RECORDINGS
Presteigne Premieres
Music by Sally Beamish, Michael Berkeley, Martin Butler, Joe Duddell, Christopher Gunning, Thomas Hyde, David Matthews, Matthew Taylor, Huw Watkins, Adrian Williams and Hugh Wood
Amy Dickson saxophone ∙ Rebecca Afonwy-Jones mezzo soprano ∙ Katherine Baker flute ∙ Suzy Willison-Kawalec harp
Presteigne Festival Orchestra · George Vass conductor
Recorded: August 2020
St Barnabas, Ealing, London
Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto,
Six Humoresques
Nors S Josephson Celestial Voyage
Fenella Humphreys violin
BBC National Orchestra of Wales · George Vass conductor
Recorded: January, February 2020
BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
James Francis Brown
The Heavens and the Heart, Trio Concertante, Clarinet Concerto
Benjamin Nabarro violin · Rachel Roberts viola · Gemma Rosefield cello
Catriona Scott clarinet · The Choir of Royal Holloway
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: February 2017
St Augustine’s, Kilburn, London
Thomas Hyde
That Man Stephen Ward
Damian Thantrey baritone
Nova Music Opera Ensemble · George Vass conductor
Recorded: June 2016
St John the Evangelist, Oxford
Michael Hurd
The Aspern Papers
Owen Gilhooly baritone · Pippa Goss soprano
Clare McCaldin mezzo · Louise Winter mezzo
Ulster Orchestra · George Vass conductor
Recorded: September 2011, Ulster Hall, Belfast
Oboe Concertos by John Joubert, Kenneth Leighton and John McCabe
Jinny Shaw oboe
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: November 2011
St Silas-the-Martyr, London
Stephen McNeff
Madrigali Dell’Estate
Clare McCaldin mezzo
Orchestra Nova Ensemble · George Vass conductor
Recorded: October 2012
Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex
David Matthews
Piano Concerto
Laura Mikkola piano
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: October 2013
Pamoja Hall, Sevenoaks School, Kent
Cecilia McDowall
Shipping Forecast and other works
Jeremy Huw Williams baritone · Tamas Kocsis violin
Madeleine Easton violin · Andrew Hobday narrator
Kathryn Thomas and Joanna Shaw flutes
Merton College Choir, Oxford · Ulster Orchestra
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: September 2011, Ulster Hall, Belfast
February 2012, St Silas-the-Martyr, London
John McCabe
Les Martinets Noirs, Rainforest I, Rainforest II
Harriet Mackenzie and Philippa Mo violins
Angela Whelan trumpet
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: February 2012
Henry Wood Hall, London
Joseph Holbrooke Aucassin and Nicolette
Richard Rodney Bennett Country Dances
Amy Dickson saxophone
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
George Vass conductor
Recorded: May/June 2011
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
William Mathias Piano Concertos 1 and 2
Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia
Mark Bebbington piano
Ulster Orchestra · George Vass conductor
Recorded: May 2011
Ulster Hall, Belfast
Michael Hurd
The Widow of Ephesus
Pippa Goss soprano · Louise Winter mezzo
Michael Bundy baritone/narrator
Orchestra Nova · City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
George Vass conductor
Recorded: October 2010
Henry Wood Hall, London
Lydia Kakabadse
The Phantom Listeners
Kit Hesketh-Harvey narrator · Michael Bundy baritone
Emma Brain-Gabbott soprano · Clare McCaldin mezzo
Instrumental Ensemble · George Vass conductor
Recorded: February 2010
St Michael’s Church, Highgate, London
David Matthews
Violin and Oboe concertos
Philippe Graffin violin · Nicholas Daniel oboe
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: April 2010, St Jude-on-the-Hill, London
July 2010, The Lighthouse, Poole
Edward Elgar
Concert Allegro
Iain Farrington piano
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
George Vass conductor
Recorded: July 2010
The Lighthouse, Poole
Paul Patterson
Concertos for violin, viola and cello
Tamas Andras violin · Sarah-Jane Bradley viola
Alice Neary cello
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: April and July 2010
St Jude-on-the-Hill, London
Joseph Holbrooke
Cello Concerto, Symphony No 4
Raphael Wallfisch cello
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
George Vass conductor
Recorded: April 2010, The Friary, Liverpool
May 2010, Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
Sir Donald Tovey
The Bride of Dionysus
Sally Silver soprano · Yvonne Fontane mezzo
Robert Johnston tenor · Michael Bundy baritone
Belfast Philharmonic Choir
Ulster Orchestra · George Vass conductor
Recorded: May 2009
Ulster Hall, Belfast
Cecilia McDowall
Laudate, Radnor Songs, Five Seasons
Rachel Nicholls soprano · Katherine Allen
City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
Ilid Jone oboe · Suzanne Kawalec harp
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: February 2008, St Clement’s, Sandwich February 2009, St Jude-on-the-Hill, London
Cecilia McDowall
Stabat Mater, On Angel’s Wing, Latin Motets
Charlotte Mobbs soprano · Eamonn Dougan baritone
City of Canterbury Chamber Choir
St Catherine Singers, Haberdashers’ Aske’s Girls School
South Hampstead High School Singers
Gretel Dowdeswell piano · Nigel Shipway percussion
Orchestra Nova · George Vass,conductor
Recorded: March 2007, St Giles, Cripplegate, London
David Matthews
From Sea to Sky, The Sleeping Lord, Aubade
Gillian Keith and Rachel Nicholls soprano
Lucie Spickova mezzo · Ruth Bolister oboe
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: February 2007
Henry Wood Hall, London
British Viola concertos by David Matthews, Alwyn, Holst, McCabe and Maconchy
Sarah-Jane Bradley viola
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: July/August 2006
Town Hall, Watford
Sir Donald Tovey
Cello Concerto
Alice Neary cello
Ulster Orchestra · George Vass conductor
Recorded: May 2006
Ulster Hall, Belfast
Sir Donald Tovey
Symphony in D
Malmö Opera Orchestra
George Vass conductor
Recorded: May 2005
Malmö, Sweden
SUSIE SELF
Symphony No 2
Susie Self mezzo soprano
Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra
George Vass conductor
Recorded: November 2005
Olomouc, Czech Republic
Cecilia McDowall
Seraphim, Dance the Dark Streets
Paul Archibald trumpet · Nicola Eimer piano
Amy Dickson saxophone · Freya Ritts-Kirby violin
Benjamin Griffiths double bass
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: March/April 2005
St Giles Cripplegate, London
Cecilia McDowall
Magnificat, Ave maris stella, Christus natus
Rachel Nicholls soprano · Frances Bourne mezzo
Parmiter’s Senior Singers · Canterbury Chamber Choir
Sally Pryce harp
Orchestra Nova · George Vass conductor
Recorded: May 2004
St Giles Cripplegate, London