ANGEL CONCERT - FINAL PREPARATIONS!

The final stages of my concert preparations are under way!  

It's only a week now until the Angel music is premiered at St John's Smith Square, London at 7:30pm on 9th June and I'm so looking forward to conducting the Choir of New College Oxford and the RPO again!

The concert has been months in the planning, starting in January with co-ordinating diaries for the choir, orchestra, venue and soloists, then organising the musical format for the evening and getting the right scores out to the right performers.  We've just collected the programmes that will be on sale at the concert and then there are all the little, but very important, details to do with rehearsal schedule, refreshments, dress, changing rooms etc etc!  

Now I need to focus on the music - these days I really like to conduct from memory so there is a lot of score preparation to do.  I've also decided that I want harp continuo in the three Handel pieces - this means getting some more parts prepared and sent off to the fantastic harpist and my good friend Hugh Webb.  

St John's is now reasonably full but, in a desire to see it packed, we are constantly in touch with people trying to get their help in promoting the event.  So, back to work!  

If you are reading this ahead of the concert I'd just like to say please come to the concert and do say hello afterwards!

Click here to buy your tickets for the Angel concert direct from the St John's Smith Square Box Office.