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August 2019
Presteigne Festival: Powys
Martin Butler Rondes d’Automne
Deborah Pritchard For Mother Earth
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
Hannah Lash Fault Lines – concerto for flute and string orchestra
World premiere of a Presteigne Festival commission
Copland Appalachian Spring – ballet suite
Mathilde Wilwidsky violin, Katherine Bryan flute
Presteigne Festival Orchestra, George Vass conductor
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October 2019
Dartford Symphony Orchestra: Kent
Malcolm Arnold Serenade for Small Orchestra, Op 26
Schubert Symphony No 3 in D, D200
Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, Op 61
Mathilde Milwidsky violin, Dartford Symphony Orchestra, George Vass conductor
Find out more »Bushey Symphony Orchestra: Hertfordshire
Beethoven Overture: Egmont, Op 84
Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op 77
Gounod Symphony No 2 in E flat
Júlia Pusker violin, Bushey Symphony Orchestra, George Vass conductor
Find out more »November 2019
St Albans Choral Society: Hertfordshire
Liz Lane The Story of St Alban
Richard James Harvey The Martyrs’ Call: A Cantata in Stone
World premiere
John Rutter Gloria
Claire Seaton soprano, Michael Burke baritone, Carl Heap narrator
St Albans High School Junior Chamber Choir, Choir of Alban City School
St Albans Choral Society, Marko Sever organ
Orchestra Nova Brass and Ensemble, George Vass conductor
December 2019
St Albans Choral Society: Hertfordshire
A Christmas Celebration
A wide variety of Christmas music, carols and readings
including new works by James Francis Brown, Cecilia McDowall and George Vass
St Albans Choral Society, Richard Harvey organ, George Vass conductor
Find out more »January 2020
Bushey Symphony Orchestra: Hertfordshire
J Strauss II Overture: Die Fledermaus
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36
Kristiana Ignatjeva cello, Bushey Symphony Orchestra, George Vass conductor
Find out more »February 2020
Blaze Ensemble: London
W A Mozart Andante in C, K315
W A Mozart Divertimento in D, K131
Marielle Way flute, Blaze Ensemble, George Vass conductor
Find out more »March 2020
Bushey Symphony Orchestra: Hertfordshire
Saint-Saëns Suite in D, Op 49
W A Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491
Beethoven Symphony No 1 in C , Op 21
Chris Hopkins piano, Bushey Symphony Orchestra, George Vass conductor
Due to a decision by the Purcell School to cancel all external bookings in order to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, this concert has been cancelled
Find out more »April 2020
St Albans Choral Society: Hertfordshire
Richard Blackford Pietà
A joint commission from Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and St Albans Choral Society
W A Mozart Requiem in D minor, K626
This concert has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Daisy Brown soprano, Rebecca Afonwy-Jones mezzo-soprano, Bradley Smith tenor
Felix Kemp baritone, Amy Dickson saxophone
St Albans Abbey Girls’ Choir, St Albans Choral Society
Orchestra Nova, George Vass conductor
Blaze Ensemble: London
Elgar Intoduction and Allegro for string orchestra, Op 47
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85
Brahms Symphony No 2 in D, Op 73
This concert has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Gemma Rosefield cello, Blaze Ensemble, George Vass conductor
Find out more »May 2020
Bushey Symphony Orchestra: Hertfordshire
W A Mozart Symphony No 31 in D, K297 ‘Paris’
Arthur Honegger Pastorale d’été, H31
Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
E J Moeran Sinfonietta
This concert has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Martin Smith violin, Bushey Symphony Orchestra, George Vass conductor
Find out more »June 2020
St Albans Choral Society: Hertfordshire
Haydn The Creation
Sophie Edwards soprano, Christopher Bowen tenor, William Pate baritone
St Albans Choral Society, Blaze Ensemble, George Vass conductor
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
Find out more »Festival Gala Concert
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
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