Past Performances - 2019

21st December 2019
Handel: Messiah
Coventry Cathedral Chorus
Cirencester Parish Church

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

Paul Leddington-Wright - conductor


​3rd December 2019
Handel: Messiah
Westminster Abbey Choir
Westminster Abbey

James O'Donnell - conductor


​24th November 2019
Bach: B Minor Mass
Louth Choral Society
St James's Church, Louth

Susie Vango - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Nathan Vale - tenor
Greg Skidmore - baritone

Allan Smith - conductor


​7th November - 19th November 2019
​Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Carissimi: Jephte
Monteverdi Choir tour
Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Frutillar, Curitiba

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - conductor


26th September - 1st October 2019
Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Carissimi: Jephte
Monteverdi Choir tour
Moscow, St Petersburg, Bratislava

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - conductor


13th - 15th August 2019
Tallis Scholars tour
St Malo, Fécamp, Granville - France

Peter Phillips - conductor


11th August 2019
Monteverdi: Vespers
Dunedin Consort
Kloster Eberbach, Eltville am Rhein, Germany

John Butt -  director


8th June 2019
Handel: Athalia
Oxford Bach Choir
Florilegium
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

Elin Manahan Thomas - soprano
Alison Ponsford-Hill - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
James Gilchrist - tenor
Nicholas Morton - bass

Benjamin Nicholas - conductor


​18th May 2019
Handel: Messiah
La Nuova Musica
St John's, Smith Square

David Bates - conductor


​ 14th May 2019
Bach: Magnificat
Handel: Coronation Anthems
Westminster Abbey Choir
London Festival of Baroque Music
Westminster Abbey

James O'Donnell - conductor​


​20th April 2019
Bach: Johannes Passion
Pepys Ensemble
St Michael's Church, Bray

Oliver Gooch - conductor


16th April 2019
Bach: Johannes Passion
Westminster Abbey Choir
Westminster Abbey

James O'Donnell - conductor


14th April 2019
Bach: Matthäus Passion
Passiontide at Merton Festival
Merton College Choirs
Instruments of Time and Truth
Merton College Chapel, Oxford

Mark Wilde - evangelist
Giles Underwood - Christ
Elin Manahan Thomas - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Joel Williams - tenor
Tristan Hambleton - bass

Benjamin Nicholas - conductor


8th April - 8th May  2019
Handel: Semele tour
Monteverdi Choir
Paris, Barcelona, London, Milan, Rome

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - conductor


15th March 2019
Time Stands Still
Song recital
Leominster Early Music Festival
Lion Ballroom, Leominster

Simon Ponsford - countertenor
David Ponsford - virginals


14th March 2019
Spem in Alium
The Tallis Scholars
Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin

Peter Phillips - director


15th February 2019
War and Peace
The Cardinall's Musick
Howard Assembly Room, Leeds

Patrick Craig - director


6th February 2019
War and Peace
The Cardinall's Musick
Brighton College

Patrick Craig - director