11th-14th December 2014. The Choral Scholars of Trinity College Cambridge travelled to Lincolnshire to perform Christmas Concerts in Grimsby and Louth, and evensong in Lincoln Cathedral. Amongst music by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Ola Gjeilo and Ben Parry, two of Owain’s arrangements… Continue Reading
Review on Bachtrack: “The world première of 21 year old British composer Owain Park’s song cycle Shakespeare Songs of Night-Time closed the first half. The work comprised of six settings for unaccompanied choir linked with the recurring refrain “Come, gentle night, come,… Continue Reading
Holst Singers, Music Director Stephen Layton, have commissioned Owain to write a 10-minute work to be performed at their concert, Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The concert will take place at Southwark Cathedral on October 8th 2014 at 7.30pm. “The Holst… Continue Reading
Owain has finished a new setting of the evening canticles, The Gloucester Service, for the RSCM Millennium Youth Choir. The work will be broadcast from Gloucester Cathedral as part of BBC’s Choral Evensong on Wednesday 29th October at 3.30pm, and then… Continue Reading
Owain has written a new setting of ‘Beati quorum via’ for The Countess of Wessex and the Choir of Wells Cathedral, to be performed on September 24th. The piece forms part of a new collection of music for evensong written… Continue Reading
Owain has been chosen as the winner of Reverie’s inaugural Young Composers Competition in association with the international publishing company, Edition Peters Ltd. A setting of W.B. Yeats’ poem, ‘The Mother of God’, this piece draws inspiration from an eclectic range of composers such… Continue Reading
Trinity College Choir performed Owain’s Magnificat from ‘The Redcliffe Service’ during evensong. The choir was conducted by Stephen Layton, with Owain at the keys. The performance can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/owainpark/magnificat-the-redcliffe-service
As part of their Voice of Children series, Owain debuted with Opus Anglicanum in Chipping Campden, where they sang his Fantasia on English Children’s Songs, commissioned by the choir in 2013. More about Opus Anglicanum: Opus Anglicanum – “English Work”… Continue Reading
Andrew Kirk and the Choir of St Mary Redcliffe have commissioned a new setting of the evening canticles for choir and chamber organ, to mark the installation of their new Drake chamber organ. The magnificat was premiered in March, and… Continue Reading
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, conducted by Stephen Layton, premiered Judas mercator pessimus at evensong in Trinity College Chapel. The work was commissioned by the choir, and will be performed a further two times in this academic year before it… Continue Reading
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, conducted by Stephen Layton, premiered Tomorrow shall be my dancing day at evensong in Trinity College Chapel. The work was commissioned by the choir, and will be recorded on their forthcoming Christmas album. To hear Tomorrow… Continue Reading
Opus Anglicanum have commissioned Owain to write a new ten-minute work, Fantasia on English Children’s songs. The composition will feature children’s nursery rhymes including The Grand Old Duke of York, Oranges and Lemons and Upon Paul’s Steeple. Opus Anglicanum will perform the work three times in… Continue Reading
Owain has just finished setting four Shakespeare texts to music for unaccompanied SATB choir. The Maesbury Singers, a choir based in the South-West conducted by Iain MacLeod Jones, commissioned the set of songs. ‘Love is a smoke’, ‘Love, whose month… Continue Reading
On Wednesday April 3rd and Sunday April 7th, Owain’s new anthem, Alleluia, was broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s choral evensong. The RSCM Millennium Youth Choir sang from St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol, where Owain was once Head Chorister. The broadcast… Continue Reading
On the 2nd March 2013, Wells Cathedral Choir premiered Owain’s new setting of the evening canticles, The Wells Service. The choir was joined by string players from the Athenaeum Chamber Orchestra of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. The premiere took place… Continue Reading
On the 2nd March 2013, Wells Cathedral Choir will premiere Owain’s new setting of the evening canticles, The Wells Service. The choir will be joined by string players from the Athenaeum Chamber Orchestra of the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague. The… Continue Reading
Three of Owain’s compositions have been broadcast on national radio over the Christmas period. On the 23rd December, Cradle Lullaby was selected by Andrew McGregor on BBC Radio 3’s CD Review Show as his pick of the album, Jingle Wells. Then, on… Continue Reading
Let Christians all with Joyful Mirth, a carol setting words found in an old church gallery in Dorset, has been announced as the winner of the Full Choir category in ‘A Carol for Christmas’ competition. Owain’s carol will be performed… Continue Reading
A new work, ‘I look from afar’, commissioned by Matthew Owens and the Choir of Wells Cathedral was performed on Sunday 2nd December as part of the cathedral’s Advent Carol Service. The Advent Responsory features a cantor singing from the… Continue Reading