Past Concerts

16 Dec 2022

St James Church, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Handel: Messiah

Helen Semple, soprano
Rebekah Jones, mezzo-soprano
John Upperton, tenor
Thomas Coltman, baritone
Peter Fender, conductor

With South London Sinfonietta

29 Oct 2022

St James Church, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Mozart: Requiem
Peter Fender: A 21st Century Requiem (première)

Helen Semple, soprano
Lydia Shariff, contralto
John Upperton, tenor
Thomas Coltman, baritone
Peter Fender, conductor

With South London Sinfonietta

15 Apr 2022

St James Church, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
JS Bach: St John Passion

Helen Semple, soprano
Helen Cooper, mezzo-soprano
John Upperton, tenor
Thomas Coltman, baritone
Ben Vonberg-Clark, evangelist
Oskar McCarthy, Jesus
Peter Fender, conductor

With South London Sinfonietta

20 Dec 2019

St James Church, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Handel: Messiah

Helen Semple, soprano
Cathy Bell, mezzo-soprano
John Upperton, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Peter Fender, conductor

With Linden Baroque, on period instruments

1 Nov 2019

St James Church, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik

Helen Semple, soprano
Cathy Bell, mezzo-soprano
John Upperton, tenor
Thomas Coltman, baritone
Peter Fender, conductor

With South London Sinfonietta

20 Dec 2018

St James Church, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Handel: Messiah

Helen Semple, soprano
Cathy Bell, mezzo-soprano
John Upperton, tenor
Thomas Coltman, baritone
Peter Fender, conductor

With Linden Baroque on period instruments

18 Mar 2018

St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9ED
Bach: St John Passion

Benjamin Vonberg-Clark, Evangelist
Philip Wilcox, Jesus

Helen Semple, soprano
Carris Jones, alto
John Upperton, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Peter Fender, conductor

With South London Sinfonietta on period instruments

16 Dec 2017

St James Church, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Handel: Messiah

Helen Semple, soprano
Carris Jones, alto
John Upperton, tenor
Bartholomew Lawrence, baritone
Peter Fender, conductor

With period instrument group Linden Baroque

1 Apr 2017

St Paul’s Church Covent Garden, Bedford St, London WC2E 9ED
Bach: St Matthew Passion

John Upperton, evangelist
Jon Stainsby, Jesus
Helen Semple, soprano
Carris Jones, alto
Benjamin Vonberg-Clark, tenor
Oskar McCarthy, baritone
Peter Fender, conductor

With period instrument group Linden Baroque and the 7 Centuries Chamber Choir.

22 Dec 2016

St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
Handel: Messiah

Helen Semple, soprano
Carris Jones, alto
John Upperton, tenor
Jon Stainsby, baritone
Peter Fender, conductor

With period instrument group Linden Baroque.

18 & 19 June 2016

St John’s Church, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (1757 version, sung in French)

With Linden Baroque and Chelsea Ballet.

Hippolyte: David Douglas
Aricie: Aurélia Jonvaux
Phèdre: Carola Emrich-Fisher
Thésée: Jon Stainsby
Pluton: Franco Kong
Diane: Henrietta Brewley
Œnone/Matelote/Bergere: Jenni Harper
Tisiphone: Jeremy Vinogradov
La Grande-Prêtresse: Eleanor Dann
Chasseresse: Camilla Jepperson

27 November 2015

St James’s Church, Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL
“Six Centuries of Christmas”

Richard Dering: Quem vidistis, pastores?
Elgar: The Snow
Peter Fender: Blow, blow, thou winter wind (première: with audience smartphone participation)
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Mateo Flecha the Elder: Riu, Riu, Chiu
Dale Trumbore: Frozen In
Waldteufel: Skaters Waltz
Debussy: Des pas sur la neige
Biber: Chirstmas Sonata
Brahms: Geistliches Wiegenlied

With Natasha Moskovici, reader
Marcello Ravaioli, keyboards
Julian Fish, violin

21 June 2015

St Silas Church, Risinghill Street, London N1 9UL

William Byrd: Sing joyfully unto God
Monteverdi: Hor ch’el ciel e la terre
Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm!
Brahms: Der Abend
Eric Whitacre: Water Night
Peter Fender: I never saw a moor & How do I love thee?
Frescobaldi: Toccata
Castello: Sonata seconda
Ravel: Violin & Cello duet mov.3
Bach: G Major Courante / D Minor Allemande / C Major Gigue for solo ‘cello
Peter Fender: Plenty of Time
Brahms: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

With Natasha Moskovici, reader
Marcello Ravaioli, keyboards
Patrick Johnson, violoncello