Monday 3 March 2008

1 March 2008

On Sunday 2 March I shall be appearing on the "Sunday" programme on BBC Radio 4 in a feature about vicars and organists!

I am directing the music on BBC Radio 4's "Daily Service" On Wednesday 5 and again on Tuesday 25. I shall be playing the organ on Tuesday 11 March.

On Sunday 16 I shall be directing a performance of "Messiah" in New York.

On Good Friday 2 of my orchestral hymn arrangements will be broadcast from St Paul's Cathedral at 7.30pm on BBC Radio 2 with the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Choir of St Paul's Cathedral.

On Sunday 23 I shall be appearing on BBC Radio 3's "The Choir" programme in a feature about congreagational hymn singing. Also my hymn arrangements will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral on "Morning Worship". That afternoon I shall be attending the final service of Alan Thurlow's tenure as organist of Chichester Cathedral.

At the end of the month I start a mini tour with All Angels. We are appearing on Thursday 27 at Edinburgh Corn Exchange; Friday 28 at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral and on Saturday 29 at York Minster.

This month I am also working on two new commissions...a Mass setting for Holy Trinity, Coventry, and an anthem for Clayesmore School in Dorset.

I have two new pieces published this month by Encore and one by OUP