Posted on July 1, 2018
David’s new arrangement of ‘Stars, Night, Music and Light’, the piece Judith Weir wrote for the First Night of the Proms in 2011, was premiered in the presence of the composer, with David conducting the Addison Oratorio Choir on July 7th. David reduced the vast orchestral forces to two pianos and timpani, so the piece could be programmed alongside ‘Carmina Burana’. The Master of the Queen’s Music writes about the new version of her piece on her blog – www.judithweir.com.
Posted on December 1, 2017
At the invitation of St John’s Smith Square, London, David has curated a year-long festival of American music. The brochure that covers the first part of the year has just been published – just over six months of concerts that culminate in a day-long celebration on July 4th 2018.
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Posted on November 25, 2017
David has just been appointed Director of the John Ireland Trust – formed in 1968, the Trust seeks to promote awareness of the music of John Ireland through, recordings, performances and publications. David curated and directed the ‘John Ireland in Chelsea’ Festival in 2012 and has before and since been a great champion of this somewhat neglected but significant figure in British music.
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Posted on November 25, 2017
David has been appointed Associate Director of the Brandenburg Choral Festival of London for 2018. Bob Porter, Artistic Director of the Festival writes:
“The Brandenburg Choral Festival is now in its ninth year and now stretches over both the spring and the autumn, bringing a varied and eclectic programme of events to some of London’s most iconic venues, whilst showcasing many of the best choirs around.
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Posted on September 14, 2017
David leads a wonderful line of musicians at King’s Place on October 13th in a celebration of the 70th birthday of Howard Skempton. The Addison Chamber Choir, the Gildas Quartet, the clarinettist Jack McNeill, musicians from ‘notes inegales’ and a remarkable collection of pianists and composers
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Posted on September 14, 2017
David celebrates Howard Skempton’s 70th birthday in the latest issue of ‘Choir & Organ’ (www.rhinegold.co.uk/rhinegold-publishing/magazines/choir-organ).
Posted on April 10, 2017
David’s tribute to the composer John Joubert, who turned 90 in mid-March 2017, appears in the latest edition of ‘Choir & Organ’ (www.rhinegold.co.uk/rhinegold-publishing/magazines/choir-organ) and on John Joubert’s new website (www.johnjoubert.org.uk).
Posted on April 20, 2016
In the most ambitious project it has ever undertaken, the Lennox Berkeley Society has organised, and found funding for a first recording and three prestigious performances of one of Lennox Berkeley’s greatest and rarely performed works, the Stabat Mater, an austerely beautiful depiction of the suffering of Mary during Christ’s crucifixion.
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Posted on March 7, 2016
David joins two of the UK’s most acclaimed ensembles for an exciting concert/recording project that takes place between March and July 2016. He will conduct the Marian Consort (www.marianconsort.co.uk) and the Berkeley Ensemble (www.berkeleyensmble.co.uk) in a revival of Lennox Berkeley’s startlingly beautiful ‘Stabat Mater’
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Posted on March 7, 2016
March 19th sees the Addison Singers’ spring concert and a welcome return to St Michael’s and All Angels, Turnham Green, for two pieces by British composers around the theme of reflection and remembrance: Richard Rodney Bennett’s ‘Farewell to Arms’ and John Rutter’s popular ‘Requiem’.
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