2011
December
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
pianist: Tim Sidford
Rachmaninov: Vespers
St James's Church, Piccadilly
October
Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal
English unaccompanied choral works from Talllis to Purcell
St Alfege's Church, Greenwich
listen to Oh God Thou Art My God by Purcell
June
Spirit of Baroque - music by Bach, Vivaldi and Lotti
St James's Church, Piccadilly
March
This England - choral works from the Second British Musical Renaissance. Works by Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar, Gerald Finzi, Gustav Holst, Charles Villers Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Hubert Parry.
With West London Children's Choir
St Michael and All Angels Church, Chiswick
2010
December
Dvorak, Mass in D - with works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Brahms
St Dionis Church, Fulham
October
Monteverdi 1610 Vespers, with English Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble and West London Children's Choir.
Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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