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LEIGHTON PERFORMANCES 2004

2 October 2004 - 75th Anniversary of Birth
JANUARY  
6   The World's Desire (A Sequence for Epiphany), Nativitie

 

 John Button/Piccolo Coro   Holy Trinity Church, Stroud  7:30pm
14  Lecture recital - early piano music Angela Brownridge   Steinway Hall, London    6pm
FEBRUARY Naxos release their LEIGHTON CD   in the acclaimed series of English Choral Music performed by the Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge,  conductor Christopher Robinson  

This CD  has been chosen an Editors Choice for March 2004 by Gramophone Magazine   

"In this business of recording-reviewing I find, on the positive side, music and performances I like, more that I admire, some that I love, but not much that evokes affirmation from the soul.  This does."   John Steane, Gramophone March 2004

4  Lumetto Mark Swinton/Christ Church, Bristol  1:10pm
6  Prelude on Rockingham, Paean Vicky Savage    McEwan Hall, Edinburgh  1:10pm
11 Fantasy on a  Chorale Rupert and Rachael Gough   Church of the Holy Apostles, New York, NY
12   A Hymn to the Trinity, Paean Ryan Hepburn  Choir of Robinson College, Cambridge   Haileybury Chapel, Hertford  7:30pm
17  Prelude, Hymn and Toccata  (for two pianos) Anthony Goldstone/Caroline Clemmow   Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh 1:10pm
20   Fantasy on a  Chorale Rupert and Rachel Gough   Schwan Concert Hall, Wisconsin Lutheran College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
21   Fantasy on a  Chorale Rupert and Rachael Gough   Orchard Park Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, NY
23  Fantasy Octet - Homage to Percy Grainger  Op. 87 The Scottish Ensemble  The Sanctuary, Queens' Cross, Aberdeen 7:30pm
24  Fantasy Octet - Homage to Percy Grainger  Op. 87 The Scottish Ensemble  Eden Court, Inverness  8pm
25  Fantasy Octet - Homage to Percy Grainger  Op. 87 The Scottish Ensemble   St. John's Kirk, Perth  7:30pm
26  Fantasy Octet - Homage to Percy Grainger  Op. 87 The Scottish Ensemble   Strathclyde Suite, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow    7:45pm
27  Fantasy Octet - Homage to Percy Grainger  Op. 87 The Scottish Ensemble   Marryat Hall, Dundee   7:30pm
28  Fantasy Octet - Homage to Percy Grainger  Op. 87 The Scottish Ensemble, Queens Hall, Edinburgh, 7:45pm

MARCH

  
5  Crucifixus Pro Nobis, Et Resurrexit John Kitchen/Edinburgh University Singers  McEwan Hall, Edinburgh 1:10pm
6  Festive Overture Paxton/New Edinburgh Orchestra   Nicholson Sq. Church, Edinburgh  7:30pm
6  5 Shakespeare Songs William Coleman/Robert Chalemer   Holborne Museum, Bath 5pm
13   Crucifixus Pro Nobis Michael Harris/Scottish Chamber Choir   St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh     7:30pm
20  Give me the wings of faith, Three Carols Op. 25, Te Deum (Monkton Combe') David Hansell/The Ripieno Choir  All Saints Church, Weston Green, Esher  7:30pm
23   Dance Suite No. 2 Martin Rutherford/Melbourne Grammar School Symphony Orchestra   Malvern Town Hall, Melbourne  7:30pm
23  Martyrs Andrew Macintosh/Adam Martin   St. Ninian's Cathedral, Perth  7:30pm
30  Conflicts, 4 Romantic Pieces Angela Brownridge   Lyceum Centre, City Road, London 7:30pm
APRIL  
9 Crucifixus Pro Nobis Burgomaster/Choir of  Christ  Church Cathedral, Indianapolis
16  5 Shakespeare Songs William Coleman   Concert Hall, St. Leonard's School, St. Andrews  7:30pm
16  Magdalen Service, Preces and Responses Ryan Hepburn  Choir of Robinson College, Cambridge   Westminster Abbey   5pm
18  String Qt. No. 2 The Edinburgh Quartet,  The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh 3pm
20  Piano Quintet Robert Markham/Edinburgh Quartet   Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh University  1:10pm
28  Veni Creator Spiritus Mark Swinton  Clifton College Chapel, Bristol   8pm
MAY  
6  Paean Sarah Baldock   Evening  Recital Series, St. Paul's Cathedral, London
8  Martyrs Christopher Rathbone/Stephen Power   Meanwood Parish Church 11:30am
8  4 Romantic Pieces Angela Brownridge  Grange Park Concert Society   Winchmore Hill
 London   Lunchtime concert
18  Household Pets Angela Brownridge   The Ballroom, Hurlingham, London 7:30pm
22  Crucifixus Pro Nobis Derek Harrison    QC Chamber Choir, Hertford
22   Elegy - for  Chamber Orchestra James Lowe/Edinburgh University Chamber Orchestra   Reid Concert Hall, Edinburgh 7:30pm
22  Crucifixus Pro Nobis, Te Deum (Monkton Combe), Let all the world in very corner sing David Hansell/ Sean Farrell    St. Albans Chamber Choir,  St. Paul's Church, Hatfield Rd, St. Albans   8pm
27  Festival Fanfare Christopher Rathbone  Ripon Cathedral  1:15pm
JUNE  
1  Serenade for Flute Natalie Morgan    Turner Sims Concert Hall   Southampton.
3  Veni Redemptor Huw Williams  Evening  Organ Recital Series, St. Paul's Cathedral, London
5  Six Studies-Study Variations Opus 56 Dr. Na Young Kim  Seoul Art Center, Korea
7  These are thy wonders  New MusicNew York    William George/Amy Pummill   Christ and St. Stephens, New York, New York    7:30pm    US PREMIERE
9 London Town Adam Martin /St. Andrew’s University Magdrigal Group St John the Divine,  Brighouse
10 These are thy wonders  New MusicNew York    William George/Amy Pummill   Noroton Presbyterian Church    Darien CT  USA
10  London Town Adam Martin /St. Andrew’s University Madrigal Group Woolley Parish Church  Wakefield
11 London Town Adam Martin /St. Andrew’s University Madrigal Group Brancepeth Castle   County Durham),
12  London Town Adam Martin /St. Andrew’s University Madrigal Group Emmanuel Church  Holcolme  Manchester
13  London Town Adam Martin /St. Andrew’s University Madrigal Group       St. Chad's Church  York
15  London Town Adam Martin /St. Andrew’s University Madrigal Group       , St. Cuthbert's Church (Edinburgh)
19  Mass for Double Choir Opus 44 Will Dawes/Edinburgh Camerata   Sedburgh School   7:30pm
30  Et Resurrexit Martin Neary  Clifton College   8pm
JULY  
1  Festival Fanfare   John Scott  Celebrity Organ Recital Series, St. Paul's Cathedral, London
1  Martyrs Christopher Rathbone/Stephen Power   Ripon Cathedral  1:15pm
2  Paean   Elegy   Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia Christopher Rathbone   Leeds Parish Church  12:30pm
3  Mass for Double  Choir Op.44 Charles Janz/Colmore Consort   Birmingham Cathedral  7:30pm

 
4 Serenade for Flute Natalie Morgan  tba
9  Martyrs (Organ Duet) Christopher Rathbone/Stephen Power  Meanswood Parish Church, Headlingley, Leeds   12:30pm
12  Mass for Double Choir Opus 44, God's Grandeur, Let all the world in every corner sing  City of London Festival -  A tribute to Kenneth Leighton     James Gorick/Floreat Sonus  ,  St. Lawrence Jewry, London   6pm
16  6 Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Martyrs, These are thy wonders Christopher Rathbone/Stephen Power   Leeds Parish Church  12:30pm
21 Scherzo from the Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia Keith Wright  Derby Cathedral  Celebrity Organ Recital Series
23  Missa de Gloria Christopher Rathbone   Leeds Parish Church  12:30pm
 28  Ode :  Tom Corfield   Derby Cathedral  Celebrity Organ Recital Series
30  Festival Fanfare, Veni Creator Spiritus, Veni Redemptor   Christopher Rathbone   Leeds Parish Church  12:30p[m
AUGUST  
 4   Fanfare Colin Walsh   Derby Cathedral  Celebrity Organ Recital Series
5  Sonata for Four Hands Edinburgh Festival Fringe   Kesh Piano Duo   St. Mary's Cathedral   1:10pm  
11  6 Fantasies on Hymn Tunes Edinburgh Festival Fringe   Peter Backhouse     Celebrity Organ Recital Series,  St. Giles Cathedral Edinburgh  8pm
11   Improvisation David Price   Derby Cathedral  Celebrity Organ Recital Series
12  Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Prelude, Scherzo and Passagaglia Edinburgh Festival Fringe   Stephen Doughty    St. John's Church, Princes St. Edinburgh  7:15 pm
12   Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia David Goode  Celebrity Organ Recital Series, St. Paul's Cathedral, London
14    Toccata on 'Hanover' Jonathan Bielby  Derby Cathedral   Celebrity Organ Recitals
14  Pieces for Angela Edinburgh Festival Fringe Leon Coates  St. Andrews and St. George's Church, Edinburgh  12:30pm
15 Complete Leighton Evensong - Magdalen Service, Let all the world in every corner sing, Preces and Responses, Paean Edinburgh Festival Fringe  Stephen Doughty/Choir of St. John's Church, Princes St.  Edinburgh 6pm
15  Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes   Prelude Scherzo and Passacaglia Edinburgh Festival Fringe   Stephen Doughty   St. John's Episcopal Church, Princes St. Edinburgh   7:15pm
16  Lumetto; Rockingham - Edinburgh Festival Fringe   John Kitchen   Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh  1:10pm
18 Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes Anne Marsden Thomas  Derby Cathedral  Celebrity Organ Recital Series
20   Fanfare; Veni creator; Ode - Edinburgh Festival Fringe    Martyn Strachan  Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh  1:10pm
25   'Ite missa est' ( Dublin Festival Mass) Steven Grahl   Derby Cathedral  Celebrity Organ Recital Series
27  Et Resurrexit Edinburgh Festival Fringe   Morley Whitehead   Reid Memorial Church  1:10pm
27  Mass for Double Choir Opus 44 Edinburgh Festival Fringe  Will Dawes/Edinburgh Camerata   Canongate Church, Edinburgh  7:30pm
28  Six Elizabethan Lyrics Edinburgh Festival Fringe Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus  Greyfriars Church 7:30pm
29  Mass for Double Choir Op.44 Charles Janz/Colmore  Consort    Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris
SEPTEMBER  
1 Paean Edinburgh Festival Fringe- Mark Hindley  Reid Memorial Church, Edinburgh 1:10pm
1   Paean Peter Gould  Derby Cathedral  Celebrity Organ Recital Series
2  Veni Creator Spiritus Stephen Farr   Celebrity Organ Recital Series, St. Paul's Cathedral, London
12  Six Elizabethan  Lyrics Pamela Duncan  The Waverley Singers  The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh
12  Gloria (Mass for  Double Choir Op. 44) James Burton/Schola Cantorum of Oxford   Museo Pablo de Arte, Puebla, Mexico  8pm
13   Mass for Double Choir Opus 44   James Burton/Schola Cantorum of Oxford   Mass Templo de San Francisco, Potosi  8:30pm 
18  Missa de Gloria (Dublin Mass) Colm  Carey/Christ Church Cathedral   Dublin  8pm
18  Sequence for All Saints
 
James Grossmith/The Wordsworth Singers   St Andrew's Church, Penrith  7:30pm
 
14   Mass for Double Choir Opus 44   James Burton/Schola Cantorum of Oxford   Matehuala Cathedral,  Matahuala   Mexico   8pm
29  Fantasia Contrappuntistica Robert Markham   Hinkley Music Club, Leicestershire  7:30pm
OCTOBER  
  A Leighton Festival

The Complete Organ Works, including the duet Martyrs and Fantasy on a Chorale

2  Festival Fanfare, Fantasy on a Chorale, These are they Wonders

3  Missa Brevis, Drop, drop slow tears

   2nd Service, Give me the wings of faith

6  Prelude, Scherzo and Passacaglia, Improvisation, Martyrs

 

13  Fanfare, Rockingham, Veni Redemptor, Veni Creator, 6 Fantasies on Hymn Tunes

17  Sarum Mass, A Hymn to the Trinity

Magdalen Service, Responses, Let all the world in every corner sing

 

 Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, Canada

Patrick Wedd, Violin and Tenor to be confirmed

 

Patrick Wedd/Ryan Enright   The Cathedral Singers 

 

 

Patrick Wedd/Ryan Enright

 

 

 

Patrick Wedd    Sylvie Poirier and Philip Crozier

 

Patrick Wedd/Ryan Enright   The Cathedral Singers 

2  Leighton 75th Anniversary Concert

Piano Quintet, 5 Shakespeare Songs, Sequence for All Saints, Sonatina No. 1, Household Pets, Paean

 

 Jonathan Bielby/Choir of Wakefield Cathedral, Angela Brownridge, Robert Markham/Edinburgh Quartet,  Philip Lancaster   Wakefield Cathedral, Wakefield 5pm
2 Leighton 75th Anniversary Concert

Mass for Double Choir Op. 44, Columba Mea   An Evening Hymn

 Sam Laughton/Elysian Singers    St Cyprian's Church, Glentworth Street, London NW1   7:30pm
2  Complete Leighton Evensong

6 Fantasies on Hymn Tunes, Dunoon, Responses, Magdalen Service,  Let all the world in every corner sing, Paean

 

  Mark Williams, Duncan Ferguson, Huw Williams/Archer/St Paul's Cathedral Choir   St. Paul's Cathedral  London 5pm
3  A Leighton Tribute A choral, organ and instrumental  concert     Dennis Townhill/St. Mary's Music School    St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh   4:30pm
2  2nd Service, Responses, God's Grandeur Burgomaster/Choir of  Christ  Church Cathedral, Indianapolis
16  Mass for Double Choir Op. 44, Laudate Peuri Burton/Schola Cantorum of Oxford   The Queen's College Oxford  7:30pm
NOVEMBER  
1  Sequence for All Saints Festal Evensong for All Saints   Matthew Owens/Choir of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh   5:30pm
5    A LEIGHTON TRIBUTE 

Improvisations (De Profundis), Fantasia Contrappuntistica, Alleluia Pascha Nostrum, Elegy, Duet Sonata    

 

 Maggie Cole, Raphael Wallfisch/John York, Andrew Zolinsky, Kesh Piano Duo     Purcell Room, London 7:30pm
6  Mass for Double Choir Op. 44 Andrew Griffiths/Glasgow Chamber  Choir   St. Mary's Cathedral, Great Western Road, Glasgow   7:30pm
7  Organ  Concerto Jeff McLelland, organ      Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, Alabama
7  Fantasy on Veni Emmanuel Mark Williams   Celebrity Organ Recital Series, St. Paul's Cathedral, London
9  Fantasy Octet Trinity College of Music Sinfonietta   Old Royal Naval College Chapel  1:05pm
10  Violin Concerto Ben Nabarro/Peter Evans/The Meadows Chamber Orchestra   The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh   7:30pm
14  Mass for Double Choir Op. 44 Mark Shapiro/Cantori  St. Luke's Church  New York, New York  4pm
16  Evening Hymn, Alleluia Amen,  Theme and Variations from Piano Sonata No. 2 Trinity Chamber Choir  Old Royal Naval College Chapel  1:05pm

Christopher Stokes
18  Columba Mea, Evening Hymn, Alleluia Amen

Fantasy Octet

 Kenneth Leighton 75th Anniversary Concert

Trinity Chamber Choir and Orchestra

Pendlebury/Trinity College Sinfonietta  Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich   London    7:30pm
18  Laudate Peuri James Grossmith/RSAMD Chamber Choir  St. Aloysius, Garnethill, Glasgow   7:30pm
20   A Hymn to the Trinity Jeremy Backhouse/Vasari Singers  Steeple Morden, Hertfordshire 7:30pm
21  Laudate Peuri James Grossmith/RSAMD Chamber Choir   St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh    6pm
24  Et Resurrexit Charles Matthews   St. Catherine's Church, Chipping Camden, Glos.  7:30pm
27  Et Resurrexit Charles Matthews   Memorial Hall,   Spitj Rpoad. Aderaerpm   7:30pm
DECEMBER  
4  The Star Song Matthew Berry/Commotio    Merton College Chapel, Oxford  8pm
12  Dance Suite No. 2 Martin Rutherford/Melbourne Grammar School Orchestra   St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh  6pm
12  A Hymn of the Nativity Solomon/San Francisco Choral Artists     Lakeshore Baptist Church, Oakland  CA   4pm
13  Dance Suite No. 2 Martin Rutherford/Melbourne Grammar School Orchestra   Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh 8pm
17   A Hymn of the Nativity Solomon/San Francisco Choral Artists    St. Gregory's Church, San Francisco  CA  8pm
18   A Hymn of the Nativity Solomon/San Francisco Choral Artists   St. Mark's Church, Palo Alto  CA  8pm