London International A Cappella Choir Competition

As well as being featured composer at this year’s London International A Cappella Choir Competition, I shall be joining Mark Williams, Lionel Meunier and Peter Phillips as a judge at the final on September 26th. The competition, at St John’s Smith Square in London, involves seven choirs from the UK and beyond and the week begins with the Tallis Scholars‘ 2000th concert  which will include Ave Dei patris filia, commissioned by the group for their 40th anniversary in 2013.

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Airplane Cantata at the RAF Museum

In a special concert to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, the BBC Singers, with Rex Lawson (pianola) and conducted by Martyn Brabbins, will perform Airplane Cantata along with other aviation-inspired pieces by Bob Chilcott, Edward Cowie and George Antheil. The concert on 18 September will take place in one of the hangars at the RAF Museum in Hendon.

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