1 October 2007

This is a very varied month for me. On Friday 5 I am recording BBC Songs of Praise with the BBC Choristers of the Year as part of a programme to mark the 80th birthday of Ken Dodd. It comes from Knotty Ash!

I am Musical Director for BBC Radio 4 Daily Service on Wednesday 10th, Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd, and playing the organ on Tuesday 30th.

On Saturday 27 I shall be taking part in the BBC Radio 2 recording of "Chorister of the Year 2007" which will be broadcast from St Paul's Cathedral. I shall be coaching all the finalists and playing the piano for them.

I am working on a couple of new arrangements for All Angels and doing some orchestration for BBC 1 Festival of Remembrance from the Royal Albert Hall in November.

24 September 2007

This week I am appearing each day as guest presenter on "Pause for Thought" on BBC Radio 2, which is being broadcast twice daily on the Janice Long and Alex Lester shows.

31 August 2007

Next week I shall be one of the preliminary judges for the BBC's "Chorister of the Year". On Wednesday 3 I shall be recording "Sunday Half Hour" for Radio 2 with the Manchester Chamber Choir. These will be broadcast on Sundays 16 and 23 September and 21 October.

On Tuesday 11 September I shall be directing and playing in a concert in St James Church, Piccadilly with All Angels...this will be the showcase for their new album which we have just recorded.

On Tuesday 18th I shall be recording 5 scripts for BBC Radio 2's "Pause for Thought" which will be broadcast each day on the Janice Long and Alex Lester shows starting on Monday 24th.

I also have a series of rehearsals with the Manchester Chamber Choir culminating in a concert of unaccompanied music in Christchurch, Didsbury on Saturday 22nd September.

I have just written two new anthems for publication and am working on some arrangements for All Angels for BBC TV's "Songs of Praise".

5 August 2007

I have just finished recording the new All Angels CD which will be released in the autumn.

I am doing BBC Daily Service on Radio 4 a number of times this month - Wednesday 8th, Monday 13th, Wednesday 15th, Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22, Thursday 23.

On Sunday 12 August I am appearing on BBC 1's "Heaven and Earth" show with the BBC Chorister of the Year.

I am also busy writing two new anthems.

27 June 2007

I have a busy month ahead with All Angels as we are recording a second album for Universal. The first album has now reached sales of over 300,000.

I shall be in London with "the team" working on arrangements next week, and then on 16 July I fly to Prague for a few days to record all the orchestral backing tracks with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. I then return to London for two weeks to record all the vocals with the girls. The album should be out in the autumn.

On Sunday 8 July I am appearing in a programme on BBC 2 with Aled Jones where we discuss the nation's top 10 hymns.

29 May 2007

I am off to Rattwig in northern Sweden next week to direct a boys' choir course. Some 400 boys will be on the course and we will be working towards a concert at the end of the course with orchestra including Vivaldi's "Gloria", Mendelssohn "Hear my Prayer" and two of my own pieces.

On Sunday I am filming a BBC TV Songs of Praise special about the nation's top ten hymns. I shall be talking to Aled Jones about each of the hymns chosen by the viewers. This should be broadcast later in the summer.

I have just set a hymn by George Herbert to music to be published by the RSCM in a new hymnal this autumn.

9 May 2007

The re-issued All Angels album is now available, featuring some new tracks including my arrangement of "Make me a channel of your peace" which was broadcast on BBC 1 at the Festival of Remembrance from the Albert Hall. I directed the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra on these new tracks.

Working on a new composition and some arrangements for All Angels and the BBC.

BBC Daily Service on Wednesday 16 May with Paul Leddington Wright.

Organ recital at St Chad's, Shrewsbury on Friday 18 May.