The Gesualdo Six makes debut at the BBC Proms
The Gesualdo Six were privileged to make our debut at the BBC Proms Continue Reading
Concerts
BBC Singers debut
I was delighted to make my conducting debut with the BBC Singers at the Temple Winter Festival on 15 December 2017. The concert, which was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, explored Christmas carols by leading 21st-century composers of choral… Continue Reading
Australian Premiere of ‘The Wings of the Wind’
‘The Wings of the Wind’ was given its Australian premiere in Brisbane by Stephen Layton and The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge on Sunday 17 July, with ten further performances in the series including Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Newcastle, Canberra, Perth,… Continue Reading
Short Stories: New Chamber Opera
Owain has written a new chamber opera, setting a short story from Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber. The Snow Child will be performed in Cambridge on two nights in February, and is supported by the Cambridge University Opera Society. This new piece is one of three… Continue Reading
Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
Owain performed Saint-Saëns epic Third Symphony (Organ) in Trinity College Chapel. Trinity College Chamber Orchestra, led by Gabriella Jones, was conducted by Oscar Osicki. Friday 6th November 2015 at 8pm. Find out more about Trinity College Music Society here: http://www.tcms.org.uk
U.S. Premiere of ‘The Wings of the Wind’
During September 2015, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge and Stephen Layton performed ‘The Wings of the Wind’ across the USA. Venues included St Ignatius Church, New York (U.S. premiere) and St Philip’s Cathedral, Atlanta. The choir also performed works by Byrd, Tallis, Pärt… Continue Reading
Tavener: The Veil of the Temple
The Veil of the Temple by Sir John Tavener 1 August 2015 The Scandinavian premiere of the all-night vigil The Veil of the Temple by the late Sir John Tavener took place in July, on the last night of the St Olav… Continue Reading
Successful term for The Gesualdo Six
The Gesualdo Six performed four concerts in the last term, with venues including King’s, St John’s, Caius and Jesus College Chapels. The final concert of the term, a performance of Gesualdo’s ‘Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday’, received a five-star review… Continue Reading
International Premiere of ‘The Wings of the Wind’
On Sunday 15th March, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge and Stephen Layton gave the international premiere of ‘The Wings of the Wind’ in the Abbey at Saint-Maurice, Switzerland. The choir also performed works by Tallis, Byrd, Rautavaara and Whitacre, and also gave… Continue Reading
Bach Cantata Series 2015
In January to March, Owain conducted three cantatas: two as part of the TCMS Bach Cantata Series 2015, and one for Sidney Sussex’s ‘A little night music’ series. 1. Wachet auf (BWV 140), 2. Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (BWV 69) and… Continue Reading
Mozart Requiem in Trinity Chapel
Owain conducted the Trinity Singers and TCCO in a performance of Mozart’s timeless Requiem in Trinity College Chapel. Soloists included Camilla Seale, Guy James, Hiroshi Amako and Jonathan Pacey.
Dido and Aeneas
Owain conducted a performance of Henry Purcell’s finest opera, Dido and Aeneas. The soloists included Sinéad O’Kelly (Dido) Sophie Gallagher (Belinda), James Wafer (Aeneas) and Pat Dunachie (Sorceress). Violin: Gabriella Jones, Josh Michaels Viola: Nathalie Green-Buckley Basso continuo: Sophie Haynes (‘cello), Seb… Continue Reading
The Gesualdo Six Nachtmusik Concert
The Gesualdo Six, conducted by Owain, performed Byrd’s Mass for Five Voices, interspersed with motets and madrigals by Gesualdo and Monteverdi. Here is a link to listen to the Kyrie from Byrd’s Mass for Five Voices: https://soundcloud.com/the-gesualdo-six/kyrie-mass-for-five-voices Patrick Dunachie Guy James… Continue Reading
Vospiri Holy Week Concert
During Holy Week, Vospiri performed a Lenten programme including Tallis Lamentations of Jeremiah, a selection of Gesualdo Tenebrae Responsories and Duruflé Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens. The concert took place in St Mary Magdalen Church, Bristol. Read more about the choir, or find… Continue Reading
RSCM MYC Tour
Owain spent four days touring the South of England with the RSCM Millennium Youth Choir. The choir sang evensongs at Salisbury Cathedral and Wells Cathedral, before performing a concert in St Martin’s Church, Salisbury.
The Gesualdo Six – Tenebrae Responsories
The Gesualdo Six, conducted by Owain, performed Carlo Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday, in Trinity College Chapel. Peter Oakley Guy James Joseph Wicks Robert Busiakiewicz Michael Craddock Jonathan Pacey Conducted by Owain Park
Recital of Poulenc, Purcell and Gurney
As part of the inaugural Summer Recital Series at St Cuthbert’s church in Wells, Owain accompanied Helen Briggs in a programme of songs for Soprano and Piano, including Britten’s realisation of Purcell’s ‘The last rose of summer’, and Ivor Gurney’s… Continue Reading
Maesbury Singers’ Spring Concert
The Maesbury Singers performed a wide variety of music in the beautiful Church of St Mary in Compton Pauncefoot on Saturday, March 16th. Iain MacLeod-Jones conducted repertoire from the beautiful Cantique de Jean Racine by Fauré, to the lively S’Wonderful by Gershwin,… Continue Reading
Britten Canticles
As part of the worldwide celebrations of the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth and as part of the 650th anniversary of the completion of Vicars Close, this intimate performance of four of Britten’s Canticles was given in Wells Cathedral by… Continue Reading
Vivaldi Gloria and Rutter Requiem
On the 27th April 2013 at 7.30pm, The Mid-Wessex Singers’ present a spring concert containing two great choral works, Vivaldi’s Gloria and Rutter’s Requiem, written nearly 300 years apart, which both offer a different reflection on the period of Lent and Easter. The… Continue Reading