Question 1

2026

Accepted Answer

Thursday 26th March 2026Cadogan HallBACH: ST MATTHEW PASSIONBach St Matthew Passion (sung in English using the New Novello Choral Edition) Simon Wall, EvangelistRichard Latham, ChristusRachel Nicholls, sopranoBernadette Johns, mezzo sopranoMaximilian Lawrie, tenorBenjamin Bevan, baritoneCity of London ChoirThe Schola Cantorum of King’s College, CambridgeThe Hanover BandDaniel Hyde, conductorWednesday 17th JuneSt Giles-without-Cripplegate GREAT BRITISH CHORAL EVENSONGTallis O nata luxSmith Preces and responses Macmillan O radiant dawn Stanford Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat City of London ChoirPaul Greally, organDaniel Hyde, conductorSaturday 20th JuneSt Mary-at-HillLOOK AT THE WORLD! (family concert)Strauss (arr. Farrington) Tritsch tratsch polkaRutter London TownRimsky-Korsakov (arr. Farrington) Flight of the BumblebeeForbes L'Estrange For the beauty of the earthGrieg (arr. Farrington) In the Hall of the Mountain KingTrad. (arr. Dunhill) The Ash GroveTrad. (arr. Dunhill) Early One MorningThomas Morley Now is the Month of MayingJoplin (arr. Farrington) Stoptime RagLowry (arr. Scott) How can I keep from singingRutter Look at the WorldCity of London ChoirHackney Choral with William Bruce, conductor Members of the Royal Philharmonic OrchestraDaniel Hyde, conductor Friday 26th JuneSt Giles-without-CripplegateISLANDS AND HIGHLANDS: CITY OF LONDON CHOIREnglish folksong, arr. Thomas Dunhill Early one morningWelsh folksong, arr. Thomas Dunhill The Ash GroveJohn Farmer Fair PhyllisFoulds Keltic LamentShearing Songs and Sonnets of ShakespeareEnglish trad., arr. Vaughan Williams GreensleevesBritten The Evening Primrosearr. Grainger Londonderry AirFinzi My Spirit Sang All DayElgar From the Bavarian Highlands (Op. 27)City of London ChoirTimothy End, pianoDaniel Hyde, conductorFriday 24th July Royal Festival Hall BEETHOVEN'S NINTHBeethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'Beethoven Symphony No. 9, 'Ode to Joy' Royal Philharmonic Concert OrchestraLee Reynolds, conductor Sam Armstrong, pianoEleanor Dennis, sopranoSiân Griffiths, mezzo-sopranoElgan Llŷr Thomas, tenorJolyon Loy, bassCity of London ChoirPromoted by RGLive

Question 2

2025

Accepted Answer

Thursday 13th March 2025Royal Festival Hall THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS Elgar The Dream of Gerontius Kathryn Rudge, mezzo soprano Andrew Staples, tenor James Platt, bassCity of London ChoirThe Choir of King's College, Cambridge Royal Philharmonic OrchestraDaniel Hyde, conductor Monday 5th May 2025Barbican Centre THE PLANETS AND LIM COSMIC RHAPSODY Manu Martin Lim Cosmic RhapsodyGershwin I Got Rhythm VariationsHolst  The PlanetsJean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoLondon VoicesCity of London ChoirRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraRobert Ziegler, conductorSaturday 14th June 2025King's College Chapel, Cambridge VERDI REQUIEM AT KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGEFrancesca Chiejina, sopranoClaire Barnett-Jones, mezzo sopranoDavid Junghoon Kim, tenorJames Platt, bass City of London ChoirChoir of King's College Cambridge (Men only)BBC Concert OrchestraDaniel Hyde, conductor Wednesday 18th June 2025St Giles Cripplegate FAURÉ REQUIEMFauré Cantique de Jean Racine Debussy Danse Sacrée et Danse Profane  Rutter Suite AntiqueFauré Requiem Hannah Dienes-Williams, sopranoEdward Grint, baritoneCity of London Choir Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir John Rutter, conductorFriday 28th June 2025St Giles Cripplegate VERDI REQUIEMVersion by Richard BlackfordRachel Nicholls, sopranoClaire Barnett-Jones, mezzoDavid Junghoon Kim, tenorEdward Grint, bassIain Farrington and Libby Burgess, pianoPaul Greally, organTristan Fry, timpani/percussionCity of London Choir Daniel Hyde, conductor Saturday 20th September 2025Royal Albert Hall THE PLANETS 2025Rachmaninov Piano Concert No. 2Holst Planets Christopher Warren-Green, conductor Philharmonia OrchestraCity of London Choir  Promoted by RGLiveTuesday 11th November 2025Cadogan HallPOULENC'S GLORIABoulanger Psalm 24 ‘La terre appartient à l’Éternel’Barber Adagio for StringsBizet L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 1Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915Debussy (arr. Caplet) Clair de lunePoulenc GloriaDaniel Hyde, conductorAilish Tynan, sopranoCity of London ChoirRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraTuesday 9th December 2025Cadogan HallCHRISTMAS FANFARE!Christmas carols for choir and audience including Sir John Rutter's Gloria, marking the composer's 80th birthday City of London ChoirRoyal Philharmonic Brass & PercussionAndrew Lumsden, organ Daniel Hyde, conductorFriday 19th DecemberSt Giles CripplegateCAROLS IN THE CITYChristmas carols for choirs and audience, including a tribute for Sir John Rutter's 80th birthday  City of London ChoirAndrew Lumsden, organ Daniel Hyde, conductorSunday 21st December Barbican Hall CHRISTMAS WITH KING'S COLLEGE CHOIRDaniel Hyde, conductorKing’s College Choir  City of London Choir  Philharmonia Orchestra  Promoted by RGLive

Question 3

2024

Accepted Answer

Friday 22nd March 2024 St Giles CripplegateST JOHN PASSIONBach St John PassionSamuel Boden, Evangelist Themba Mvula, Christus Augusta Hebbert, soprano Anna Harvey, mezzo soprano Will Frost, baritone Mark Williams, conductorSaturday 15th June 2024St Giles Cripplegate THEN SING WE ALL! Horovitz Captain Noah & His Floating ZooEric Whitacre Cloudburst Tippett Five SpiritualsDankworth Shall I compare thee to a summer’s dayIain Farrington Then Sing We AllRoderick Williams, baritone Rachel Nicholls, soprano Izzi Blain, alto Max Robbins, tenor Iain Farrington, piano Andrew Pask, double bassMatt Senior, drums/percussion Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor Daniel Hyde, conductor Tuesday 12th November 2024Cadogan HallMOZART REQUIEMBeethoven Cantata: Calm Seas and Prosperous Voyage Mozart RequiemRachel Nicholls, sopranoMarta Fontanals-Simmons, mezzo sopranoMichael Lafferty, tenorThomas Humphreys, baritoneRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraDaniel Hyde, conductorWednesday 4th December 2024Cadogan Hall THE FIRST NOWELLFinzi Magnificat Ireland The Holy Boy Finzi In Terra Pax Britten (arr. Harrison) A Ceremony of Carols Vaughan Williams The First Nowell Claire Filer, sopranoGareth Brynmor John, baritoneBritten SinfoniaDaniel Hyde, conductorSaturday 21st December 2024St Giles Cripplegate CAROLS IN THE CITYChristmas carols including Britten's Ceremony of CarolsPaul Greally, organ and pianoDaniel Hyde, conductor

Question 4

2023

Accepted Answer

Tuesday 14th March 2023
Barbican Hall

VERDI REQUIEM

Rachel Nicholls, soprano
Rosie Aldridge, mezzo soprano
Alexander James Edwards, tenor
Stephen Gadd, baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

Saturday 1st April 2023
Royal Festival Hall

CARMINA BURANA
Sibelius Finlandia
Bruch Violin Concerto
Orff Carmina Burana

Chloe Hanslip, violin
Ailish Tynan, soprano
Robyn Lyn Evans, tenor 
Samuel Dale Johnson, baritone
City of London Choir
Winchester College Quiristers
Cardinal Vaughan Schola Cantorum Trebles
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

Thursday 15th June 2023
St Giles Cripplegate

PANTHEON: BLISS PASTORAL & HAYDN NELSON MASS
Hilary Davan Wetton Farewell concert
Bliss Pastoral: Lie Strewn the White Flocks
Haydn Mass No. 11 in D minor, 'Nelson Mass'

Rachel Nicholls, soprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmons, mezzo-soprano
Mark Wilde, tenor
James Cleverton, baritone
Ileana Ruhemann, flute
London Mozart Players 
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

Sunday 30th September 2023
Royal Albert Hall

THE PLANETS
Holst The Planets

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton conductor

Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Cadogan Hall

BRAHMS' GERMAN REQUIEM
Fauré Pavane
Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne: Book 5
Brahms German Requiem

Sophie Bevan, soprano
Gareth Brynmor John, baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniel Hyde, conductor

Wednesday 13th December 2023
St Paul's Knightsbridge

CAROLS FOR THE CARERS TRUST

Margaret Keys, soprano
James Orford, organ/piano
Hilary Davan Wetton conductor

Thursday 21st December 2023
Cadogan Hall

JOY TO THE WORLD! 
Carols for choir, orchestra and audience including premieres of The Stable and The Carol of the Manger by Ben Morales Frost

City of London Choir & Orchestra (leader: Clio Gould)
Camilla Kerslake, soprano
Benjamin Pope, conductor

Question 5

2022

Accepted Answer

Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Barbican Hall

RVW150: A SEA SYMPHONY
Vaughan Williams Overture to The Wasps
Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody No 1
Vaughan Williams Fantasia (Quasi Variazione) on the 'Old 104th' Psalm Tune
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony

Sophie Bevan, soprano
Roderick Williams, baritone
Mark Bebbington, piano
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

Tuesday 21st June 2022
St Giles Cripplegate

RVW150: G MINOR MASS & MUSIC FOR THE QUEEN
Handel Zadok the Priest  
Harris Bring us O Lord  
Vaughan Williams Festival Te Deum 
Vaughan Williams G Minor Mass  
Handel Let Thy hand be strengthened 
Handel The King shall rejoice  
Walton Orb & Sceptre
SS Wesley Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace 
Parry I Was Glad

Emily Armour, soprano
Sophie Overin, alto
John Cuthbert, tenor
Ian Lyon, bass
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
Richard Gowers, organ

Sunday 23rd October 2022
Royal Albert Hall

JOURNEYS OF DISCOVERY: REDEMPTION
Mahler Symphony No. 8

Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sarah Wegener, soprano
Jacquelyn Wagner, soprano
Regula Mühlemann, soprano
Jennifer Johnston, mezzo-soprano 
Benedict Nelson, tenor
Michael Nagy, baritone
James Platt, bass
Philharmonia Chorus
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
City of London Choir
Tiffin Boys’ Choir
Schola Cantorum of The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School

Thursday 10th November 2022
Cadogan Hall

RAVEL | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (3)
Ravel Menuet antique
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music
Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem

Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
Anita Watson, soprano
Maya Colwell, mezzo-soprano
John Cuthbert, tenor
Ashley Riches, baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Tuesday 6th December 2022
St George's Hanover Square

CAROLS FOR THE CARERS TRUST

Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
Richard Gowers, organ/piano
Margaret Keys, soprano

Saturday 10th December 2022
Royal Festival Hall

DICKENSIAN CAROLS

Stephen Mangan, speaker
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
London Concert Brass

Sunday 11th December 2022
St John's Smith Square

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT
including Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Holst Christmas Day, Ben Morales Frost What will this new day bring? (world premiere)

Samuel Evans, baritone
Bozidar Vukotic, cello
Timothy End, piano
Richard Gowers, organ
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

Question 6

2021

Accepted Answer

Saturday 26th June 2021
St Giles Cripplegate

SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN
Elgar As Torrents in Summer
Shearing Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare		
Finzi My Spirit Sang All Day
Stanford The Blue Bird
Elgar The Shower
Horovitz Captain Noah & His Floating Zoo

City of London Choir
Njabulo Madlala, baritone
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
Andrew Vinter, piano
Andrew Pask, double bass
Mike Smith, drums

Saturday 18th September 2021
Royal Albert Hall

HOLST: THE PLANETS

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 
Hilary Davan Wetton

Tuesday 19th October 2021
Cadogan Hall

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS | RAVEL | FAURE (1)
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
Fauré Cantique de Jean Racine
Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region
Fauré Requiem

Rebecca Bottone, soprano
James Cleverton, baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

Friday 22nd October 2021
St Martin-in-the-Fields

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE GARRICK CLUB
Stanford Beati quorum via
Fauré In Paradisum
Kontakion for the Departed

Wednesday 3rd November 2021
Cadogan Hall

GRAND OPERA GALA CONCERT
Mozart Pasha Selim (Il Seraglio)
Mascagni Easter Hymn (Cavalleria rusticana)
Verdi Chorus of Scottish refugees (Macbeth)
Verdi Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco)
Bizet Habenera (Carmen)
Verdi Libiamo ne’ lieti calici (Brindisi) (La traviata)

Tali Ketzef, soprano
Catherine Carby, mezzo-soprano
Alexander James Edwards, tenor
Colin Schachat, baritone
London Mozart Players
Benjamin Pope, conductor

Wednesday 1st December 2021
St George's Hanover Square

CAROLS FOR THE CARERS TRUST

Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
Richard Gowers, organ/piano
Margaret Keys, soprano

Tuesday 7th December 2021
Cadogan Hall

A CHORAL CHRISTMAS

Njabulo Madlala, baritone
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

Sunday 12th December
Cadogan Hall

DICKENSIAN CAROLS (two performances)

Kevin Whateley, speaker
London Concert Brass
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

Saturday 18th December
St John's Smith Square

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT (two performances)

Richard Gowers, organ
Timothy End, piano
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor

Question 7

2020

Accepted Answer

Wednesday 12th February 2020
Cadogan Hall
 
MENDELSSOHN'S ELIJAH 
 
City of London Choir
London Mozart Players
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
 Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano
Katie Bray, mezzo-soprano
Ed Lyon, tenor
Colin Schachat, baritone
 
Remaining concerts scheduled for 2020 cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic

Question 8

2019

Accepted Answer

Friday 20th December 2019, Barbican
Christmas Classics
London Concert Orchestra; City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
 
Saturday 14th December 2019, St John’s Smith Square
Carols by Candlelight
City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Rebecca Bottone, soprano; Timothy End, piano; Richard Gowers, organ
 
Thursday 5th December 2019, Cadogan Hall
The Magic of Christmas
Christmas music for orchestra and choir including FINZI In Terra Pax 
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Julia Doyle, soprano; William Dazeley baritone
 
Tuesday 3rd December 2019, St George’s Hanover Square
Carers Trust Carol Concert
City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet; Northamptonshire Carers Choir
 
Wednesday 13th November 2019, Cadogan Hall
Choral Majesty
MOZART The Magic Flute Overture
MOZART Laudate Dominum
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor
MENDELSSOHN Psalm 43
MENDELSSOHN Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich
MOZART ‘Coronation’ Mass
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Chloë Hanslip, violin; Grace Davidson, soprano; Stephanie Wake-Edwards mezzo-soprano; Edward Ross, tenor; Jacob Phillips, baritone
 
Friday 28th June 2019, St Giles-without-Cripplegate
Summer Music in City Churches: A Midsummer Night’s Serenade
WALTON Henry V Suite
FINZI Love’s Labours Lost
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
London Mozart Players; City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Tama Matheson, narrator; Rebecca Bottone, soprano; Maya Wheeler-Colwell, mezzo soprano
 
Thursday 20th June 2019, St Giles-without-Cripplegate
Summer Music in City Churches: Voice & Verse
FINZI My spirit sang all day (Robert Bridges)
STANFORD The blue bird (Mary Coleridge)
STERNDALE BENNETT Come live with me (Christopher Marlowe)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Three Shakespeare songs
PEARSALL Lay a garland (Beaumont & Fletcher)
ELGAR As torrents in summer (Henry Longfellow)
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five mystical songs (excerpts) (George Herbert)
BRITTEN Rejoice in the Lamb (Christopher Smart)
HARRIS Faire is the heaven (Edmund Spenser)
ELGAR The shower & The fountain (Henry Vaughan)
PARRY Blest pair of sirens (John Milton)
City of London Choir; Richard Gowers, organ; Thomas Humphreys, baritone; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
 
Wednesday 15th May 2019, Royal Festival Hall
BERNSTEIN Overture, Candide
WHITACRE October; Songs of immorality; Equus
WHITACRE Lux Aurumque (Light of Gold)
ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine
COPLAND Quiet City
WHITACRE Godzilla eats Las Vegas; Sleep
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Eric Whitacre, conductor; City of London Choir
 
Friday 26th April 2019, Royal Festival Hall
WALTON Crown Imperial
DELIUS The Walk to the Paradise Garden
PARRY Blest Pair of Sirens
BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow
ELGAR Enigma Variations: Nimrod
ELGAR Enigma Variations: Finale
HANDEL Messiah: Worthy is the Lamb / Amen
HANDEL Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthems)
ELGAR Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Thomas Gould, violin; Alan Titchmarsh, presenter; City of London Choir
 
Tuesday 19th March 2019, Cadogan Hall
MOZART Regina coeli
MOZART Ah, lo previdi
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 2
MOZART Mass in C minor K. 427 (‘Great’)
Hilary Davan Wetton,conductor; Llŷr Williams, piano; Rebecca Bottone, soprano; Rachel Nicholls, soprano; Maya Wheeler-Colwell, mezzo-soprano; Richard Robbins, tenor; Thomas Humphreys, baritone; City of London Choir

Question 9

2018

Accepted Answer

Thursday 20th December 2018, 7:30 pm, Barbican
Christmas Classics
City of London Choir; London Concert Orchestra; Hilary Davan-Wetton, conductor; William Dazeley, baritone
 
Saturday 8th December 2018, 6:30 pm, St John’s Smith Square
Carols by Candlelight
City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Adam Mathias, organ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, brass and percussion.
 
Tuesday 4th December 2018, 7.30pm, St Mary-le-bow
Carers Trust Christmas Carol Concert
City of London Choir; Hilary Davan-Wetton, conductor
 
Tuesday 20th November 2018 7:30pm, Royal Albert Hall
VERDI Requiem
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Jac van Steen, Conductor; City of London Choir; Brighton Festival Chorus; Helena Dix, soprano; Alessandra Volpe, mezzo-soprano; David Butt Philip, tenor; Roland Wood, baritone
 
Wednesday 3rd October 2018, Cadogan Hall
Choral Splendour
MOZART Der Schauspieldirektor Overture (The Impresario)
MENDELSSOHN Von Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No 1
MOZART Requiem
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Leon McCawley, piano; Julia Doyle, soprano; Anna Harvey, mezzo-soprano; Nick Pritchard, tenor; Benjamin bevan, baritone
 
Saturday, 28th July 2018, Christ Church, Totland Bay
Including:
HANDEL Zadok the Priest
LOTTI Crucifixus
HANDEL The King shall rejoice
ELGAR Give unto the Lord
STANFORD Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C
 
Friday 27th July 2018, All Saints Church, Ryde
ELGAR Give unto the Lord
ELGAR Great is the Lord
HOLST Nunc dimittis
DURUFLÉ Requiem
City of London Choir
Camerata Chamber Choir
 
Saturday 14 July, Royal Albert Hall
Prom 2: Mozart, Ravel and Fauré
FAURÉ Pavane
MOZART Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major
RAVEL Daphnis and Chloe
City of London Choir; BBC Symphony Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Alain Altinoglu, conductor; Francesco Piemontesi, piano
 
Friday 29th June 2018, St Giles’ Cripplegate
Summer Music in City Churches: Flowers of the Field
WARLOCK Capriol Suite
BUTTERWORTH (ORCH. RODERICK WILLIAMS) Songs from A Shropshire Lad
HAWES I Know the Music
BUTTERWORTH The Banks of Green Willow
ELGAR Chanson de Matin Op 15 No 2
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending
FINZI (ED.CHRISTIAN ALEXANDER) Requiem da Camera
City of London Choir; London Mozart Players; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Roderick Williams, baritone; Ruth Rogers, violin
 
Thursday 21st June 2018, St Giles’ Cripplegate
Summer Music in City Churches: Storm and Refuge
ELGAR Psalm 29 Give unto the Lord Op 74
HOLST Nunc dimittis
THALBEN-BALL Elegy
ELGAR Psalm 48 Great is the Lord Op 67
DURUFLÉ Requiem Op 9
City of London Choir; Marta Fontanals-Simmons, soprano; Mark Williams, organ; Bozidar Vukotic, cello; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
 
Sunday 18th June 2018, Cadogan Hall
FAURÉ Pavane
SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G
FAURÉ Requiem
City of London Choir; London Mozart Players; Vitaly Pisarenko, piano; Cecilia Osmond, soprano; Thomas Humphreys, baritone; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor.
 
Sunday 15th April 2018, Cadogan Hall
HAYDN Insanae et vanae curae
MOZART Clarinet Concerto
HAYDN Harmoniemesse (XXII:14)
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra;Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Katherine Lacy, clarinet; Joanne Lunn, soprano; Marta Fontanals-Simmons, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Norman, tenor; James Cleverton, baritone
 
Saturday 14th April 2018, Royal Festival Hall
WAGNER Prelude to Act 3 from Lohengrin
SAINT-SAENS Symphony No.3 (Organ)
HOLST The Planets
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, conductor
 
Tuesday 13th February 2018, Barbican
Mendelssohn: Elijah
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Rachel Nicholls, soprano; Diana Moore, mezzo-soprano; Daniel Norman, tenor; Njabulo Madlala, baritone.

Question 10

2017

Accepted Answer

Thursday 21st December 2017, Royal Albert Hall
The Glory of Christmas
City of London Choir; London Concert Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Nicky Spence, tenor; Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet; Trinity Boys Choir
 
Friday 15th December 2017, Royal Festival Hall
Messiah by Candlelight
Handel: Messiah
City of London Choir; Mozart Festival Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Jennifer France, soprano; Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, mezzo-soprano; Nick Pritchard, tenor; George Humphreys, bass.
 
Wednesday 13th December 2017, Cadogan Hall
A Choral Christmas
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Gareth Brynmor John, baritone.
 
Saturday 9th December 2017, St Johns Smith Square
Carols by Candlelight
City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Timothy End, piano; Adam Mathias, organ; Scott Bywater, timpani.
 
Tuesday 5th December 2017, St Mary le Bow
Carols for the Carers Trust
City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
 
Tuesday 24th October 2017, Cadogan Hall
HAYDN Te Deum for Empress Maria Theresa
MOZART Piano Concerto No.22 in E flat K482
HAYDN Creation Mass HOB. XXII:13
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Llŷr Williams, piano; Laura Mitchell, soprano; Anna Harvey; mezzo-soprano; Daniel Norman, tenor; Edward Grint, bass-baritone
 
Wednesday 31st May 2017, Royal Albert Hall
WHITACRE Water Night
KILAR Orawa
WHITACRE A Boy and a Girl
WHITACRE Five Hebrew Love Songs
WHITACRE Godzilla Eats Las Vegas
J S BACH ARR. LONDON Bach (Again) Come Sweet Death
WHITACRE Bachianus Americanus (world premiere)
WHITACRE Deep Field
Eric Whitacre, conductor; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; City of London Choir
 
Thursday 23rd March 2017, Cadogan Hall
MOZART Tantum Ergo in B flat, K142
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24, K491
HAYDN Mass in B-flat major, H. XXII:12, “Theresienmesse”
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Leon McCawley, piano; Grace Davidson, soprano; Catherine Carby, mezzo soprano; Nicholas Pritchard, tenor; Tristan Hambleton, baritone

Question 11

2016

Accepted Answer

Sunday 11th December 2016, St John’s Smith Square
Carols by Candlelight
City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Stephen Farr, organ; Timothy End, piano; Lucy Wakeford, harp
 
Thursday 8th December 2016, Methodist Central Hall, Westminster
VSO Christmas Carol Concert
City of London Choir; Goodrich Community Primary School Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Jo N’Gala, drums; Mary-Jess, soloist; Benjamin Zephaniah, speaker; Indira Varmer, speaker; Alex Jennings, speaker
 
Tuesday 6th December 2016, Cadogan Hall
A Choral Christmas
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
 
Friday 21st October 2016, Cadogan Hall
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor (K 466)
Haydn: Heiligmesse
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Alexandra Dariescu, piano
 
Sunday 29th May 2016, Dorchester Abbey
Bliss: Pastoral – Lie Strewn the White Flocks
Rawsthorne: Light Music for Strings
Elgar: Elegy
Sterndale Bennett: Come live with me and be my love; Sweet Stream
Havergal Brian: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day; Blow, blow thou winter wind
Howells: A spotless Rose
John Dankworth: Sleep On; Jenny kissed me
Lennox Berkeley: Serenade
 
Tuesday 12th April 2016, Cadogan Hall
Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K.467; Haydn Mass in Time of War, Hob. XXII:9
Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K.492
Mozart: Laudate Dominum, K.339
Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major  K.467
Haydn: Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse)  Hob.XXII:9
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Leon McCawley, piano; Grace Davidson, soprano; Anna Harvey, mezzo-soprano; Mark Wilde, tenor; Ashley Riches, baritone
 
Saturday 2nd April 2016, Royal Festival Hall
Last Night of the Spring Proms
London Concert Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
 
Monday 7th March 2016, Barbican
Brahms: A German Requiem
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Brahms: Psalm 98
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Claire Rutter, soprano; Stephen Gadd, baritone

Question 12

2015

Accepted Answer

Monday 21st December 2015, Barbican Centre
Christmas in the City
City of London Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Timothy End, piano; Jeremy Cole, organ;
 
Thursday 17th December 2015, Royal Albert Hall
Classic Carols
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Ilona Domnich, soprano
 
Thursday 10th December 2015, Methodist Central Hall, Westminster
VSO Christmas Carol Concert – in the presence of HRH The Princess Royal
City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Stephen Farr, organ; Mary-Jess, soloist, Inner Voices chamber choir; Ed Watkins, director of Inner Voices; Angélique Kidjo, soloist, Jyotsna Srikanth, violinist
 
Saturday 5th December 2015, St John’s Smith Square
Christmas Carols with the City of London Choir
City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Stephen Farr, organ; Timothy End, piano; Chriss Blundell, percussion
 
Thursday 26th November 2015, St John’s Smith Square
Mozart & The Sisters
 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Regina Coeli, K276
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427
 
City of London Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Robyn Allegra Parton, soprano; Marta Fontanals-Simmons, mezzo; Ben Thapa, tenor; George Humphreys, bass
 
Monday 2nd November 2015, Cadogan Hall
Mozart Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major, K488; Haydn Nelson Mass, Hob. XXII:11
 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Regina Coeli, K.276
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ch’io mi scordi di te? K.505
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major, K.488
Joseph Haydn: Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis) Hob.XXII:11
 
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Tom Poster, piano; Rachel Nicholls, soprano; Catherine Hopper, mezzo-soprano; Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts, tenor, Darren Jeffery, bass-baritone
 
Saturday 26th September 2015, Royal Albert Hall
Beethoven’s Ninth
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Alexandra Dariescu, piano; Emma Bell, soprano; Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano; Timothy Robinson, tenor; David Wilson-Johnson, baritone.
 
Thursday 25th June 2015, St John’s Smith Square
Blow Your Trumpets, Angels!
 
Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata pian’e forte
Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo
Giovanni Gabrieli: Nunc dimittis
Matthew Locke: Music for His Majesty’s Sackbuts and Cornetts
Henry Purcell: Funeral music for Queen Mary
Heinrich Schütz: Selig sind die Toten
Heinrich Schütz: Psalm 100 (Jauchzet dem Herrn)
Giovanni Gabrieli: Buccinate in neomenia tuba
Philip Moore: At the round earth’s imagined corners -  (first London performance)
Gustav Holst: Nunc dimittis
John Rutter: Gloria
 
City of London Choir; Royal Philharmonic Brass; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Stephen Farr, organ; Oliver Jones, tenor.
 
Friday 27th March 2015, St John’s Smith Square
J S Bach: St John Passion
Music for Awhile; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Mark Wilde, Evangelist; Darren Jeffery, Christus; Rebecca Bottone, soprano; Tim Mead, counter-tenor; Benjamin Bevan, baritone.
 
Friday 20th & Sunday 22nd March 2015, Royal Albert Hall
Classical Spectacular
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Band of the Royal Logistics Corps; John Rigby, conductor; James Edwards, tenor; Sarah Redgwick, soprano

Question 13

2014

Accepted Answer

18 December 2014, Royal Albert Hall
Classic Carols
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Darren Jeffery, baritone
 
4 December 2014, Westminster Cathedral
Carols for VSO
Mark Williams, conductor; Njabulo Madlala, baritone; Peter Stevens, organ
 
7 December 2014, St John’s Smith Square
Carols by Candlelight
including Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor; Stephen Gadd, baritone; Bozidar Vukotic, cello; Philip Scriven, organ
 
13 November 2014, St John’s Smith Square
Finzi: Requiem da Camera
Haydn: Missa in Tempore Belli (Paukenmesse)
Tippet: Five Spirituals (from A Child of Our Time)
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
London Mozart Players
Hilary Davan Wetton and Mark Williams, conductors
Mary Nelson, soprano; Wendy Dawn Thompson, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Long, tenor; William Berger, baritone.
 
7 June 2014, Royal Albert Hall
Mozart Requiem
Steven Devine, conductor
Mozart Festival Orchestra
 
24 May 2014, Dorchester Abbey (English Music Festival)
Flowers of the Field
Elgar: Give Unto The Lord
O’Neill: Pastorale
Butterworth: Loveliest Of Trees
Butterworth: The Lads In Their Hundreds
Butterworth: Is My Team Ploughing?
Gurney: The Trumpet
Coles: Behind The Lines
Parry: My Soul, There Is A Country
Holst: How Mighty Are The Sabbaths
Vaughan Williams: Five variants on ‘Dives and Lazarus’
Finzi: Requiem da Camera
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
Holst Orchestra
Tristan Hambleton, baritone; Philip Scriven, organ
 
Sat 10th May, Royal Festival Hall
Last Night of the Spring Proms
Anthony Inglis, conductor
 
19 March 2014, Royal Albert Hall
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius
Hilary Davan Wetton, conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
City of London Choir with Guildford Choral Society, Leicester Philharmonic Choir and St Paul’s Girls’ School: Senior Choir and Paulina Voices
Andrew Staples, tenor; Diana Moore, mezzo-soprano; Jacques Imbrailo, baritone

Question 14

2013

Accepted Answer

19 December 2013 Royal Albert Hall
Classic Carols
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Sir John Tomlinson, Bass
 
12 December 2013 St Paul’s Cathedral
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Simon Johnson, Organ; Thames Fanfare Brass
 
8 December 2013 St John’s, Smith Square
Carols by Candlelight
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano; Scott Bywater, Timpani
 
14 November 2013 St John’s, Smith Square
CLC 50th Anniversary Concert
Bach: Magnificat in D
Boyce: Symphony No.4
Handel: Dettingen Te Deum
Purcell: Chacony in G minor
Music for A While; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Julia Doyle, Soprano; Robin Blaze, Counter-Tenor; Matthew Long, Tenor; William Berger, Baritone
 
27 October 2013 King’s Cross Station War Memorial
Service of Rededication
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Brass Ensemble
 
12 June 2013 St John’s, Smith Square
In Paradisum
Fauré: Requiem
Dyson: Hierusalem
Finzi: God is Gone Up
Gardner: Stabat Mater
Holst Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Lucy Hall, Soprano; Thomas Humphreys, Baritone; Philip Scriven, Organ
 
26 May 2013 Dorchester Abbey (English Music Festival)
Dyson: Three Hymns of Praise
Vaughan Williams: Rhosymedre
Finzi: God is Gone Up
Gardner: Stabat Mater
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Holst Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Lucy Hall, Soprano; Thomas Humphreys, Baritone; Philip Scriven, Organ
 
10 May 2013 Cadogan Hall
Mozart: Requiem
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor
 
23 March 2013 St John’s, Smith Square
Handel: Messiah
Music for Awhile; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Martene Grimson, Soprano; Tim Mead, Counter-Tenor; Sam Furness, Tenor; William Berger, Baritone
 
31 January 2013 Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Mozart: Requiem
London Mozart Players; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor

Question 15

2012

Accepted Answer

20 December 2012 Royal Albert Hall
Classic Carols
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Rebecca Bottone, Soprano
 
16 December 2012 The Swiss Church in London, Covent Garden
Carol Concert
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Peter Yardley-Jones, Organ
 
11 December 2012 St George the Martyr, Borough High St
Carol Service
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor
 
9 December 2012 St John’s, Smith Square
Carols for Choir and Audience
Holst Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Stephen Farr, Organ
 
6 December 2012 St Martin-in-the-Fields
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor
Stephen Farr, Organ
 
26 November 2012 Barbican Hall
For the Fallen: Spirit of England
Elgar: Spirit of England
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Walton: Henry V Suite
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody
Parry: The Chivalry of the Sea
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Jamie Parker, Narrator; Claire Rutter, Soprano; Clio Gould, Violin
 
19 June 2012 St John’s, Smith Square
Mozart’s Coronation Mass and Music for a Royal Jubilee
Mozart : Coronation Mass
Handel : The King Shall Rejoice
Purcell : Trumpet Tune
SS Wesley: Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
Parry: I Was Glad
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Walton: Coronation Te Deum
London Mozart Players; Mark Williams, Conductor; Lucy Hall, Soprano; Belinda Williams, Mezzo-soprano; Nicholas Scott, Tenor; Johnny Herford, Baritone; Ashley Grote, Organ; Westminster Boys’ Choir
 
20 May 2012 Royal Festival Hall
Karl Jenkins Live: The Peacemakers
Philharmonia Orchestra; Trinity Boys’ Choir; Karl Jenkins, Conductor
 
17 May 2012 Lloyds of London
Live@Lloyds (Charity gala concert)
Programme including music by:
Handel
Parry
Warlock
Walton
Elgar
and a specially commissioned fanfare by Howard Goodall
Trumpeters of the Life Guards; Musicians from the Royal College of Music; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor
 
6 April 2012 Chichester Cathedral
JS Bach: St Matthew Passion
The Hanover Band; Choristers of Chichester Cathedral; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Andrew Staples, Evangelist; Marcus Farnsworth, Christus; Angharad Gruffydd-Jones, Soprano; Katherine Nicholson, Contralto; Edward Price, Baritone
 
25 March 2012 St John’s, Smith Square
JS Bach: St Matthew Passion
The Hanover Band; Ripieno choir of children from London primary schools; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Andrew Staples, Evangelist; Marcus Farnsworth, Christus; Angharad Gruffydd-Jones, Soprano; Katherine Nicholson, Contralto; Roderick Williams, Baritone

Question 16

2011

Accepted Answer

11 December 2011 St John’s, Smith Square
Carols by Candlelight
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Edward Price, Baritone; Philip Scriven, Organ; Timothy End, Piano; Bozidar Vukotic, Cello
 
1 December 2011 St Martin-in-the-Fields
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Thomas Humphreys, Baritone; Stephen Farr, Organ
 
22 November 2011 St John’s, Smith Square
Mr Handel’s Charitable Works
Handel : From Heavenly Harmony (excerpts from Ode to St Cecilia)
Handel : How beautiful are the feet (Anthem on the Peace)
Handel : Foundling Hospital Anthem
Handel : Eternal source of light divine (excerpts from Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne)
Handel : Excerpts from Solomon
Music for Awhile; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Juliet Fraser, Soprano; Michael Chance, Countertenor; Matthew Long, Tenor
 
23 June 2011 St John’s, Smith Square
Howells: English Mass
Duruflé: Requiem
London Mozart Players; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Mezzo-soprano; Mark Williams, Organ
 
14 June 2011 St George the Martyr, Borough High Street
Duruflé: Requiem
The David Idowu Children’s Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Marta Fontanals-Simmons, Mezzo-soprano; Mark Williams, Organ
 
29 May 2011 Dorchester Abbey (English Music Festival)
Vaughan Williams: Festival Te Deum
Holst: When first we met
Holst: Sorrow and Joy
Gardner: Sinfonia Piccola
Holst: Brook Green Suite
Holst: Love on my Heart
Holst: Nunc Dimittis
Holst: Two Psalms
Gardner: O Clap your Hands
Howells: English Mass
The Holst Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Stephen Farr, Organ
 
5 April 2011 Barbican Hall
Mendelssohn: Psalm 98 (Sing unto the Lord a new song)
Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden (Grant us peace)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 ‘Lobgesang’ (Hymn of Praise)
Royal Phiharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; So Ock Kim, Violin; Lucy Crowe, Soprano; Ruby Hughes, Soprano; Andrew Staples, Tenor
 
18 March 2011 & 20 March 2011 Royal Albert Hall
Classical Spectacular
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Band of the Welsh Guards; Muskets & Cannons of the Moscow Militia; John Rigby, Conductor; Wynne Evans, Tenor; Kevin Greenlaw, Baritone

Question 17

2010

Accepted Answer

20 December 2010 St John’s, Smith Square
Carols by Candlelight
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Stephen Farr, Organ; Ileana Ruhemann, Flute
 
12 December 2010 The Swiss Church
The Swiss Church Carol Concert
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Stephen Farr, Organ
 
2 December 2010 St Martin-in-the-Fields
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Stephen Farr, Organ
 
21 November 2010 St John’s, Smith Square
St Nicolas and the Coming of Christ
Holst: Two Psalms
Holst: The Coming of Christ
Britten: St Nicolas Cantata
London Mozart Players; Trebles from the Westminster Boys’ Choir; St Paul’s Girls’ School Chamber Choir; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Timothy Bentinck, Narrator; Justin Lavender, Tenor; Stephen Farr, Organ; Timothy End, Piano
 
17 June 2010 St John’s, Smith Square
Entente Cordiale – A celebration of French and English song
Wood: Full Fathom Five
Saint-Saëns: Calme des Nuits
Saint-Saëns: Les Fleurs et les Arbres
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Pearsall: Lay a Garland
Poulenc: Sonata for flute and piano
Stanford: The Blue Bird
Stanford: Heraclitus
Holst: I Love my Love
Finzi: My Spirit Sang
Elgar: My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land
Fauré: Madrigal
Fauré: Nocturne no. 6 in D flat
Elgar: As Torrents in Summer
Bridge: Five Partsongs
Debussy: Syrinx
John Dankworth: Three Songs
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Timothy End, Piano; Ileana Ruhemann, Flute
 
29 May 2010 Dorchester Abbey (English Music Festival)
Wood: Full Fathom Five
Pearsall: Lay a Garland
Stanford: Heraclitus
Holst: I Love my Love
Britten: Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria
Finzi: My Spirit Sang
Elgar: My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land
Elgar: As Torrents in Summer
Bridge: Five Part-Songs
Howells: Master Tallis’s Testament
Holst: The Coming of Christ
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Sebastian Thomson, Organ; David Owen-Norris, Piano; Jerry Clack, Trumpet
 
22 April 2010 Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen St, London WC2
Mozart: Serenata Notturna (K. 239)
Mozart : Ave Verum Corpus (K. 618)
Mozart : Requiem (K. 626)
London Mozart Players; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Sarah Moule, Soprano; Kathryn McAdam, Mezzo-soprano; Edward Lee, Tenor; Matthew Stiff, Baritone
 
27 February 2010 Barbican Hall (Hilary Davan Wetton 20th Anniversary Season)
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy in C minor (op 80)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto in E flat major‘Emperor’ (op 73)
Beethoven: Der Glorreiche Augenblick –‘The Glorious Moment’ (op 136)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Boys’ Choir of Westminster Under School; Hilary Davan Wetton Conductor; Leon McCawley, Piano; Claire Rutter, Soprano; Matilde Wallevik, Mezzo-Soprano; Paul Nilon, Tenor; Stephen Gadd, Baritone

Question 18

2009

Accepted Answer

12 December 2009 St John’s, Smith Square
Carols by Candlelight
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Stephen Farr, Organ/Piano; Lucy Wakeford, Harp
 
3 December 2009 St Martin-in-the-Fields
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Stephen Farr, Organ/Piano; Lucy Wakeford, Harp
 
12 November 2009 St John’s, Smith Square
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Handel: Foundling Hospital Anthem
Boyce: Symphony No. 5
Hanover Band; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Laura Mitchell, Soprano; Stephanie Lewis, Mezzo-soprano; Matthew Long, Tenor; Samuel Evans, Baritone; Mark Williams, Organ
 
18 June 2009 St John’s, Smith Square
Sun, Moon and Stars
Vaughan Williams: G Minor Mass
Vaughan Williams: Sun, Moon, Stars and Man
Holst: Nunc Dimittis
Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda
Foulds: Keltic Lament
Britten: Choral Dances from Gloriana
Parry: Songs of Farewell
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Piano; Sally Pryce, Harp
 
25 May 2009 Dorchester Abbey (English Music Festival)
Vaughan Williams: G Minor Mass
Vaughan Williams: Sun, Moon, Stars and Man
Foulds: Keltic Lament
Holst: Choral Hymns from Rig Veda
Britten: Choral Dances from Gloriana
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Piano; Sally Pryce, Harp
 
18 April 2009 Cadogan Hall
Port of London Authority Centenary Concert
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Plus excerpts from:
HMS Pinafore
Fantasia of British Sea Songs (Rule, Britannia!)
Water Music
London Pride
Old Father Thames
Presented by Catherine Bott, Soprano; London Mozart Players; Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal British Legion; Watermen of the Port of London; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Frances Bourne, Mezzo-Soprano; Adrian Ward, Tenor; Julien Debreuil, Baritone; Jonathan Cohen, Piano
 
11 April & 12 April 2009 The O2 Arena
Star Wars: A Musical Journey
London Concert Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Dirk Brosse, Conductor; Anthony Daniels, Narrator
 
1 April 2009 St John’s, Smith Square
JS Bach: St John Passion
Hanover Band; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Wilde, Evangelist; Jonathan Arnold, Christus; Laura Mitchell, Soprano; William Purefoy, Countertenor; Daniel Norman, Tenor; William Berger, Baritone

Question 19

2008

Accepted Answer

11 December 2008 St Martin-in-the-Field
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Cecilia Osmond, Soprano; Mark Williams, Organ; Ben Glassberg, Percussion
 
30 November 2008 Barbican Centre
Vaughan Williams: Winter (from Four Folk Songs of the Four Seasons)
Finzi: The Fall of the Leaf
Finzi: In Terra Pax
Vaughan Williams: Hodie
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The Boys’ Choir of Westminster Under School; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Janice Watson, Soprano; Peter Hoare, Tenor; Stephen Gadd, Baritone; Mark Williams, Organ; Introduced by Michael Brearley OBE
 
19 June 2008 St John’s, Smith Square
Tippett : Five Spirituals
Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs for the Four Seasons (Spring & Summer)
Vaughan Williams: Festival Te Deum
Rutter: Requiem
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Laura Mitchell, Soprano; Mark Williams, Organ
 
13 May 2008 Queen Elizabeth Hall
Notes from a Small Island
Bliss: Pastoral: ‘Lie strewn the white flocks’
Holst: Two Psalms
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy
The London Mozart Players; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Heather Shipp, Mezzo-soprano; Timothy West, Speaker; So-Ock Kim, Violin; Ileana Ruhemann, Flute; Mark Williams, Organ
 
26 April 2008 St Barnabas’ Church, Tunbridge Wells
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Fauré: Requiem
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Stephen Farr, Organ
 
12 March 2008 The Swiss Church
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Fauré: Requiem
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ
 
6 March 2008 St John’s, Smith Square
Haydn: Theresienmesse
Mozart: Dominican Vespers
Mozart: Regina Coeli
The London Mozart Players; Hilary Davan Wetton Conductor; Katherine Manley, Soprano; Laura Trayhurn, Mezzo-soprano; Nathan Vale, Tenor; Samuel Evans, Baritone

Question 20

2007

Accepted Answer

17 December 2007 St John’s, Smith Square
Carols by Candlelight
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Stephen Gadd, Baritone; Mark Williams, Organ
 
6 December 2007 St Martin-in-the-Field
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; U’zambezi; Mark Williams, Organ
 
21 November 2007 St John’s, Smith Square
Masters of the Baroque
JS Bach: Cantata No.10, ‘Meine Seel erhebt den Herren’
Handel : Chandos anthem No.9, ‘O praise the Lord with one consent
Vivaldi : Gloria
The Hanover Band; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Julia Doyle, Soprano; Grace Davidson, Soprano; Ruth Massey, Contralto; Andrew Tortise, Tenor; William Berger, Bass; Mark Williams, Continuo
 
14 June 2007 St John’s, Smith Square
Voices of Faith
Elgar: Great is the Lord; Give unto the Lord
Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (group III)
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Kodály: Missa Brevis
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Christopher Sladdin, Boy Alto; Laurette Pope, Harp; Scott; Bywater, Percussion; Mark Williams, Organ
 
29 March 2007 St John’s, Smith Square
Holst: Two Psalms
Bliss: Pastoral
Duruflé: Requiem
The English Chamber Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Heather Shipp, Mezzo-soprano; Martin Oxenham, Baritone; Mark Williams, Organ

Question 21

2006

Accepted Answer

20 December 2006 Queen Elizabeth Hall
Carols for Choir & Audience
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano; Harry Winstanley, Flute
 
12 December 2006 Royal Albert Hall
José Carreras
BBC Concert Orchestra; José Carreras, Tenor
 
10 December 2006 Swiss Church, Covent Garden
Carols
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ
 
7 December 2006 St Martin-in-the-Field
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano
 
23 November 2006 St John’s, Smith Square
JS Bach: Magnificat
Handel : Dettingen Te Deum
Boyce: Symphony no.2
The Hanover Band; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Julia Doyle, Soprano; Heather Shipp, Mezzo-soprano; Iestyn Davies, Countertenor; Andrew Tortise, Tenor; Michael George, Bass; Mark Williams, Continuo
 
22 October 2006 Dorchester Abbey (English Music Festival)
Vaughan Williams: Oxford Elegy
Holst: Two Psalms
Milton Keynes Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Jeremy Irons, Narrator; Mark Williams, Organ
 
15 June 2006 St John’s, Smith Square
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
George Shearing: Songs and Sonnets of Shakespeare
Mark Williams, Conductor; Elizabeth Franklin-Kitchen, Soprano; Frances Bourne, Mezzo-soprano; Andrew Tortise, Tenor; Stephen Gadd, Baritone; Robert Houssart, Piano; Christopher Whitton, Harmonium; Chris Hill, Double Bass
 
6 April 2006 St John’s, Smith Square
Fauré: Requiem
Janácek: Otce nás (The Lord’s Prayer) Mass in E flat
The English Chamber Orchestra; Milton Keynes Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Cecilia Osmond, Soprano; Martin Oxenham, Baritone; Laurette Pope, Harp

Question 22

2005

Accepted Answer

19 December 2005 Queen Elizabeth Hall
Carols for Choir & Audience
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano; Crispian Steele-Perkins, Trumpet
 
1 December 2005 St Martin-in-the-Fields
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano; Crispian Steele-Perkins, Trumpet
 
17 November 2005 St John’s, Smith Square
JS Bach: Lutheran Mass no. 4 in G major
Haydn: St Nicolas Mass
Samuel Wesley: Symphony no. 5 in E flat
London Mozart Players; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Sophie Bevan, Soprano; Frances Bourne, Mezzo-soprano; Ben Johnson, Tenor; Jacques Imbrailo, Baritone
 
October 2005 Tonbridge School Chapel
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
The Parley of Instruments; Tonbridge Chapel Choristers; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Isabelle Adams, Soprano; Katherine Dain, Soprano; Andrew Radley, Countertenor; Richard Butler, Tenor; Gareth Malone, Tenor; Martin Oxenham, Bass; Stuart Young, Bass
 
16 June 2005 St John’s, Smith Square
Bruckner: Mass in E minor
Dvorák: Serenade for winds
Tavener: Svyati
Milton Keynes Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Gerard Le Feuvre, Cello
 
17 March 2005 St John’s, Smith Square
Palestrina: Stabat Mater
D Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Schütz: Stabat Mater
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Katherine Bond, Soprano; April Frederick, Soprano; Andrew Radley, Countertenor; Humphrey Berney, Tenor; Gareth Malone, Tenor; Julian Empett, Bass; Simon Oberst, Bass; Mark Williams, Continuo
 
5 February 2005 Royal Festival Hall
Mozart: Requiem
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Guildford Choral Society; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Julie Unwin, Soprano; Heather Shipp, Mezzo-soprano; Mark Luther, Tenor; Gareth Malone, Tenor; Christopher Foster, Bass

Question 23

2004

Accepted Answer

22 December 2004 Queen Elizabeth Hall
Carols for Choir & Audience
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Claire Bessent, Soprano; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano
 
16 December 2004 Christchurch, Spitalfields (Spitalfields Festival)
Christmas Carols
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano
 
13 December 2004 Royal Festival Hall
Christmas Carols
BBC Concert Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green, Conductor
 
2 December 2004 St Martin-in-the-Fields
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano
 
11 November 2004 St John’s, Smith Square
Mozart: C minor Mass
Mozart: Solemn Vespers
London Mozart Players; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Julie Kennard, Soprano; Heather Shipp, Mezzo-soprano; Mark Wilde, Tenor; Håkan Ekenäs, Baritone
 
17 June 2004 St John’s, Smith Square
Tallis: Spem in Alium
Gibbons: O clap your hands
Purcell: Hear my prayer
Byrd: Fantasia
Sheppard: Libera Nos
Parsons: Ave Maria
Vaughan Williams: Te Deum
Holst: Nunc Dimittis
Bridge: Adagio in E
Tippett: Spirituals
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ
 
1 April 2004 St John’s, Smith Square
Handel : Messiah
The Hanover Band; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Cecilia Osmond, Soprano; Jonathan Peter Kenny, Countertenor; Mark Le Brocq, Tenor; Humphrey Berney, Tenor; Peter Savidge, Baritone

Question 24

2003

Accepted Answer

22 December 2003 Queen Elizabeth Hall
Carols for Choir & Audience
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Håkan Ekenäs, Baritone; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano; Gerard Le Feuvre, Cello
 
14 December 2003 Royal Festival Hall
Christmas Galore
BBC Concert Orchestra; Robin Stapleton, Conductor
 
10 December 2003 Royal Albert Hall
José Carreras
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hayley Westenra, Soprano; José Carreras, Tenor
 
4 December 2003 St Martin-in-the-Fields
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano
 
3 November 2003 Barbican
40th Anniversary Concert
Haydn: Mass in time of war (Paukenmesse)
Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem
Beethoven: Egmont overture
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Lynne Dawson, Soprano; Juilianne de Villiers, Mezzo-soprano; Joseph Cornwell, Tenor; Ian Caddy, Baritone
 
2 November 2003 Royal Albert Hall
Great Choral Classics
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Owain Arwel Hughes, Conductor
 
13 June 2003 St John’s, Smith Square
Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
The Parley of Instruments; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Emily Benson, Soprano; Hannah Garner, Soprano; Robin Tyson, Countertenor; Joseph Cornwell, Tenor; Daniel Norman, Tenor; Alex Ashworth, Bass; Philip Lawson, Bass
 
10 April 2003 St John’s, Smith Square
JS Bach: St John Passion
Florilegium; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Neil Mackie, Evangelist; James Harrison, Christus; Miriam Ryen, Soprano; Elizabeth Ife, Mezzo-soprano; Thomas Walker, Tenor; Håkan Ekenäs, Baritone; Mark Williams, Continuo

Question 25

2002

Accepted Answer

23 December 2002 Queen Elizabeth Hall
Carols for Choir & Audience
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Cecilia Osmond, Soprano; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano; David Corkhill, Percussion; Jennifer Raven, Flute
 
21 December 2002 Queen Elizabeth Hall
Carols for SOS with Stars at Christmas
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor
 
5 December 2002 St Martin-in-the-Fields
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano
 
14 November 2002 St John’s, Smith Square
Britten: St Nicolas
Haydn: St Nicolas Mass
Milton Keynes Orchestra; Members of the Chapel Choristers of Tonbridge School; Choir of the City of London School for Girls; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Hanna Garner, Soprano; Alexandra Sherman, Contralto; Mark Wilde, Tenor; Alex Ashworth, Bass
 
13 June 2002 Temple Church
Parry: I Was Glad
Gant: Hymn for the Golden Jubilee
Handel: Coronation anthems
Guildhall Brass Ensemble; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Mark Williams, Organ
 
2 June 2002 Royal Festival Hall
Gala concert in honour of the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen
Orff: Carmina Burana
Parry: I Was Glad
Gant: Hymn for the Golden Jubilee
Walton: Coronation Te Deum
Dove: Overture for London
Elgar: The Crown of India Suite
BBC Concert Orchestra; Guildford Choral Society; The Chapel of HM Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Janice Watson, Soprano; John Graham Hall, Tenor; Leigh Melrose, Baritone
 
21 March 2002 St John’s, Smith Square
Duruflé: Requiem
Haydn: Salve Regina
Mozart: Serenata notturna
London Mozart Players; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Katherine Manley, Soprano; Julianne Young, Contralto; Nathan Vale, Tenor; Mathias Hausmann, Baritone

Question 26

2001

Accepted Answer

21 December 2001 Queen Elizabeth Hall
Carols for Choir & Audience
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Graham Trew, Baritone; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano; David Corkhill, Percussion
 
13 & 14 December 2001 Fairfield Halls, Croydon/Royal Festival Hall
Christmas Celebration
BBC Concert Orchestra; Roderick Dunk Conductor
 
6 December 2001 St Martin-in-the-Fields
Carols for VSO
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Graham Trew, Baritone; Mark Williams, Organ/Piano
 
15 November 2001 St John’s, Smith Square
Handel : Dixit Dominus
Pergolesi: Magnificat
JS Bach: Wachet auf
The Hanover Band; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Jeni Bern, Soprano; Cecilia Osmond, Soprano; Louise Poole, Mezzo-soprano; Mark Wilde, Tenor; Håkan Vramsro, Baritone
 
June 2001 St John’s, Smith Square
Holst: Ode on a Grecian Urn
Tippett: Five Spirituals
Dankworth: Thy Kingdom Gone
Rutter: Magnificat
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Cecilia Osmond, Soprano; Alison Duguid, Mezzo-soprano; Lionel Steuart Fothringham, Organ
 
16 May 2001 Royal Festival Hall
Classical Masterworks
BBC Concert Orchestra
 
April 2001 St John’s, Smith Square
At the foot of the Cross – Music for Passiontide
Lotti: Crucifixus
Corelli: Sonata in G minor
Purcell : Pavan in B flat
Caldara: Stabat Mater
Schütz: Musicalische Exequien
The Pepys Ensemble; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Elizabeth Cragg, Soprano; Rebecca Gresson, Soprano; Andrew Radley, Countertenor; Robert Murray, Tenor; Oliver J White, Tenor; Mark Chaundy, Bass; Austin Gunn, Bass

Question 27

2000

Accepted Answer

December 2000 Queen Elizabeth Hall
Carols for Choir & Audience
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Graham Trew, Baritone; Jane Watts, Organ/Piano; Crispian Steele-Perkins, Trumpet; Emma Baldock, Cello
 
November 2000 St John’s, Smith Square
Purcell : Hail, Bright Cecilia
Handel : O praise the Lord with one consent
Clarke: Music on the Death of Henry Purcell
Florilegium; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Louise Cannon, Soprano; Jonathan Peter Kenny, Countertenor; Robin Tyson, Countertenor; Daniel Norman, Tenor; Roderick Williams, Baritone
 
June 2000 St John’s, Smith Square/St Sepulchre-without-Newgate
Gabrieli: In ecclesiis, Sonata pian’e forte, Jubilate Deo
Schütz: Psalm 150
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
Chilcott: Jubilate
Rutter: Gloria
Guildhall School of Music; Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Kate Royal, Soprano; Rachael Lloyd, Contralto; Darrell Forkin, Tenor; Haydn Jones, Bass; Lionel Steuart Fotheringham, Organ
 
April 2000 Royal Albert Hall
Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast
Poulenc: Gloria
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Finzi: Fall of the Leaf
Dove: Fanfare for a New Theatre
Hilary Davan Wetton, Conductor; Leicester Philharmonic Choir; Guildford Choral Society; Brussels Choral Society; Mary Hegarty, Soprano; Anthony Michaels-Moore, Baritone

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