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June 2020
Blaze Ensemble: London
Christopher Gunning Spring Winds
Fauré Pavane, Op 50
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64
Mathilde Milwidsky violin, Blaze Ensemble, George Vass conductor
Find out more »November 2020
Royal Tunbridge Wells Symphony Orchestra : Kent
Arthur Honegger Pastorale d’été, H31
Tomaso Albinoni Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op 9 No 2
John Ireland A Downland Suite: Elegy and Minuet
Joseph Haydn Symphony No 85 in B flat 'La Reine'
Helen Pye, oboe
George Vass, conductor
August 2021
Awakening Shadow
Luke Styles & Benjamin Britten: Awakening Shadow
semi-staged performance
Awakening Shadow is a fusion of newly composed scenes by Luke Styles and Britten’s Canticles, for five singers and four instrumentalists
Nova Music Opera
Donna Lennard, soprano
Ralph Thomas Williams, countertenor
Christopher Bowen and Bradley Smith, tenor
Felix Kemp, baritone
Nova Music Ensemble
Richard Williams, director
George Vass, conductor
Part of the 2021 Presteigne Festival
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Awakening Shadow
Luke Styles & Benjamin Britten: Awakening Shadow
semi-staged performance
Awakening Shadow is a fusion of newly composed scenes by Luke Styles and Britten’s Canticles, for five singers and four instrumentalists
Nova Music Opera
Donna Lennard, soprano
Ralph Thomas Williams, countertenor
Christopher Bowen and Bradley Smith, tenor
Felix Kemp, baritone
Nova Music Ensemble
Richard Williams, director
George Vass, conductor
Part of the 2021 Presteigne Festival
Find out more »Presteigne Festival Orchestra at Leominster Priory
Jessie Montgomery: Starburst
Cecilia McDowall: Off the Ground
Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for two violins and string orchestra, Op 77
Huw Watkins: Three Welsh Songs
Gary Carpenter: as dreams are made on
Presteigne Festival co-commission ∙ World premiere
Michael Tippett: Little Music
Presteigne Festival Orchestra
Fenella Humphreys & Francesca Barritt, violin
George Vass, conductor
Part of the 2021 Presteigne Festival
Find out more »Presteigne Festival Orchestra at Leominster Priory
Jessie Montgomery: Starburst
Cecilia McDowall: Off the Ground
Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for two violins and string orchestra, Op 77
Huw Watkins: Three Welsh Songs
Gary Carpenter: as dreams are made on
Presteigne Festival co-commission
Michael Tippett: Little Music
Presteigne Festival Orchestra
Fenella Humphreys & Francesca Barritt, violin
George Vass, conductor
Part of the 2021 Presteigne Festival
Find out more »Festival Gala Concert
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No 13 in F, K112
Cecilia McDowall: Ave maris stella
Matthew Taylor: Oboe Concerto
World premiere
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K618
Malcolm Arnold: Sinfonietta No 1, Op 48
Cecilia McDowall: Shipping Forecast
Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London
Presteigne Festival Orchestra
James Turnbull, oboe
Christopher Good, narrator
George Vass, conductor
Part of the 2021 Presteigne Festival
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No 13 in F, K112
Cecilia McDowall: Ave maris stella
Matthew Taylor: Oboe Concerto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K618
Malcolm Arnold: Sinfonietta No 1, Op 48
Cecilia McDowall: Shipping Forecast
Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London
Presteigne Festival Orchestra
James Turnbull, oboe
Christopher Good, narrator
George Vass, conductor
Part of the 2021 Presteigne Festival
Find out more »November 2021
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Felix Mendelssohn: Overture ‘The Hebrides’
Max Bruch: Concerto for clarinet and viola in E minor, Op 88
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 55 ‘Eroica’
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Sarah Jenkins, clarinet
Rosalind Ventris, viola
George Vass, conductor
St Albans Choral Society
Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
St Albans Choral Society
Elinor Rolfe Johnson, soprano
Samantha Price, mezzo-soprano
Liam Bonthrone, tenor
Alexander Ashworth, baritone
Timothy End, piano
Richard Harvey, harmonium
George Vass, conductor
December 2021
St Albans Choral Society
A Christmas Celebration
James Frances Brown: The Hertfordshire Carols (world premiere)
Gustav Holst: Christmas Day – a choral fantasy on old carols
Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells
Christmas readings and carols for choir and audience
St Albans Choral Society
Richard Harvey, organ
George Vass, conductor
St Albans Choral Society
A Christmas Celebration
James Frances Brown: The Hertfordshire Carols (world premiere)
Gustav Holst: Christmas Day – a choral fantasy on old carols
Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells
Christmas readings and carols for choir and audience
St Albans Choral Society
Richard Harvey, organ
George Vass, conductor
January 2022
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Antonin Dvorak: Czech Suite, Op 39
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64
Niels Wilhelm Gade: Symphony No 4 in B flat, Op 20
Eleanor Corr, violin
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
George Vass, conductor
March 2022
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Engelbert Humperdinck: Overture ‘Hansel und Gretel’
Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104
Franz Berwald: Symphony No 3 in C ‘Singuliere’
Gemma Rosefield, cello
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
George Vass, conductor
April 2022
St Albans Choral Society
Richard Blackford: Pietà
Commissioned jointly with the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Joseph Haydn: Nelson Mass
Rebecca Bottone, soprano
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, mezzo-soprano
Bradley Smith, tenor
Felix Kemp, baritone
Amy Dickson, saxophone
Orchestra Nova
George Vass, conductor
May 2022
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture ‘Cosi fan Tutte’, K588
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Gabriel Faure: Suite ‘Masques et bergamasques’, Op 112
Arthur Honegger: Pastoral d’ete
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No 99 in E flat
Martin Smith, violin
Bushey Symphony Orchestra
George Vass, conductor
June 2022
St Albans Choral Society
Vaughan Williams 150th Anniversary Concert
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Te Deum in G
John Ireland: Greater love hath no Man
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Prelude on ‘Hyfrydol’
Herbert Howells: Like as the hart desireth the Waterbrooks
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Prelude on ‘Rhosymedre’
Edward Elgar: Great is the Lord, Op 67
Ralph Vaughan Williams: O taste and see
Gerald Finzi: Lo, the full final Sacrifice, Op 26
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
St Albans Choral Society
Richard Harvey, organ
George Vass, conductor
Orchestra Nova, Proms at St Jude’s
Felix Mendelssohn: Overture: ‘The Hebrides’, Op 26
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64
Franz Schubert/Gustav Mahler: String Quartet in D minor, D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ – Andante con moto
Franz Schubert: Symphony No 3 in D, D200
Benjamin Nabarro, violin
Orchestra Nova
George Vass, conductor
July 2022
Blaze Ensemble
Haydn: Symphony No 43 in E flat ‘Mercury’
Mozart: Piano Concerto in A, K488
Ignas Macnickas, piano
Blaze Ensemble
George Vass, conductor
Nova Music Opera Ensemble, Ryedale Festival
Julian Philips: Looking West (World premiere)
Rebecca Bottone, soprano
Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, mezzo
Alexander Knox, actor
Nova Music Opera Ensemble
George Vass, conductor