Iffley, Oxford 7.30
with James Bowman counter tenor
17 March St Edmund’s Hall, Malvern College, Worcestershire 7.15
Private recital for the Musicians’ Dinner to mark the retirement of the Headmaster
with James Bowman counter tenor
25 March St Alphege Parish Church, Solihull 7.30
Gala Recital: 100th concert in series
with James Bowman counter tenor
5 April The Britten–Pears Library, Aldeburgh 2.30
Private recital for Trustees and guests. Music by Purcell, Britten and Tippett
with James Bowman counter tenor
27 May Beauchamp House, Abbey School, Church Street, Tewkesbury 12 noon.
Lecture on English Song given for the Tewkesbury Spring Festival
preceding recital given by Francis Brett baritone and Nicholas Chalmers piano
12 October In Tune, Radio 3 5.00 (live broadcast)
with James Bowman counter tenor
Music by Warlock and Vaughan Williams
14 October Blythburgh Church, Suffolk 4.00
James Bowman’s 65th birthday concert
Recital of English Song
24, 25 November, 7.00; 26 November, 3.00 Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, Suffolk
with Jubilee Opera
Richard Rodney Bennett: All the King’s Men
10 December Bray Church, Windsor, Berkshire 3.00
with the Pepys Ensemble, Oliver Gooch cond
Britten: Saint Nicolas
2005
3 September Bagshot Park, Surrey 7.30
Concert to commemorate Nelson and the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar
with Richard Baker reader, Michael George baritone, Julie Kennard soprano and Gordon Pullin tenor
in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses the Earl and Countess of Wessex
20 September St Thomas’ Church, Penkhull, Staffordshire 8.00
with James Bowman counter tenor
29 October St Swithin’s School, Winchester 7.30
Concert to commemorate Nelson and the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar
with Michael George baritone, Julie Kennard soprano, Gordon Pullin tenor and John Sargent reader
12 November St Oswald’s Church, Sowerby, Thirsk, North Yorkshire 7.30
200th concert in series
‘The Diva and the Legend’
with James Bowman counter tenor and Lynne Dawson soprano
2004
9 July St Clement’s Church, Ipswich 7.30
with James Bowman counter tenor
27 November The Chapel, The London Oratory School, Fulham 3.30
for The Academy of St Cecilia
with James Bowman counter tenor
Music by Dowland, Purcell and Handel
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