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)
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).
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)
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
Saturday 2 December, 7.30 pm
Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer
Salve Regina: Marian motets through the ages listen..
Saturday 30 September
St Gabriel’s Church, Warwick Square, London SW1
Saturday 7 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 listen..
Collegium Musicum of London
Terence Allbright: organ
Stuart Rathie: tenor
Peter Owens: conductor
Saturday 8 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
Saturday 20 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
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) listen..
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) listen..
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
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 listen..
July Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market
Summer Lightening - a concert of folksongs, partsongs and popular arrangements listen..
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 listen..
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
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
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 2003: 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 listen..
May Church of the Annunciation, Brighton and Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market listen..
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 listen..
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
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
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)
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
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 listen..
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 listen..
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
listen.. 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
The choir rehearsing for La Serenissima, a concert of Venetian Polychoral Music, in February 2000
April
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)
Saturday 2 December, 7.30 pm
Sir C Hubert H Parry: Songs of Farewell
