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December 2004

23 December 19.30
Handel Messiah
Emma Kirkby
Robin Blaze
James Gilchrist
David Wilson-Johnson
Polyphony
The Academy of Ancient Music
St John's Smith Square.

21 December 19.30
Handel Messiah
Emma Kirkby
Robin Blaze
James Gilchrist
Stephen Roberts
Polyphony
The Academy of Ancient Music
St John's Smith Square.

15-16 December 8.00
Bach Christmas Oratorio
Odense Symphony Orchestra
Filharmonisk Kor
Pernille Bruun,
Kristina Wahlin
Peter Lodah
Peter Schüler
Odense Cathedral

10 December 7.30pm
BBC Singers
Britten Sinfonia
Ely Cathedral Choristers
Timothy Robinson tenor
Jonathan Lemalu baritone
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Cornelius The Three Kings
Head The Little Road to Bethlehem
Howells Carol Anthems
Britten St Nicolas
Ely Cathedral

9 December 7.30pm
BBC Singers
Britten Sinfonia
Ely Cathedral Choristers
Timothy Robinson tenor
Jonathan Lemalu baritone
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Cornelius The Three Kings
Head The Little Road to Bethlehem
Howells Carol Anthems
Britten St Nicolas
St Andrews Hall Norwich

November 2004

20 November 19.30
Bach B Minor Mass
Emma Kirkby
James Bowman
James Gilchrist
James Rutherford
Holst Singers,
Academy of Ancient Music
St John' Smith Square

19 November 19.30
Tavener at 60
Butterfly Dreams (London première)
Schuon Hymnen (UK première)
Supernatural Songs (London première)
The Lamb
Birthday Sleep
Pratrirúpa (world première)
Susan Graham mezzo-soprano
Ralf Gothóni piano
English Chamber Orchestra
Polyphony
The Barbican

11 November 19.30
Birtwistle Games: A Celebration of Harrison Birtwistle
Harrison Birtwistle Sonance 2000 for 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, euphonium & tuba
John Taverner Mater Christi sanctissima
William Byrd Civitas sancti tui
Christopher Tye Omnes gentes plaudite manibus
Harrison Birtwistle Motets from The Last Supper
William Byrd Sing joyfully
Thomas Weelkes When David Heard
Orlando Gibbons O clap your hands
Harrison Birtwistle Tenebrae David for brass ensemble
Olivier Messiaen Messe de la Pentecote for solo organ
Pierre de Manchicourt Missa Veni Sancte Spiritus
BBC Singers
Westminster Abbey Choir
James O'Donnell director/organ
Royal Academy of Music Brass Ensemble
Westminster Abbey

9 November 19.30
Music from the Stuart Courts:
BBC Singers
Stephen Layton (conductor)
St James Baroque
Ann de Renais (soprano)
Peter Van Haeygen (recorder)
Kris Verhelst (organ)
Chapel of the Royal Hospital, Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 4SR

7 November
John Tavener Hymn of Dawn (World Premiere)
Mozart Symphony 29
Ulster Orchestra
Belfast

October 2004

15 October 20.00
Virgo Maria
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Obrecht, Gombert, Cornysh,
James Macmillan – Laudi alla vergine Maria
John Tavener – Stella Matutina
Enschede, Muziekcentrum (Grote Zaal, Podium Twente)

14 October 20.15
Virgo Maria
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Obrecht, Gombert, Cornysh,
James Macmillan – Laudi alla vergine Maria
John Tavener – Stella Matutina
Arnhem, Musis Sacrum, NUON-zaal

13 October 20.00
Virgo Maria
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Obrecht, Gombert, Cornysh,
James Macmillan – Laudi alla vergine Maria
John Tavener – Stella Matutina
Leeuwarden, Grote of Jacobijnerkerk

12 October 20.15
Virgo Maria
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Obrecht, Gombert, Cornysh,
James Macmillan – Laudi alla vergine Maria
John Tavener – Stella Matutina
Groningen, Oosterpoort (Kleine Zaal)

10 October 20.30
Virgo Maria
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Obrecht, Gombert, Cornysh,
James Macmillan – Laudi alla vergine Maria
John Tavener – Stella Matutina
Beek-Ubbergen, Bartholomaeuskerk

8 October 20.00
Virgo Maria
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Obrecht, Gombert, Cornysh,
James Macmillan – Laudi alla vergine Maria
John Tavener – Stella Matutina
Cologne Cathedral, Germany

7 October 20.15
Virgo Maria
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Obrecht, Gombert, Cornysh,
James Macmillan – Laudi alla vergine Maria
John Tavener – Stella Matutina
Amsterdam, Beurs van Berlage (Yakult Zaal)

6 October 20.00
Virgo Maria
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Obrecht, Gombert, Cornysh,
James Macmillan – Laudi alla vergine Maria (World Premiere)
John Tavener – Stella Matutina (World Premiere)
Gouda, St Janskerk

August 2004

1 August (Sunday) 21.00
Sir John Tavener : The Veil of the Temple
World Premiere of new concert version
The Choir of the Temple Church
Holst Singers
Brighton Festival Chorus
Brass from the English Chamber Orchestra
James Vivian (Organ)
Patricia Rozario (Soprano)
The Royal Albert Hall London –
BBC Henry Wood Promenade Concert

July 2004

24 July (Saturday) 22.30–06.00
Sir John Tavener : The Veil of the Temple
US Premiere through the night
Lincoln Center Festival
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Centre, New York

8 July (Thursday) 18.45
Rush Hour Concert
including premiere of an anthem from
Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple
The Temple Church
The Choir of the Temple Church
James Vivian (Organ)

1 July (Thursday) 18.45
Rush Hour Concert
including premiere of an anthem from
Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple
The Temple Church
The Choir of the Temple Church
James Vivian (Organ)

June 2004

19 June (Saturday) 20.00
Tallis : Spem in Alium and other motets
Arvo Part : Magnificat and Nunc Dimmitis
The Temple Church
Holst Singers

May 2004

21 May (Friday) 20.00
Ivan Moody : The Dormition of the Mother of God
The Temple Church
BBC Singers
St James’s Baroque Players

13 May (Thursday) 18.45
Rush Hour Concert
including premiere of an anthem from
Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple
The Temple Church
The Choir of the Temple Church
James Vivian (Organ)

April 2004

29 April (Thursday) 18.45
Rush Hour Concert
including premiere of an anthem from
Tavener’s The Veil of the Temple
The Temple Church
The Choir of the Temple Church
James Vivian (Organ)

9 April
Bach St John Passion
Polyphony
Academy of Ancient Music
St. John’s Smith Square
Gillian Keith
James Bowman
James Gilchrist
James Rutherford
David Wilson-Johnson

1-3 April
James Macmillan, Morten Lauridsen
Hyperion Recording
Polyphony
Britten Sinfonia

March 2004

31 March
James Macmillan – Seven Last Words
Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna
Norwich Cathedral
Polyphony
Britten Sinfonia

30 March
James Macmillan – Seven Last Words
Morten Lauridsen – Lux Aeterna
The Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge
Polyphony
Britten Sinfonia

26 March 2004
Schnittke Requiem
Danish National Choir

13 March
Schnittke Requiem
Holst Singers

February 2004

5 February
Birthday Concert for Sir John Tavener
The Temple Church
Holst Singers
The Choir of the Temple Church

January 2004

30 January (Friday) 7.30pm
Bach Cantata No 170: Vergnügte Ruh
Haydn Symphony No 101 ‘clock’
Bach Magnificat
St Andrews, Younger Hall
Catherine Bott soprano
Michael Chance tenor
Stephan Loges baritone
Scottish Chamber Orchestra

29 January (Thursday) 7.45pm
Bach Cantata No 170: Vergnügte Ruh
Haydn Symphony No 101 ‘clock’
Bach Magnificat
Edinburgh, Queen’s Hall
Catherine Bott soprano
Michael Chance tenor
Stephan Loges baritone
Scottish Chamber Orchestra

22 January 8.15pm
Ecstatic meditations – American music
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Amsterdam, Beurs van Berlage, Yakult Zaal

21 January 8.15pm
Ecstatic meditations – American music
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Alkmaar, Grote Sint Laurenskerk

20 January 8.15pm
Ecstatic meditations – American music
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Groningen, Oosterpoort

17 January 8.30pm
Ecstatic meditations – American music
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Beek-Ubbergen,St Bartholomaeuskerk

16 January 8.15pm
Ecstatic meditations – American music
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Utrecht, Pieterskerk

15 January 8.15pm
Ecstatic meditations – American music
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Leeuwarden, Grote of Jacobijnerkerk

January 2-5
CD premiere recordings, John Tavener
Polyphony

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