2010

May

In Nomine - music by Tavener & Taverner

St James's Church, Piccadilly

February

Brahms - German Requiem
Dove - The Passing of the Year

2009

November

Handel: Dixit Dominus
Saturday, 28 November
Holy Trinity Church, West London

with Belsize Baroque Chamber Ensemble

October

Faire is the Heaven
English Church music, including Stanford, Howell, Harris
Saturday, 10 October, Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer

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June

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal
Music and readings on a floral theme
OMHR (with Sherry Baines, John Biggins, Philip Bretherton: speakers)

May

Canciones Latinas
Choral music from Latin America
OMHR (with Monica Acosta: soprano and Steve Homes: guitar)

February

The Third Rome
Sacred Choral Music from Russia
Saturday 7 February (OMHR)
Saturday 28 February (St James’s, Piccadilly)

2008

November

Magnificat

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell

October

The Tudors

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell, and Christ's Church, Coldharbour

June

England's Lanes

Affinity

English and Finnish pastoral music, including works by Parry, Elgar, Finzi and Vaughan-Williams, Karjelainen and Tikka.

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell, and Emmanuel Church, Wimbledon

April

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QE

Gilding the Lily

Music from France (including pieces by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Pierre Passereau)

February

Bach B minor Mass; St James’s Piccadilly; CML choir and instruments, Rebecca van den Berg, Aurore Lacabe (sopranos), Claire Palmer (alto), Robin Burlton (tenor), Victor Sgarbi (bass) and Peter Owens (conductor)

2007

December

La Serenissima (Polychoral Advent and Christmas music from the 16th- and 17th-century Venetian tradition)
Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, with The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, conductor: Peter Owens.

Carol concert in aid of ‘The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts’ at St James’s Piccadilly; with Notting Hill Preparatory School, Jeremy Irons, Rowan Atkinson, James Naughtie, Kate Adie, Blake, The Choirboys, Malcolm Wicks (organ) and Peter Owens (conductor)

September

Rachmaninov Vespers
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Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer (and at St Mary's, Petworth on 6 Oct)

Also included short pieces by Dmitri Bortnyansky (1751–1825), Alexander Grechaninov (1864–1956), Alexander Alabiev (1787–1851), Alexander Arkhangelsky (1846–1924), Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) and Vasily Titov (c1650–c1715).

June

Ideas of their own

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A charity concert in aid of Mind, the mental health charity.

St Gabriel's, Warwick Square on. The concert featured works on the
theme of mental distress, and of those who care for people living with it,
and included the following items:

Thomas Tallis (1505–1585): If ye love me

Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943): Ubi Caritas et Amor

Benjamin Britten (1913–1976): Rejoice in the Lamb

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847): Hear my Pray

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) Chichester Psalms

The concert also featured Mark Cyphus (organ); Helen Cole (harp) and
Andrew Barnard (percussion).

April

Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986): Quatre Motets sur des Thèmes Grégoriens op.10

Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901): Mass in E-flat op. 109

Pablo Casals (1876–1973): O vos omnes

Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968): Messa di Requiem (1922)

February

Let My People Go

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In February this year, Collegium Musicum of London marked the 200th anniversary of the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act with a double concert featuring music about slavery. Pieces included settings of Psalm 137 (‘By the Waters of Babylon’ – the song of the Hebrew slaves in captivity in Babylon) by Giovanni da Palestrina.

Tallis’s poignant setting of Part II of ‘Lamentations of Jeremiah’ continued the theme of biblical slavery, but reflections on African slaves in America/the Caribbean were provided by ‘Free at Last’, a Spiritual arranged by Paul von Hippel, and Michael Tippett’s arrangements of five Spirituals from ‘A Child of Our Time’.

CML performed in London to a large audience on 10 February, a concert that also featured The City University Music Society String Ensemble. The second performance, on 24 February, was at the picturesque village of Coldharbour in Surrey, where a choir-only programme was given to great acclaim.

2006

December

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer

Salve Regina: Marian motets through the ages

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September

St Gabriel’s Church, Warwick Square, London SW1

October

St Mary’s Church, Petworth, West Sussex

Peter Maxwell Davies (b. 1934): Solstice of Light

Together with other choral works on the theme of light by composers from several periods

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Collegium Musicum of London

Terence Allbright: organ

Stuart Rathie: tenor

Peter Owens: conductor

July

Church of O.M. Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market
My soul, there as a country

Sir C Hubert H Parry: Songs of Farewell
Welsh Folksong arrangements by Gustav Holst and others

Collegium Musicum of London

Helen Cole: harp
Rupert Bawden: conductor

May

Church of O.M. Holy Redeemer
Orff: Carmina Burana;
Lambert: Rio Grande

Collegium Musicum of London
The Collegium Ensemble
Emily Ward (soprano)
Jill House (alto)
Graham Neal (tenor)
Sebastian Valentine (baritone)
Andrew Tait; Julian Barber (pianos)
Peter Owens (conductor)

February/March

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, St James's Picadilly

Across The Pond - American and British Music from the 16th century - present day

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2005

December

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market, London EC1

At that season of the year
not your average Christmas concert
to include:
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936): Lauda per la natività del signore
Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) 4 motets pour le temps de noel.
Jonathan Dove (b. 1958): The Passing of the Year
Conductor: Peter Owens

October

The Third Rome
St Edward’s Church, Peas Hill, Cambridge
St James’s, Piccadilly, London W1

John Sipprell (piano)
Peter Owens (conductor)

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July

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

An evening of music based around Shakespeare’s enchanted comedy

Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen
and music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Benjamin Cooke and Mrs H H Beach

Collegium Musicum of London
The Musicall Compass

Narrators: Elizabeth Proud; Barrie Newton
Conductor: Rupert Bawden

May

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Johannes Brahms : 7 Marienlieder (op. 22)
Robert Schumann : 4 Gesänge (op. 59)
Gustav Mahler arr. Clytus Gottwald: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Louis Spohr (1784-1859): Fantasia for Harp (op. 35)

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Harp: Helen Cole
Conductor: Peter Owens

2004

November

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Handel: Zadok the Priest
Vivaldi: Gloria
Bach (J S): Magnificat in D
Shuttleworth: Two concerti grossi after Corelli op. 5

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September/October

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market and St John's College, Cambridge

The Lion and the Unicorn: Early-Renaissance music from England and Scotland

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July

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Summer Lightening - a concert of folksongs, partsongs and popular arrangements
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May

Church of the Annunciation, Brighton and Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

'In nomine music by John Tavener and John Taverner

March

St Martin of Tours Parish Church, Chelsfield, Kent

Music for a Spring Evening: A concert of popular hits, folksong arrangements and partsongs
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February

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

A European Tour: Romantic music from 19th and 20th century Europe, including:
Pizzetti: Messa di Requiem
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Corp: Missa San Marco
Casals: O vos omnes
Bruckner: Os justi

2003

November

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Veni Emmanuel: Advent music through the ages

September/October

St John's College, Cambridge and St John's, Smith Square

Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St John Chrysosdom

Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St John Chrysosdom

June

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Different from habit: music by Gesualdo, Stravinsky and other musical rebels

May

Church of the Annunciation, Brighton and Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Armada!: 16th century music from England and Spain

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March

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

January/February

S. Léonard, Fougères and Noyal sous Bazouges, Brittany, France
Mixed programme of light music

January/February

Collegium Musicum's visit to Brittany to sing in the Flambées musicales festival. Choir members outside the parish church in the village of Noyal sous Bazouges and on the steps of S. Léonard, Fougères with our hosts.

Right: Collegium Musicum's visit to Brittany to sing in the Flambées musicales festival. Choir members outside the parish church in the village of Noyal sous Bazouges and on the steps of S. Léonard, Fougères with our hosts.

2002

November

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Purcell: King Arthur

September/October
St Michael's, Camden Town and Waltham Abbey

The Rose in Blossom: music from the Fayrfax Manuscript (c.1500)

June

St Cyprian's Church, Glentworth Street, London NW1

Across the Pond: 20th century music from Britain and the USA, including:
Vaughan Williams: Folksongs
Elgar: Partsongs
Barber: Unaccompanied and accompanied songs
del Tredici: Acrostic song
Dove: The Passing of the Year
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May

Church of the Annunciation, Brighton and Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market
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The Third Rome: Sacred music from Russia

March

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Vaughan Williams: Drinking song (from In Windsor Forest)
Howells: Requiem
Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (third set)
Britten: Suite for Harp

February

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers

2001

December

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Handel: Messiah

September 2001: Collegium Musicum's guests, The Moscow State University Academic Choir, rehearsing for our joint concert, Together (BMECTE) with their conductor, Mirza Askerov.

September

St Michael's, Camden Town

Together (BMECTE)
Joint concert with The Moscow State University Academic Choir
Russian and English choral music
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September

St John's, Upper Norwood

D Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Blow: Salvator Mundi; Coronation Anthems
Purcell: Hear my prayer O Lord
Handel: Zadok the priest

June

St Michael's, Camden Town

Howells: Mass in the Dorian Mode
Beethoven: Variations on La ci darem la mano
Brown: Lauds
Mozart: Divertimento for wind in F major
Stravinsky: Mass

May

Church of the Annunciation, Brighton and St Michael's, Camden Town

One Equall Musick: Tudor motets and secular music for lute

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March

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Debussy: Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans
Debussy: Danses: sacrée et profane
Delius: Two Aquarelles
Parry: Songs of Farewell
Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi

February

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Duruflé: Requiem
Janacek: Otcenas
Holst: Two Psalms
Hindemith: Harp Sonata

2000

December

Church of S. Joseph des Nations, Paris

Un Noel Anglais: A concert of Christmas carols with voices, organ and handbells

November

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Mozart: C minor Mass (K. 427)
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody (Op.53)
Cooke: A Christmas Ode

September/October

St Michael's, Camden Town and St Mary's, Maldon, Essex

Salve Regina: Marian motets and anthems through the ages

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July

St Michael's, Camden Town

Summer Lightening - a concert of folksongs, partsongs and popular arrangements

May

Church of the Annunciation, Brighton and Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil ('Vespers')
Other music from the Russian Orthodox tradition

March

Christchurch, Highbury

Bruckner:Mass in E minor
Brahms: Two Motets (Op. 74)
Dvorák: Serenade in D minor

February

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

La Serenissima: Venetian Polychoral Music by Andrea Gabrieli, Giovanni Gabrieli, Heinrich Schütz and their contemporaries

1999

November

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Handel: Dixit Dominus
Britten: Saint Nicolas

September/October

St Michael's, Camden Town and All Saints Church, Maldon, Essex

The Third Rome: Russian Sacred Music from the 17th to the 20th centuries

July

Christchurch, Highbury

Dove: Tobias and the Angel (as part of Almeida Opera)

Right: the choir after the final performance of Jonathan Dove's Tobias and the Angel at Christchurch, Highbury on Saturday 10 July 1999

July

St Michael's, Camden Town

Summer Lightening - a concert of folksongs, partsongs and popular arrangements

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May

Church of the Annunciation, Brighton and St Michael's, Camden Town

Scarlatti: Stabat Mater; Te Deum
Charpentier: Extremum Dei Judicium; Reniement de St-Pierre
Lotti: Crucifixus

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March

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Bach: Jesu meine Freude
Motets and songs by Brahms and Bartók

February

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

1998

December

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Britten: A boy was born
Carols by Bennett, Howells, Keeley, Walton, Vaughan Williams

November

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers

September/October

St Michael's, Camden Town and Great St Mary's, Cambridge

In nomine: music by John Tavener and John Taverner

June

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market and St Michael's, Camden Town

Summer Lightening - a concert of folksongs, partsongs and popular arrangements
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April/May

St Michael's, Camden Town and Church of the Annunciation, Brighton

The Rose in Blossom: Songs and carols from The Fayrfax Manuscript
Recorded on compact disc.

March

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market

Maxwell Davies: Solstice of Light
Tallis: O nata lux
Stanford: Beati quorum via; Justorum animae; Coelos ascendit hodie
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1997

November

St Giles', Cripplegate

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Janácek: Otcenás
Owens: Bread of the World

September/October

St Michael's, Camden Town and St John's College, Cambridge

Rachmaninov: Vespers; Hymn of the Cherubim
Tavener: Hymn to the Mother of God; Funeral Ikos
Owens: Locus Iste

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July

Christchurch, Highbury and Church of the Annunciation, Brighton

Summer Lightening - a concert of folksongs, partsongs and popular arrangements

May

Berkhamsted Collegiate School

Haydn: Paukenmesse
Bach: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf

1997

March

St Luke's Chelsea

In nomine: music by John Tavener and John Taverner