Past Performances

29th Augusst 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


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


20th December 2016
Handel: Messiah
St Michael's Singers and English Symphony Orchestra
Cirencester Parish Church

Philippa Hyde - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Greg Tassell - tenor
Andrew Mayor - bass

Paul Leddington-Wright - conductor
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18th December 1016
The Tallis Scholars
Pushkin Museum, Moscow

Peter Phillips - director


2nd - 12th December 2016
Bach: Magnificat in Eb, Lutheran Mass in F, Cantata 151
Monteverdi Choir tour
Frankfurt, Groningen, Berlin, Munich, Innsbruck, Vienna, Versailles, London

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


1st December 2016
Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium
Choir of Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey

James O'Donnell - director


28th November 2016
The Odyssean Ensemble
The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London

Colm Carey - director


20th November 2016
The Tallis Scholars
Lodz, Poland

Peter Phillips - director


19th November 2016
Purcell: Welcome to all the pleasures
Purcell: Te Deum & Jubilate
Purcell: Ode on St Cecilia's Day
Forest Row Choral Society

Alison Hill - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Thomas Herford - tenor
Jonathan Brown - baritone

David Ponsford - organ
Tom Scratchley - conductor


9th November 2016
Faure: Requiem
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Westminster Cathedral

Martin Baker - director


11th October 2016
English Song Recital
St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich

Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Richard Leach - piano


18th - 22nd September 2016
Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Monteverdi Choir tour
Wroclaw, Poland
Pisa, Italy

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


9th - 11th September 2016
Monteverdi: Vespers
Dunedin Consort
Lammermuir Festival, Haddington
Perth Concert Hall, Perth

John Butt - director


11th August 2016
Schumann: Manfred
Monteverdi Choir

Edinbutgh International Festival, Usher Hall

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


5th - 13th August 2016
Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Monteverdi Choir tour
San Sebastian,
Santander
Edinburgh

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


3rd August 2016
The Tallis Scholars
Delft, The Netherlands

Peter Phillips - director


22nd July 2016
The Tallis Scholars
Noirlac, France

Peter Phillips - director


27th June 2016
The Tallis Scholars
Ravenna, Italy

Peter Phillips - director


​15th - 18th June 2016
Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Monteverdi Choir tour
Braunschweig, Germany
Leipzig, Germany
Snape Maltings, UK

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


​2nd June 2016
Byrd at the Tower of London
The Odyssean Ensemble
Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula

Colm Carey - director


​27th & 28th May 2016
The Tallis Scholars tour
St Florent-le-vieil, France
Cremona, Italy

Peter Phillips - director


​7.30pm, 25th May 2016
Treasures of the Spanish Renaissance
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Westminster Cathedral

Martin Baker - conductor


7.00pm, 17th May 2016
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Westminster Abbey Choir
Westminster Abbey

James O'Donnell - conductor


​7.30pm, 7th May 2016
Charpentier: Filius Prodigus
Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass)
Stour Singers
St Edmund's Church, Shipston on Stour

Nathalie Montakhab - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Joseph Cornwell - tenor
Michael Pearce - bass

Richard Emms - musical director


28th April - 1st May 2016
The Tallis Scholars tour
Enschede, The Hague and Amsterdam

Peter Phillips - director


10th - 26th March 2016
​Bach: Matthäus-Passion Tour
Monteverdi Choir
Valencia, Pamplona, Barcelona, Lucerne, Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, London

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


19th March 2016
Bach: B Minor Mass
Cantorum Choir
All Saints Church Marlow

Katherine Walker - soprano
Jenny Bacon - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Stephen Anthony Brown - tenor
Jonathan Wood - bass

Liz Croft - conductor


18th - 27th January 2016
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Mass in C minor
Monteverdi Choir tour
Zurich, Udine, Salzburg, Barcelona, Paris, London

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


19th December 2015
Handel: Messiah
St Michael's Singers and English Symphony Orchestra
Cirencester Parish Church

Philippa Hyde - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Greg Tassell - tenor
Ian Caddy - bass

Paul Leddington-Wright - conductor


16th - 18th December 2015
The Tallis Scholars tour
Eindhoven, Tilburg and Amsterdam

Peter Phillips - director


13th December 2015
A Christmas Passion
Siglo de Oro
St John's, Smith Square

Patrick Allies - director


1st December 2015
Handel: Messiah
Westminster Abbey Choir
Westminster Abbey

Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Simon Wall - tenor
Jonathan Brown - baritone

James O'Donnell - director


21st November 2015
Handel: Messiah
Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers
All Saints Church, Leighton Buzzard

Anita Watson - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Gwilym Bowen - tenor
James Birchall - bass

Alan Childs - conductor


14th November 2015
Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia
Hull Bach Choir
Trinity Methodist Church, Hull

Philippa Hyde - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Robert Anthony Gardiner - tenor
James Birchall - bass

Tony Ford - conductor


11th November 2015
Monteverdi: Vespers
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Westminster Cathedral

Martin Baker - conductor


5th - 8th October 2015
Glück: Orphée et Euridice
Monteverdi Choir tour
Hamburg and Versailles

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


14th September - 3rd October 2015
Glück: Orphée et Euridice
Royal Opera House productions
Royal Opera House, London

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - conductor


25th September 2015
Siglo de Oro
St Sepulchre's, Holborn

Patrick Allies - director


15th September 2015
Erebus Ensemble
St Matthew's, Kensington Olympia

Tom Williams - director


9th August 2015
Erebus Ensemble
Clifton Court, Bristol

Tom Williams - director


4th August 2015
Monteverdi: Orfeo
Monteverdi Choir
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


20th July 2015
Tallis: Spem in Alium
The Cardinall's Musick
BBC Chamber Prom, Cadogan Hall

Andrew Carwood - director


18th July 2015
Siglo de Oro
All Saints, Putney

Patrick Allies - director


16th July 2015
Platinum Consort
St Anne & St Agnes, Gresham Street

Scott Inglis-Kidger - director


9th July 2015
Handel: Messiah
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment choir
Rheingau

Laurence Cummings - director


4th July 2015
Siglo de Oro
Holy Trinity, Bramley

Patrick Allies - director


4th June 2015
Handel: Israel in Egypt
La Nuova Musica
Christchurch, Spitalfields

chorus & aria

David Bates - director


2nd June 2015
Handel: Israel in Egypt
La Nuova Musica
Salisbury Cathedral

chorus & aria

David Bates - director


19th May 2015
Monteverdi: Vespers
Westminster Abbey Choir
Westminster Abbey

James O'Donnell - conductor


17th April - 1st May 2015
Monteverdi: Vespers
Monteverdi: Orfeo
Monteverdi Choir USA tour
Chapel Hill, Washington, Costa Mesa, San Francisco, Princeton, New York

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


23rd March - 3rd April 2015
Bach: B Minor Mass
Monteverdi Choir tour
Munich, Frankfurt, Lucerne, Aix-en-Provence, Paris

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


31st March 2015
Pärt: Passio
Westminster Abbey Choir
Westminster Abbey

Julie Cooper - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
William Balkwill - tenor
Mark Dobell - tenor
Lawrence Wallington - bass
Rob Macdonald - bass

James O'Donnell - conductor


14th March 2015
Bach: Johannes-Passion
Forest Row Choral Society
St Swithun's Church, East Grinstead

Mark Padmore - evangelist & tenor arias
Jonathan Brown - Christus
Nia Coleman - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Julian Empett - baritone

Tom Scratchley - conductor



20th December 2014
Handel: Messiah
St Michael's Singers and English Symphony Orchestra
Cirencester Parish Church

Philippa Hyde - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Joseph Cornwell - tenor
Ian Caddy - bass

Paul Leddington-Wright - conductor


12th December 2014
Handel: Messiah
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum
Tewkesbury Abbey

Helen Massey - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Gwilym Bowen - tenor
David Soar - bass

Simon Bell - conductor


9th December 2014
Handel: Israel in Egypt
Windsor and Eton Choral Society
Eton College Hall

Soraya Malfi - soprano
Alison Rose - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Ben Thapa - tenor
Thomas Faulkner - bass
Frederick Long - bass

Tim Johnson - conductor


6th December 2014
Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium
Gloucester Choral Society
Gloucester Cathedral

Rebecca Rudge - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Gareth Treseder - tenor
James Birchall - bass

Adrian Partington - conductor


29th November 2014
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers
All Saints Church, Leighton Buzzard

Natalie Montakhab - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Gwilym Bowen - tenor
Neil Baker - bass

Alan Childs - conductor

17th -28th November 2014
Brahms: Requiem
Monteverdi Choir residency
Gewandhaus, Leipzig

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


9th November 2014
Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia
Brighton Early Music Festival Players
St George's Church, Brighton

Augusta Hebbert & Molly Alexander - sopranos
Tim Morgan & Simon Ponsford - countertenors
Nick Pritchard - tenor
George Humphreys & Edward Grint - basses

John Hancorn - director


21st October - 5th November 2014
Westminster Abbey Choir USA Tour
Washington, Madison, Dallas, Huntsville, Knoxville, Cincinnati, New Haven, Westport, New York

James O'Donnell - director


11th August 2014
Poulenc: Figure Humaine
The Sixteen
Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Harry Christophers - director


19th July 2014
Monteverdi: Vespers
Monteverdi Choir
Salzburg Cathedral

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


24th May 2014
Music in Country Churches
Monteverdi Choir
Northleach Parish Church

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - director


22nd May 2014
Lufthansa Festival Concert
Westminster Abbey Choir
Westminster Abbey

James O'Donnell - conductor


26th April 2014
Handel: O come let us sing unto the Lord
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Wellingborough Choral Society
St Barnabas Church, Wellingborough

Helen Meyerhoff - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Philip Slane - tenor
Michael Bundy - bass

Peter Marshall - conductor


15th April 2014
Bach: Johannes-Passion
Choir of Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey

Choir and step-out aria

James O'Donnell - conductor


12th April 2014
Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Carshalton Choral Society and West Barnes Singers
All Saints, Carshalton

William Petter - Evangelist
Rainer Gramer - Christus
Gwendolen Martin - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Alastair Brookshaw - tenor
Christopher Borrett - bass

Philip Collin - conductor


2nd April 2014
Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Westminster Cathedral Choir
Westminster Cathedral

Choir and step out aria

Martin Baker - conductor


29th March 2014
Bach: B Minor Mass
Hull Bach Choir
All Saints Church, Hessle

Natalie Montakhab - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Jorge Navarro-Colorado - tenor
David Greco - bass

Christopher Ford - conductor


5th - 9th March 2014 tour
Monteverdi: Vespers
Monteverdi Choir
King's College, Cambridge
Palau de la Musica, Barcelona
Chappelle du Roi, Versailles

Sir John Eliot Gardiner - conductor


21st December 2013
Handel: Messiah
English Symphony Orchestra, St Michael's Singers
Cirencester Parish Church

Philippa Hyde - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Greg Tassell - tenor
Ian Caddy - bass

Kenneth Woods - conductor


19th December 2013
Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium
Platinum Consort and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
King's Place, London

Chorus and step-out arias

Scott Inglis-Kidger - conductor


3rd December 2013
Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium
Choir of Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey

Chorus and step-out solos

James O'Donnell - conductor


16th November 2013
Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium
Epsom Choral Society
Epsom Parish Church

Soraya Mafi - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Peter Aisher - tenor
Timothy Nelson - bass

Robin Kimber - conductor


15th November 2013
Handel: Jephtha
Whitehall Choir, London Baroque Sinfonia
St John's, Smith Square

Verity Wingate - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Anna Harvey - contralto
Nicholas Scott - tenor
Richard Walshe - bass

Paul Spicer - conductor


4th October 2013
Schubert: Winterreise
Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University

Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Nick Fletcher - piano


22nd June 2013
Handel: Saul
Oxford Harmonic Society
Oxford Town Hall
                                 
Alice Privett - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Matthew Morgan - tenor
Ed Ballard - baritone
Lancelot Nomura - bass

Robert Secret - conductor


27th April 2013
Handel: Dixit Dominus and Mozart: Vespers
Hardpenden Music Makers
Harpenden, London

Jessica Broad - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Nicholas Scott - tenor
Thomas Flint - bass

Christopher Hann - conductor


6th April 2013
Purcell: The Fairy Queen
Benslow Baroque Opera
Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Julian Perkins - musical director


27th - 29th March 2013 tour
Bach: Johannes-Passion
Polyphony
Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris
St John's, Smith Square

Stephen Layton - conductor


23rd March 2013
Haydn: Maria Theresa Mass
A. Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus
London Pro Arte Choir

Anna Sideris - soprano
Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Iain Milne - tenor
Lancelot Nomura - bass

Robin Kimber – conductor


20th March 2013
Schubert: Winterreise
Vicars' Hall, Windsor Castle

Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Nick Fletcher - piano


22nd February 2013
Schubert: Winterreise
Chapter House, Gloucester Cathedral

Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Nick Fletcher - piano


4th January 2013
Mozart: Requiem
Vivace Chorus
St Martin-in-the-Fields, London

Simon Ponsford - countertenor
Nick Pritchard - tenor
Timothy Murphy - bass