We had our first rehearsal yesterday for the Fifteenb consort's concert at the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music at St. Pan...

I've just been listening to Carl Orff's Prometheus . This dates from 1968 (30 years after Carmina Burana ) and is a setting of ancie...

Well, Respice, Domine is 'finished' and a copy given to the conductor. The next stage is the enourmously nerve-wracking moment when...

Well the first draft of my motet 'Respice Domine' is finished and possibly the last as well. After much soul searching, (and not a l...

To the London Coliseum on Saturday to see the final instalment of ENO’s Ring. Having missed the first 2 instalments for personal reasons, t...

In the summer, London Concord Singers will be singing Mass at Strasbourg Cathedral as part of our summer trip. The main mass setting is go...

Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, I've just taken delivery of a new batch of Demo discs. We've unpicked the various Fiftee...

We went to see the new production of On the Town at the London Coliseum on Friday. I've no problem with opera companies doing musicals...

As a non-practising Anglican singing in the Latin Mass choir at a Catholic church, I find that I have mixed views on the possible changes in...

Music and Vision have just published my latest article about Dame Nellie Melba's rather curious Wagnerian episode, when she sang Brunnh...

To the Barbican on Saturday for the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's concert. Under Richard Egarr they did an all Purcell program...

Last night was the Launch party for the 2005 Chelsea Festival , the second festival to be programmed by Stewart Collins. With the piano as a...

I've just started work on a new libretto for a choral work. It's based on a sermon preached by Lancelot Andrewes. He has featured in...

The big news in our house yesterday (Easter Monday) was the disappearance of Acts 2 and 3 of Die Walküre from BBC TV's schedules becaus...

I was saddened to read the article in the Guardian saying that Deborah Voigt had undergone gastric surgery in an effort to lose weight. She...

To St. Johns, Smith Square on Tuesday to see the King's Consort performing the St. Matthew Passion. Having seen the Gabrieli Consort p...

I've just heard from a friend, who phoned to congratulate me that my settings of Carl Cook, sung by the Burgundian Cadence, are on the R...

To Oxford on Friday to visit the newly upgraded Fitzwilliam Museum - mildly disappointing, some of the galleries were closed and the general...

Off to the dress rehearsal tonight for my choir's Easter concert. We ( London Concord Singers ) are doing a concert tomorrow (St. Patric...

I'm busy sorting out the music for my 50th Birthday concert in July. Rather than my using my usual amateur group, FifteenB , I'm usi...