Past Performances - 2018

23rd December 2018
Handel: Messiah
Coventry Cathedral Chorus
Coventry Cathedral

Phillipa Hyde - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Matthew Minter - tenor
James Cleverton - bass

Paul Leddington-Wright - conductor​


18th December 2018
Handel: Messiah
Coventry Cathedral Chorus
Cirencester Parish Church

Phillipa Hyde - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Matthew Minter - tenor
James Cleverton - bass

Paul Leddington-Wright - conductor


16th December 2018
The Tallis Scholars
Music in the Quantocks, Taunton

Peter Phillips - director


15th December 2018
Handel: Messiah
Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers
St Barnabas Chuch, Leighton Buzzard

Phillipa Hyde - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Matthew Pochin - tenor
Andrew Mayor - bass

Alan Childs - conductor


1st December 2018
Byrd at the Tower
Odyssean Ensemble
Spitalfields Music
Chapel Royal of St Peter as Vincula, HM Tower of London

Colm Carey - director


25th November 2018
Bach: Magnificat
Mozart: Coronation Mass
Malvern Festival Chorus
Malvern Theatres

Alison Ponsford-Hill - soprano
Louise Wyman - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
James Oxley - tenor
Jamie Hall - baritone

Jonathan Brown - conductor


24th November 2018
Bach: Cantatas 21 & 29
Bach: Mass in G minor
Birmingham Bach Choir
Birmingham Cathedral

Natalie Clifton-Griffith - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Daniel Auchincloss - tenor
Julian Debreuil - bass

Paul Spicer - conductor


29th August 2018
Bach cantatas
Monteverdi Choir
Saint-Antoine-l'Abbaye

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


5th July 2018
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
The Bach Choir
King's College Chapel, Cambridge

Alison Ponsford-Hill - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Andrew Rupp - baritone

David Hill - conductor


26th June 2018
Haydn: Creation
Westminster Abbey Choir
Westminster Abbey

James O'Donnell - director


8th May - 21st June 2018
Bach Cantatas tour
BWV 12, 19, 20, 34, 36, 61, 70, 78, 81, 101, 103, 110, 140
Monteverdi Choir
Amsterdam, Regensburg, Dresden, Cologne, Leipzig, London, St Denis, Versailles

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


7.30pm, 3rd May 2018
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
The Bach Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Festival Hall

Simon Ponsford - countertenor

David Hill - conductor


​7.30pm, 30th March 2018
Bach: St John Passion
Cantorum Choir
Eton College Chapel

Greg Tassell - evangelist
Miriam Allan - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Christopher Turner - tenor
Jonathan Wood - bass

Oliver Gooch - conductor


​6.30pm, 27th March 2018
Bach: St Matthew Passion
Westminster Abbey Choir
Westminster Abbey

James O'Donnell - conductor


​7.30pm, 24th March 2018
Bach: St John Passion
Ipswich Chamber Choir
St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich

Simon Ponsford - countertenor
James Geidt - bass

Christopher Borrett - conductor


​7.15pm, 10th March 2018
Handel: Jephtha
​Hull Bach Choir
Trinity Methodist Church, Hull

Pippa Goss - soprano
Kate Symonds-Joy - mezzo-soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Ben Thapa - tenor
Julian Debreuil - bass

Anthony Ford - conductor


6.15pm, 2nd February 2018
Burnaby Recital: Flow My Tears
Song Recital
​Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Simon Ponsford - countertenor
David Ponsford - virginals


​7.30pm, 25th January 2018
The Tallis Scholars
King's Place, London

Peter Philips - director