2008

20 December 2008

England

Reading

St Matthew's Church

'Handel with care'

Graham Ross | conductor

Handel: Messiah

 

16 December 2008

England

London

Christ's Chapel, Dulwich

 

Concordia Chamber Choir

Graham Ross | conductor

Charity Christmas concert

First performance of Adam lay ybounden and Lullay, my liking.

 

13 December 2008

 

England

Surrey

Kingston Parish Church

Kingston Choral Society

Graham Ross | conductor

James McVinnie | organ

Handel: Messiah (excerpts)

Traditional carols

 

27 November 2008

England

London

St Stephen's, Gloucester Road

Kate Symonds-Joy | mezzo-soprano

Sophie Rivlin | 'cello

William Vann | piano

First performance of Chanson des escargots as part of Thursdays at St. Stephen's concert 2008/09 series.

 

15 November 2008

England

London

All Saints Church, West Dulwich

Concordia Chamber Choir

Graham Ross | conductor

10th anniversary concert

Tallis: Spem in alium

Howells: Requiem

Parry: Songs of Farewell

 

13 November 2008

Denmark

Aalborg

Aalborg Symfoniorkester

Graham Ross | conductor

Soo-Kyung Hong | cello

Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

Elgar: Cello Concerto

Nielsen: Symphony No. 2 'The Four Temperaments'

 

12 November 2008

England

London

Great Hall, St Bartholomew's Hospital

 

O Duo | marimba duo

Kate Symonds-Joy | mezzo-soprano

First performance of Ayurvedic Pulses for two marimbas and mezzo-soprano, commissioned by Hymans Robertson for the launch of Club Vita.

 

30 October 2008

England

London

St John's Wood Church

 

The Knack Singers

Rufus Frowde | piano

First performance of The Dalliance of the Eagles (cycle), a ten-movement song cycle for The Knack Singers written as part of the Adopt-a-Composer scheme, run by Society for Promotion of New Music (spnm) in partnership with Making Music and funded by the PRS Foundation.

25 October 2008

England

London

Hoxton Hall

Second Movement American Triple Bill - closing night

Graham Ross | conductor

Oliver Mears | director

Barber: A Hand of Bridge

Stefan Weisman: Fade

Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti

 

24 October 2008

England

London

Hoxton Hall

Second Movement American Triple Bill

Graham Ross | conductor

Oliver Mears | director

Barber: A Hand of Bridge

Stefan Weisman: Fade

Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti

 

23 October 2008

England

London

Hoxton Hall

Second Movement American Triple Bill

Graham Ross | conductor

Oliver Mears | director

Barber: A Hand of Bridge

Stefan Weisman: Fade

Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti

 

23 October -

1 November 2008

England

London

Queen Elizabeth Hall

Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra

Diego Masson | conductor

Graham Ross | assistant conductor

Stockhausen: Trans

 

22 October 2008

England

London

Hoxton Hall

Second Movement American Triple Bill - opening night

Graham Ross | conductor

Oliver Mears | director

Barber: A Hand of Bridge

Stefan Weisman: Fade (world première)

Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti

 

19 October 2008

England

Suffolk

Westleton, nr Aldeburgh

 

Tallis Chamber Orchestra

Samuel Pearce | horn

Graham Ross | conductor

Ravel: Ma mere l'oye (suite)

Mozart: Concerto for horn and orchestra no. 3 in Eb

Haydn: Symphony no. 78

 

4 October 2008

England

Cambridge

West Road Concert Hall

Sinfonia of Cambridge

Graham Ross | conductor

Kate Symonds-Joy | mezzo-soprano

Cordelia Williams | piano

Sibelius: Rakastava, Op. 14

Brahms: Rhapsodie für eine Altstimme, Männerchor und Orchester, Op. 53

Brahms: Gesänge für Frauenchor, Op. 17

Beethoven: Fantasie für Klavier, Chor und Orcheste c-moll, Op. 80

 

26 September 2008

England

London

St Pancras Old Church, London

 

The Knack Singers

Elena Kokka | soprano

Elizabeth McCall | soprano

Jonny Davies | baritone

Rufus Frowde | piano

First performance of 'Tis so much joy!, a new work for The Knack Singers written as part of the Adopt-a-Composer scheme, run by Society for Promotion of New Music (spnm) in partnership with Making Music and funded by the PRS Foundation.

 

24 - 30 September 2008

England

London

The Barbican

London Symphony Chorus

Sir Colin Davis | conductor

Joseph Cullen | chorus master

Graham Ross | assistant chorus master
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast

 

14 September 2008

England

London

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Making Music Annual Convention

John Rutter | conductor

Jeremy Huw Williams | baritone

Graham Ross | piano

Vaughan Williams: 5 Mystical Songs; folksongs

13 September 2008

England

London

Wigmore Hall

Wigmore Hall Family Programme: Songspace

Mary King | leader

Graham Ross | piano

 

29 August 2008

England

London

St John's Wood Church

 

The Knack Singers

Sonya Knussen | soprano

Joanna Sleight | mezzo-soprano

Gavin Roberts | piano

First performance of The Dalliance of the Eagles, a new work for The Knack Singers written as part of the Adopt-a-Composer scheme, run by Society for Promotion of New Music (spnm) in partnership with Making Music and funded by the PRS Foundation.

 

15 August 2008

England

London

Wigmore Hall

 

Palestinian musicians - recipients of the Choir of London Trust Bursary Scheme

First performance of arrangement of Al Helwa De for Choir of London and Palestinian musicians.

Graham Ross | piano

12 August 2008

England

East Grinstead

Chequer Mead Community Arts Centre

 

Chequer Mead Lunchtime Concert Series, 1.30pm

Joanna Sleight | soprano

Rufus Frowde | piano

Graham Ross: Five Songs from Ogden Nash's 'Carnival of the Animals'; Pied Beauty

9 August 2008

England

Cambridge

King's College Chapel

English Voices

Timothy Brown | conductor

Graham Ross: Precor te, Domine

Performed as part of closing concert of Cambridge Summer Music Festival 2008.

 

5 August 2008

England

Cambridge

St John's College Chapel

 

James McVinnie | organ

Graham Ross: Toccatina

Cambridge Summer Music Festival 2008 Tuesday Lunchtime Recital

3-9 August 2008

England

Oxfordshire

Abingdon

Abingdon Summer School for Solo Singers

Course accompanist

26 July - 2 August 2008

Italy

Umbria

Assisi

 

Accademia Musicale Internazionale Umbriasummer 2008

Participant in orchestral conducting course

19 July 2008

Austria

Innsbruck

Hofkirche

Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alte Musik

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Timothy Brown & Graham Ross | conductors

 

16 July 2008

Austria

Stams

Basilica des Stiftes

 

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Graham Ross | guest conductor

15 July 2008

Austria

Berwang

Berwang Town Church

 

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Graham Ross | guest conductor

13 July 2008

Germany

Munich

Herz-Jesu Kirche

Munich Opera Festival

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Ivor Bolton | conductor

 

13 July 2008

England

London

Westminster Abbey

James McVinnie | organ

Graham Ross: Toccatina

Performed at 10am Matins service

29 July 2008

England

London

St Mary's, Perivale

Ealing Symphony Orchestra

Graham Ross | guest conductor

Dvorak: Serenade, op. 44

27 June 2008

England

London

St Pancras Old Church

Charissa Hutchins, Elena Kokka | sopranos

Rufus Frowde | piano

First performance of Desertion, a new work for The Knack Singers written as part of the Adopt-a-Composer scheme, run by Society for Promotion of New Music (spnm) in partnership with Making Music and funded by the PRS Foundation.

 

22 June 2008

England

London

Spurgeon's College

Concordia Chamber Choir

Graham Ross | conductor

Duruflé: Quatres Motets

Stanford: Three Motets

English folksongs and partsongs

 

22 June 2008

England

London

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey Organ Recital series

James McVinnie | organ

First performance of Toccatina for solo organ

14-15 June 2008

England

Wakefield

British Police Symphony Orchestra

Graham Ross | guest conductor

Francesca Barritt | violin

repertoire weekend

Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto

Beethoven: Symphony no. 3 'Eroica'

 

30 May 2008

England

London

St Paul's Church,

Covent Garden

 

Elena Kokka | soprano

Gavin Roberts | piano

First performance of A Clear Midnight, a new work for The Knack Singers written as part of the Adopt-a-Composer scheme, run by Society for Promotion of New Music (spnm) in partnership with Making Music and funded by the PRS Foundation.

 

18 May 2008

England

London

St Pancras Parish Church

Choir of St. Pancras Parish Church

Christopher Batchelor | conductor

London première of O Sacrum Convivium for men's voices, performed on Trinity Sunday as part of 2008 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music.

 

14 May 2008

England

London

Durrington Room

Royal College of Music

 

Contemporary Consort

Graham Ross | conductor

Solfa Carlile: Stripe of orange for clarinets, violin, cello & piano (first performance)

11 May 2008

England

London

The Warehouse

Sounds Positive

David Sutton-Anderson | conductor

First performance of Piano triggers for seven players, commissioned by Sounds Positive.

 

8 May 2008

England

London

Royal College of Music

RCM recording sessions

Graham Ross | conductor

Works by Stephen Nunes & Adrian More

 

29 April 2008

Scotland

Glasgow

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

Royal College of Music Summer Composers project

RCM New Pespectives Ensemble

Graham Ross | conductor

Mark Boden: A Star was Born for ensemble (première)

John Chambers: The Fall of the House of Usher for ensemble (première)

 

26 April 2008

England

Cambridge

Robinson College

Cambridge University Symphony Orchestra annual dinner

Graham Ross | guest speaker

25 April 2008

England

London

St Pancras Old Church

Sonya Knussen | soprano

Rufus Frowde | piano

First performance of Invocation, a new work for The Knack Singers written as part of the Adopt-a-Composer scheme, run by Society for Promotion of New Music (spnm) in partnership with Making Music and funded by the PRS Foundation.

 

4 April 2008

England

London

Victoria & Albert Museum

Hannah Kendall: Vera for clarinet, violin, viola & piano

Graham Ross | conductor

27-29 March 2008

England

London

The Dmitri Ensemble

Graham Ross | conductor

NAXOS recording of works by James MacMillan

 

18 March 2008

England

London

St Paul's Cathedral

The Dmitri Ensemble

Jamie Campbell | leader

Graham Ross | conductor

James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross

 

17 March 2008

England

London

St John's, Smith Square

The Dmitri Ensemble

Sophie Bevan | soprano

Kate Symonds-Joy | mezzo soprano

Ben Alden | tenor

George Humphreys | bass

Jamie Campbell | leader

Graham Ross | conductor

James MacMillan: ...here in hiding...

Giles Swayne: Stabat Mater

James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross

 

15 March 2008

England

Norwich

Norwich Cathedral

The Dmitri Ensemble

Sophie Bevan | soprano

Kate Symonds-Joy | mezzo soprano

Ben Alden | tenor

George Humphreys | bass

Jamie Campbell | leader

Graham Ross | conductor

James MacMillan: ...here in hiding...

Giles Swayne: Stabat Mater

James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross

 

14 March 2008

England

Cambridge

Chapel of Trinity College

The Dmitri Ensemble

Sophie Bevan | soprano

Kate Symonds-Joy | mezzo soprano

Ben Alden | tenor

George Humphreys | bass

Jamie Campbell | leader

Graham Ross | conductor

James MacMillan: ...here in hiding...

Giles Swayne: Stabat Mater

James MacMillan: Seven Last Words from the Cross

 

6 March 2008

England

London

Royal College of Music

RCM Sinfonietta

Peter Stark | conductor

*Graham Ross | conductor

*Lutoslawski: Chain III

Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3

Holst: The Planets

 

29 February 2008

England

London

St Olave's Church

Penny Manser | soprano

Rufus Frowde | piano

First performance of I am he that aches with love , a new work for The Knack Singers written as part of the Adopt-a-Composer scheme, run by Society for Promotion of New Music (spnm) in partnership with Making Music and funded by the PRS Foundation.

 

20 February 2008

Lebanon

Beirut

Emile Bustani Auditorium

Aurora Orchestra

Nicholas Collon | conductor

First performance of Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden (arr.) at The Al Bustan International Festival of Music and the Arts.

26 January 2008

England

Farnham, Surrey

St Thomas-on-The Bourne

VOX Chamber Choir

Graham Ross | piano

Liszt: Sonetto 123 del Petrarca

25 January 2008

Austria

Salzburg

Haus für Mozart

English Voices

Graham Ross | chorus master

Mozartwoche 2008
Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
Ivor Bolton | conductor
Christian Tetzlaff  | violin

Ruth Ziesak | soprano

Birigit Remmert | mezzo-soprano

John Mark Ainsley | tenor

Alastair Miles | bass
Mozart: Missa C-Dur KV 66 'Dominicus-Messe'

Gubaidulina: 'Offertorium' Concerto for violin and orchestra

 

25 January 2008

England

London

St Olave's Church

Joanna Sleight | mezzo-soprano

Rufus Frowde | piano

First performance of Pied Beauty , a new work for The Knack Singers written as part of the Adopt-a-Composer scheme, run by Society for Promotion of New Music (spnm) in partnership with Making Music and funded by the PRS Foundation.

 

19 January 2008

England

Cambridge

West Road Concert Hall

Sinfonia of Cambridge

Olivia Ray | mezzo-soprano

Graham Ross | conductor

Berlioz: Overture to Les Francs-Juges

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'éte

Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5

 

19 January 2008

England

London

Royal College of Music

Jaymee Coonjobeeharry | harpsichord

First performance of Crossed Wires as part of the Royal College of Music Junior Department 'Keyboard Shorts' project: a collaboration between RCM composers and RCMJD performers.

 
2007
9 December 2007

England

Hertfordshire

Wheathampstead

Hertfordshire Schools Symphony Orchestra

rehearsal conductor

 

11 November 2007

England

Cambridge

Chapel of Clare College

BBC Radio 3

Choir of Clare College

Timothy Brown | conductor

First performance of Secret Music, commissioned by the Choir of Clare College for Remembrance Day 2007, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

 

13 October 2007

England

Yorkshire

Wakefield

British Police Symphony Orchestra

Repertoire day: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

 

 

1 October 2007

England

London

Royal College of Music

RCM Contemporary Consort

Stravinsky: Suite - 'L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale)

Adam Sherkin: Hunting the Serpents from Tales from Nanabush (London première)

29 September 2007

England

London

St Michael's Church, Battersea

The Syred Consort

Ben Palmer | conductor

First performance of A Voice from Afar, commissioned by The Syred Consort for their inaugural concert.

 

20 August 2007

England

London

Arcola Theatre

Metta Theatre

Graham Ross | conductor
Poppy Burton-Morgan | director
Alex Cadden | tenor
Cathy Bell | mezzo-soprano

Ed Hughes: The Devil's Drum

 

11-12 August 2007

England

Berkshire

Reading

Aldworth Philharmonic Orchestra

Repertoire weekend

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments

 

4 August 2007

England

Surrey

Church of St Thomas-on-

The Bourne, Farnham

Kate Symonds-Joy | mezzo soprano

Graham Ross | piano

First performance of Tread softly at wedding of Heather Ross and Oliver Longbottom.

 

27 July 2007

Scotland

Argyll

Crear

Dinner and recital with Ann Murray and Philip Langridge and friends for launch of the arts charity Crear, space to create.

22 July 2007

Germany

Munich

Herz Jesu Kirche

Choir of Clare College

Ivor Bolton, conductor

Munich Opera Festival 2007

12 July 2007

England

Worcestershire

Elgar Birthplace

Museum

Alice Howick | violin

Graham Ross | piano

Violin & piano recital

 

9 June 2007

Russia

St Petersburg

St. Petersburg International Choir Festival

 

3 June 2007

England

London

St Stephen's,

Gloucester Road

Choir of St. Stephen's, Gloucester Road

William Vann | conductor

First performance of O beata Trinitas, commissioned by St. Stephen's 2007 Festival of Arts and Faith.

 

16 May 2007

England

London

St George's,

Hanover Square

Sophie Lockett | violin

Gemma Johnson | cello

Graham Ross | piano

Trio recital as part of Music in Mayfair series.

 

11 May 2007

England

London

Royal College of Music

New Perspectives Ensemble

Vlad Maistorovici: Khadina for 8 soloists (world première)

 

10 May 2007

England

London

Royal College of Music

Elgar Day composition project, in assocation with the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Elgar Society, with Anthony Payne.

Four new works based on Elgar's piano miniature, In Smyrna by Louis Mander, Neil Luck, Danquan Yu and Solfa Carlile.

 

27 April 2007

England

London

Royal College of Music

The Dmitri Ensemble

Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

Ross: supersitions... for chamber orchestra (world première)

Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks

 

23 April 2007

England

London

Guildhall School

of Music and Drama

Aquilo Wind Ensemble

First performance of The Edict of Milan for wind quintet.

 

13 April 2007

Palestine

East Jerusalem

Palestinian National Theatre

Choir of London

Orchestra of Choir of London

Graham Ross | conductor

Sam West | director

Jamie Campbell | leader

Mozart: The Magic Flute (first fully-staged performance on The West Bank, as part of Palestine Mozart Festival).

 

6 April 2007

Palestine

Jerusalem

Church of St Anne

Choir of London

Jeremy Summerly | conductor

First performance of Crux fidelis, commissioned by Choir of London for the inaugural Palestine Mozart Festival)

 

4 March 2007

England

London

Holy Trinity,

Sloane Square

English Voices

Timothy Brown | conductor

First performance of Precor te, Domine, commissioned by English Voices for performances alongside Buxtehude: Membra Jesu Nostri and Palestrina: Stabat mater.

 

24 February 2007

England

London

Roehampton

University

 

Composition lecture for Association of British Choral Directors.

17 February 2007

England

Reading

Church of St Matthew

Promotional recording for Oxford University Press of newly released new choral works.

16 February 2007

England

Reading

Church of St Matthew

Promotional recording for Oxford University Press of newly released new choral works.

15 February 2007

England

Reading

Church of St Matthew

Promotional recording for Oxford University Press of newly released new choral works.

 

19 January 2007

England

Nottinghamshire

Eastwood Comprehensive School

Composition masterclass

 

17 January 2007

England

London

Royal College of Music

RCM Sinfonietta

Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg