'Stars Above, Earth Below' /The Carice Singers /George Parris /St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, UK
Apr
18
7:30 pm19:30

'Stars Above, Earth Below' /The Carice Singers /George Parris /St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, UK

In his 150th anniversary year, of Holst St. Martin-in-the-Fields favourites the Carice Singers present an evening of Holst’s masterly choral music, including the Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, and in tribute to Holst’s lifelong commitment to new music, they interweave it with recent works inspired by the same sense of the limitless, including ‘Stars Above, Earth Below’ by Grace-Evangeline Mason.

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'The Imagined Forest' /Jessica Cottis /Oulu Sinfonia /Oulu, Finland
Apr
24
7:00 pm19:00

'The Imagined Forest' /Jessica Cottis /Oulu Sinfonia /Oulu, Finland

One of the most internationally renowned Finnish composers, Kalevi Aho wrote his brand-new work as a commission for the cellist Jonathan Roozeman and the 2015 winner of the Jean Sibelius Violin Competition Christel Lee. The concerto of two equal soloists hearkens to the light, virtuosic, and first and foremost danceable world of the Baroque era. The same can be said of Ludwig van Beethoven’sseventh, the composer’s most fast-paced and perhaps most entertaining symphony. The young British composer Grace-Evangeline Mason’s breakthrough work The Imagined Forest, which delighted audiences at the BBC Proms Festival, exudes English country romanticism.

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'The Imagined Forest' /Ellie Slorach /Hallam Sinfonia /Sheffield, UK
Jun
29
7:00 pm19:00

'The Imagined Forest' /Ellie Slorach /Hallam Sinfonia /Sheffield, UK

Passenger Seats returns! Your chance to sit amongst the orchestra during the performance in this family-friendly concert - this time for a programme based on fairy tales including Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel Overture, Prokoviev: Cinderella suite, Grace-Evangeline Mason: The Imagined Forest, and Ravel: Mother Goose suite.

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'The Imagined Forest' /Three Choirs Festival /Worcester, UK
Jul
27
7:30 pm19:30

'The Imagined Forest' /Three Choirs Festival /Worcester, UK

The natural world has long been a source of inspiration for musicians, writers and artists from across the world. Composers over the ages have been repeatedly inspired by landscapes, seascapes, and the animal kingdom. And so, one of the themes at the 2024 Three Choirs Festival is the environment, at a time when we can both celebrate works which remind us of the innate beauty of the world around us, but also recognise that our natural resources are under serious threat. Join us in this programme of Grace Evangeline Mason’s The Imagined Forest, Holst’s Hymn of Jesus and Stanford’s Stabat Mater.

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'The Imagined Forest' /George Jackson /Amarillo Symphony /Amarillo, TX
Apr
25
7:30 pm19:30

'The Imagined Forest' /George Jackson /Amarillo Symphony /Amarillo, TX

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Featuring Marc-André Hamelin, piano
George Jackson, conductor
WT Composition Premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4
Grace-Evangeline Mason – The Imagined Forest
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite

Hear the pianist the NY Times calls “A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess,” paired with an enchanting orchestral tone poem by young British composer Grace-Evangeline Mason and Stravinsky’s thrilling ballet.

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'The Imagined Forest' /George Jackson /Amarillo Symphony /Amarillo, TX
Apr
26
7:30 pm19:30

'The Imagined Forest' /George Jackson /Amarillo Symphony /Amarillo, TX

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Featuring Marc-André Hamelin, piano
George Jackson, conductor
WT Composition Premiere
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4
Grace-Evangeline Mason – The Imagined Forest
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite

Hear the pianist the NY Times calls “A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess,” paired with an enchanting orchestral tone poem by young British composer Grace-Evangeline Mason and Stravinsky’s thrilling ballet.

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'The Water Garden' /RCM Wind Ensemble /Michal Oren /London, UK
Feb
29
7:30 pm19:30

'The Water Garden' /RCM Wind Ensemble /Michal Oren /London, UK

Marie Lloyd director
Michal Oren conductor
RCM Wind Ensemble

In celebration of RCM Green Week, the RCM Wind Ensemble performs a nature-inspired programme by exciting contemporary composers. Amongst an eclectic number of works is Ruth Gipps' programmatic Seascape, thought to be inspired by a trip to the coastal town of Broadstairs.

Also on the programme is Grace-Evangeline Mason’s The Water Garden, inspired by Amy Lowell’s poem Chinoiseries, which describes an idealistic landscape of 'crimson peonies', and 'tinkling pagodas', juxtaposed with mystery and unease.

The concert culminates in Mark Simpson's volcanic Geysir, with its pulsing background and lyrical clarinet, horn and oboe eruptions.

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'Light, Revealing' /Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge
Feb
11
6:00 pm18:00

'Light, Revealing' /Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge

CHORAL EVENSONG

with Emily Long (Clare) | oboe

VOLUNTARY Grace-Evangeline Mason Light, Revealing
INTROIT Ēriks Ešenvalds Stars
RESPONSES Piccolo
PSALM 2 (Peasgood)
READINGS Deuteronomy XV: 1–11; John XII: 1–8 CANTICLES Tavener Collegium Regale
ANTHEM John Rutter (Clare 1964)

The Lord is my Shepherd

PREACHER The Rev’d Nell Whiscombe (Clare 2009) HYMNS 459 (Crimond), 425 (Eisenach) VOLUNTARY Ian Hunt Toccata Giocosa

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'Light, Revealing' /Jeremy Wan /Guildford Cathedral, UK
Feb
2
7:00 pm19:00

'Light, Revealing' /Jeremy Wan /Guildford Cathedral, UK

This Principal Feast Day of the church is also known as Candlemas or - in the Book of Common Prayer - The Purification of Saint Mary the Virgin. It occurs on 2 February and recalls the occasion when the 40-day old baby Jesus was taken to the Temple in Jerusalem so that Mary and Joseph could give thanksgiving for his safe delivery and Mary’s recovery from childbirth.

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Jan
29
1:00 pm13:00

'Light, Revealing' /Simon Hogan /Southwark Cathedral, London, UK

This series of weekly recitals is thought to be the longest-running in the world, join Simon Hogan for a recital of;

MACMILLAN Cortège académique (6)
LLOYD WEBBER Benedictus (from Colours of the Organ) (6) POTT Prelude & Fugue on Iste Confessor (16) MASON, Grace-Evangeline Light, revealing (3) HARWOOD Sonata 1 in c# (3 mm) (18)

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'Light, Revealing' /Claudia Grinnell /Peterhouse College, Cambridge
Jan
27
6:00 pm18:00

'Light, Revealing' /Claudia Grinnell /Peterhouse College, Cambridge

Peterhouse college, Cambridge are delighted to be holding a series of recitals throughout Lent Term to showcase their newly renovated organ. Claudia Grinnell is the guest organist for this recital.  

The recital will take place in the Peterhouse Chapel and will commence at 6.00 p.m., lasting around an hour. Tickets are free and the recitals are open to the public on a first come, first served basis but you must have a ticket to enter. We ask that attendees enter the College via the Porter's Lodge where you will need to show your ticket, and please be seated by 5.30 p.m.

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'O Sapientia' /Choir of King's College London /Joseph Fort /The Strand, London
Dec
8
5:30 pm17:30

'O Sapientia' /Choir of King's College London /Joseph Fort /The Strand, London

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This traditional service by candlelight is one of the highlights of the year. It is a beautiful service of music, by the Choir of King's College London, and readings reflecting on the hope that Jesus brings to our world. This service includes Grace-Evangeline Mason’s O Sapientia - setting the Latin text of this great ‘O’ antiphon (O Wisdom) for Advent, which was commissioned by Choir & Organ Magazine in partnership with the Choir of King’s College London and supported by PRS for Music.

This service is very popular, so it is repeated on three consecutive evenings, and tickets are required to attend. Tickets are free and will be available to book via Eventbrite from the end of October 2023

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'O Sapientia' /Choir of King's College London /Joseph Fort /The Strand, London
Dec
7
5:30 pm17:30

'O Sapientia' /Choir of King's College London /Joseph Fort /The Strand, London

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This traditional service by candlelight is one of the highlights of the year. It is a beautiful service of music, by the Choir of King's College London, and readings reflecting on the hope that Jesus brings to our world. This service includes Grace-Evangeline Mason’s O Sapientia - setting the Latin text of this great ‘O’ antiphon (O Wisdom) for Advent, which was commissioned by Choir & Organ Magazine in partnership with the Choir of King’s College London and supported by PRS for Music.

This service is very popular, so it is repeated on three consecutive evenings, and tickets are required to attend. Tickets are free and will be available to book via Eventbrite from the end of October 2023

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'O Sapientia' Premiere /Choir of King's College London /Joseph Fort /The Strand, London
Dec
6
5:30 pm17:30

'O Sapientia' Premiere /Choir of King's College London /Joseph Fort /The Strand, London

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This traditional service by candlelight is one of the highlights of the year. It is a beautiful service of music, by the Choir of King's College London, and readings reflecting on the hope that Jesus brings to our world. This service includes the premiere of Grace-Evangeline Mason’s O Sapientia - setting the Latin text of this great ‘O’ antiphon (O Wisdom) for Advent, which was commissioned by Choir & Organ Magazine in partnership with the Choir of King’s College London and supported by PRS for Music.

This service is very popular, so it is repeated on three consecutive evenings, and tickets are required to attend. Tickets are free and will be available to book via Eventbrite from the end of October 2023

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'To Breathe Now' /Bath Philharmonia /Jason Thornton /Bath, UK
Nov
28
7:30 pm19:30

'To Breathe Now' /Bath Philharmonia /Jason Thornton /Bath, UK

A feast of lyrical and invigorating orchestral melodies featuring violinist Arabella Steinbacher, celebrated worldwide as one of today’s leading soloists, performing Tchaikovsky’s irresistible violin concerto.

Arabella Steinbacher is a sensational world class violinist who has gained critical acclaim across the globe for extraordinary virtuosity and exquisite tone. Originally described as unplayable, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is one of the most popular violin concertos, famed for its virtuosity and melodic abundance. Also Featuring Restless Oceans by Anna Clyne and To Breathe Now (from Upon Weightless Wings) by Grace-Evangeline Mason, composers who are both establishing enviable reputations as the new voice in British orchestral music today; their work is both exciting, accessible, colourful and fascinating balancing perfectly with the dramatic, autumnal lyrical sounds of Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Brahms’ St Anthony Variations (also known as Variations on a theme of Haydn).

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Nov
23
12:15 pm12:15

'Where the Birds Sing' /Martyn Rawles /Worcester Cathedral, UK

Worcester Cathedral welcomes Martyn Rawles to give the lunchtime recital on Thursday 23rd November at 12.15pm.

All are welcome to attend this recital - admission is free with donations welcomed at a retiring collection. Martyn Rawles is Organist and Assistant Director of Music at Lichfield Cathedral, having taken up the post of Sub-Organist in 2008. Since 2009 he has directed the Cathedral’s Chamber Choir and accompanied the Birmingham Bach Choir. He was awarded a silver medal by the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 2008. He is President of the Lichfield and District Organists’ Association, Musical Director for the Royal School of Church Music’s Northern Cathedral Singers and Adult Residentiary Choir, and Secretary to the Association of Assistant Cathedral Organists.

Programme:

Prelude and Fugue in C minor / Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

Where the birds sing / Grace-Evangeline Mason (b. 1994)

Concerto in A minor BWV 593 / Antonio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741) arr. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Adagio (Violin Sonata No 3, Op. 108) / Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) arr. Edwin Lemare (1865-1934)

Prelude and Fugue in D / Franz Schmidt (1874-1939)

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'The Imagined Forest' /Chattanooga Symphony & Opera /Ilya Ram /Tennessee, USA
Nov
16
7:30 pm19:30

'The Imagined Forest' /Chattanooga Symphony & Opera /Ilya Ram /Tennessee, USA

Conductor Ilya Ram brings his energetic charisma and expressive spontaneity to the Memorial stage in a programme of Felix Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21, Grace-Evangeline Mason’s The Imagined Forest, Richard Wagner’s Entry of the Gods to Valhalla (from Das Rheingold) and Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5.

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Oct
24
1:10 pm13:10

'Light, Revealing' /Claudia Grinnell /Exeter College, Oxford

Join us at 1.10pm in the Chapel for another fantastic organ recital, performed by Claudia Grinnell (Sub-Organist, Winchester Cathedral)

Spitfire Prelude – William Walton (arr. Tom Winpenny)

Light, Revealing – Grace-Evangeline Mason

Prelude in E flat (BWV 552) – Johann Sebastian Bach

Benedictus – William Lloyd Webber

Postlude in D minor – Charles Villiers Stanford

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'A Memory of the Ocean' Dutch Premiere /Hannes Minnaar and Groot Omroepkoor /Florian Helgath /Utrecht, NL
Oct
6
8:15 pm20:15

'A Memory of the Ocean' Dutch Premiere /Hannes Minnaar and Groot Omroepkoor /Florian Helgath /Utrecht, NL

AVROTROS Friday concert

Dirigent Florian Helgath en artist-in-residence, pianist Hannes Minnaar, brengen deze onvervalste koorromantiek samen in een avontuurlijk tweeluik. De jonge Britse componiste Grace-Evangeline Mason schrijft een nieuw koorwerk, en in het spirituele slot klinkt de Mis voor dubbelkoor van Frank Martin. Het Groot Omroepkoor is gespecialiseerd in Brahms’ rijkgeschakeerde koorrepertoire, en brengt vanavond een uitgewogen selectie. Het Groot Omroepkoor duikt in dit rijke koorrepertoire.

Groot Omroepkoor
Florian Helgath
conductor
Hannes Minnaar piano
Anton Spronk cello

Brahms from Four Quartette opus 92: O schöne Nacht; from Fünf Gesänge opus 104: Nachtwache nr. 1 and nr. 2; from Fantasien opus 116: Capriccio (no. 3); Three Songs opus 42; Intermezzo opus 117 no. 1; Geistliches Lied
Mason New work (Dutch premiere, commissioned work Royal Philharmonic Society with support from the RVW Foundation, and AVROTROS Friday concert)
Martin Mis for double choir

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'The Imagined Forest' /Mark Wigglesworth /Adelaide Symphony Orchestra /Adelaide, AU
Sep
23
6:30 pm18:30

'The Imagined Forest' /Mark Wigglesworth /Adelaide Symphony Orchestra /Adelaide, AU

Enter a world of luminous colours and evocative textures in Prokofiev’s dreamy concerto. This is a work of exceptional lyrical beauty, with solo violin soaring over the gentlest halo of orchestral sound. Sibelius evokes something timeless and epic in his First Symphony, from the desolate opening to the spectacular vista painted by the full orchestra at the climax. Young British composer Grace-Evangeline Mason invites you to journey into the forest of your imagination in her immersive new work.

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'The Imagined Forest' Australian Premiere /Mark Wigglesworth /Adelaide Symphony Orchestra /Adelaide, AU
Sep
22
7:30 pm19:30

'The Imagined Forest' Australian Premiere /Mark Wigglesworth /Adelaide Symphony Orchestra /Adelaide, AU

Enter a world of luminous colours and evocative textures in Prokofiev’s dreamy concerto. This is a work of exceptional lyrical beauty, with solo violin soaring over the gentlest halo of orchestral sound. Sibelius evokes something timeless and epic in his First Symphony, from the desolate opening to the spectacular vista painted by the full orchestra at the climax. Young British composer Grace-Evangeline Mason invites you to journey into the forest of your imagination in her immersive new work.

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Sep
17
6:00 pm18:00

'Into The Abyss, I Throw Roses' /Trio D'Iroise /Klosterkirchenkonzerte, Haselünne

Unerhörtes entdecken, Vertrautes neu interpretieren – mit dieser Philosophie hat das Trio d’Iroise von Anfang an Jurys, Publikum und Rundfunkanstalten begeistert. Die drei MusikerInnen Sophie Pantzier, Francois Lefèvre und Johann Caspar Wedell überzeugen national und international mit ihren Programmkonzeptionen, in denen sie neue Entdeckungen mit berühmten Werken der Streichtrioliteratur verbinden. In Bibliotheken und Familienarchiven lagern in Vergessenheit geratene Kompositionen von unschätzbarem musikalischem Wert, die nur darauf warten, interpretiert und erhört zu werden.

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Sep
15
7:30 pm19:30

'Where the Birds Sing' /Andrew Forbes /Rubislaw Church, Aberdeen

Rubislaw Church Building is being used for the remainder of 2023 for a series of Organ Recitals which are open to all. The organ at Rubislaw Church is a 3-manual Willis, originally built in 1890 by Henry (Father) Willis as a 2-manual with tracker action. In 1926 it was enlarged to 3 manuals by his grandson, Henry Willis III. 

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ABLAZE THE MOON Premiere /BBC Philharmonic Orchestra /Mark Wigglesworth /BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
Jul
18
7:30 pm19:30

ABLAZE THE MOON Premiere /BBC Philharmonic Orchestra /Mark Wigglesworth /BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London

In the 50th-anniversary year of the Royal Northern College of Music, former student Sir Stephen Hough plays Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto – a work full of Romantic passion and ‘youthful freshness’, written while the composer was still a teenage student. Hough is joined onstage by the Manchester-based BBC Philharmonic and conductor Mark Wigglesworth, who also perform Mahler’s First Symphony and a new commission from rising-star composer Grace-Evangeline Mason.

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