Past Performances - 2017

23rd December 2017
Handel: Messiah
Coventry Cathedral Chorus
Cirencester Parish Church

Phillipa Hyde - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Greg Tassell - tenor
James Cleverton - bass

Paul Leddington-Wright - conductor

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20th December 2017
Gaude Gloriosa
The Tallis Scholars
St John's, Smith Square

Peter Phillips - director


​9th December 2017
Handel: Messiah
JVC Choir
Hitomi Memorial Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Elizabeth Cragg - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Shunki Arai - tenor
Nobuhiro Shinobe - bass

Benjamin Goodson - conductor


​2nd December 2017
Handel: Messiah
JVC Choir
Izumi Hall, Osaka, Japan

Elizabeth Cragg - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Shunki Arai - tenor
Nobuhiro Shinobe - bass​

Benjamin Goodson - conductor


7.30pm, 26th November 2017
Monteverdi: Vespers
Plymouth Philharmonic Choir
Plymouth Guildhall

Cecilia Osmond - soprano
Esther Brazil - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Ben Thapa - tenor
Robert Anthony Gardiner - tenor
Richard Bannan - bass
James Birchall - bass
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Christopher Fletcher - conductor


7.30pm, 25th November 2017
Purcell: Ode for St Cecilia's Day
Bath Minerva Choir
St Swithin's Church, Bath

Lizzie Begley - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Matt Pochin - tenor
Geoffrey Williams - baritone
Jacob Phillips - bass

Gavin Carr - conductor


​7.30pm, 18th November 2017
Handel: Messiah
Winchester Consort
Winchester Cathedral

Nadine Benjamin - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
William Kendall - tenor
Edmund Saddington - bass

David Hill - conductor


11th November 2017
Bach: B Minor Mass
Coventry Cathedral Chorus
Coventry Cathedral

Susan Hamilton - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Adam Tunnicliffe - tenor
Felix Kemp - bass

Paul Leddington Wright - conductor


12th - 18th October 2017
Monteverdi: Orfeo
Monteverdi Choir
Chicago & New York

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


6th - 8th October 2017
Monteverdi: Vespers
Monteverdi Choir
Pisa & Versailles

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


8pm, 30th September 2017
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall

Louise Kwong - soprano
Law Tsz-ying - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Mark Dobell - tenor
Caleb Woo - bass
Apollo Wong - bass

Paul Goodwin - conductor


18th August 2017
Purcell & Handel
The King's Consort
Lyon, France

Robert King - director


16th August 2017
Time Stands Still
Song recital
Worcester Early Music Festival
Old St Martin's Church, Cornmarket, Worcester

Simon Ponsford  - countertenor
David Ponsford - virginals


1st July 2017
Time Stands Still
Song recital
Cirencester Abbey 900 Festival
Daglingworth Church, Gloucestershire

Simon Ponsford - countertenor
David Ponsford - virginals


​June & October 2017
Monteverdi: Vespers
Monteverdi Choir
Tour: Paris, Cremona, Pisa, Versailles

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director

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​7.30pm, 17th June 2017
Handel: Chandos Anthems
London Pro Arte Choir
St Lawrence Church, Edgware

Caroline Hunter - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Oliver Martin-Smith - tenor
Angus McPhee - baritone

Tom Winpenny - conductor


​7.30pm, 10th June 2017
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Bristol Choral Society
Bristol Cathedral

Simon Ponsford - countertenor

Hilary Campbell - conductor


​May - October 2017
Monteverdi: Orfeo
Monteverdi Choir
​Tour: Bristol, Venice, Salzburg, Edinburgh, Lucerne, Berlin, Paris, Chicago, New York

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director

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14th April 2017
Bach: St John Passion
Saint Michael's Singers
English Symphony Orchestra
​Coventry Cathedral

Sofia Larson - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Paul Badley - tenor
Felix Kemp - bass
Matthew Minter - evangelist
Jamie Hall - Christus

Paul Leddington Wright - conductor​



11th April 2017
Bach: Johannes-Passion
Choir of Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey

James O'Donnell - director


25th March - 6th April 2017
Metamorphosis
The Tallis Scholars tour
USA

Peter Phillips - director

7.30pm, 11th March 2017
Bach: St Mark Passion
Birmingham Bach Choir
Lichfield Cathedral

Elizabeth Cragg - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Ruairi Bowen - tenor
Henry Neill - baritone
Thomas Hobbs - evangelist

Paul Spicer - conductor
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7.30pm, 9th March 2017
Isaac and Mouton
The Tallis Scholars
Wigmore Hall, London

Peter Phillips - director


23rd February 2017
Abendmusik in Lübeck
Keble Early Music Festival
Keble College Oxofrd

Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Edward Higginbottom - director/organ

27th January 2017
Metamorphosis
The Tallis Scholars
St George's, Bristol

Peter Phillips - director

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23rd - 26th January 2017
Westminster Abbey Choir tour
The Vatican