PERFORMANCES

2023

SONGS FOR SOPRANO AND STRINGS:

My River Runs to Thee

plus arrangements by Rhian Samuel 

of songs by Lili and Nadia Boulanger and Alma Mahler

for soprano and strings

Ruby Hughes, soprano

United Strings of Europe

Julian Azkoul, director

Wigmore Hall London

Saturday, 16 September, 7.30 pm

Ad Lucem

Tom Winpenny, organ

St Albans Cathedral

Launch of CD

Sunday, 10 September, 3.00pm

The Moon and I 

Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano

Jâms Coleman, piano

Y Tabernacl 

Machynlleth, Powys

Machynlleth Festival

Sunday, 27 August, 11 am        

Fritillaries 

Catriona Scott, clarinet

Anneke Hodnett, harp

St Mary Magdalene Church, 

Leintwardine

Presteigne, Powys

Presteigne Festival

Friday, 25 August, 11.30 am 

Choral Prelude: Valet will ich dir geben 

Yuhan Niu, organ

Nikolaikirche

Hamburg

Germany

The Orgelbüchlein Project

Saturday, 17 June, c.7.10 pm.

Bitter-Sweet 

Laura Kobayashi, violin

Susan Gray, piano

Alden Theater

McLean Community Center

1234 Ingleside Ave

McLean, VA 22101

USA

Sunday, 4 June, 2.00 pm

Sarabande from Isolation Suite 

Julian Perkins, harpsichord,

The Loft at 8th Ave 

2010 8th Ave

Portland

Oregon 97214 

USA  

Sunday, 4 June, 3.00 pm 

Bitter-Sweet 

Laura Kobayashi, violin

Susan Gray, piano

Studio Muse

23035 Douglas Ct

Sterling, VA 20166

USA

Saturday, 3 June, 7.30 pm

Yr Alarch 

Margarida Vaz Neto, solo soprano

David Josefowitz Recital Hall

Royal Academy of Music

Maylebone Road

London NW1 5HT

Thursday, 25 May, 4.15pm

Earth Newborn for SATB chorus

PREMIERE

BBC Singers 

Nicholas Kok, conductor

St Paul's Church 

32a Wilton Place 

Knightsbridge 

London SW1X 8SH

Friday, 28 April, 2.00 pm

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3

Bitter-Sweet 

Laura Kobayashi, violin, Susan Gray, piano

Colton Recital Hall 

Warren M. Lee Fine Arts Center 

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, S.D.

USA

Tuesday, 28 March, 7.30 pm

On This Precious Earth

RWCMD Wind Orchestra

Robert Plane, director

Dora Stoutzker Hall

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama,

Cardiff

Wednesday, 8 March, 7.30 pm 

 

Little Duos for oboe and cor anglais

Tailleferre Ensemble

David Josefowitz Hall 

Royal Academy of Music

Marylebone Road

London NW1 5HT

Saturday, 25 February, 7.30 pm

Launch of CD, 'There are Things to be Said' 

(invitation only)

Dear Night 

BBC Singers

James Sherlock, conductor

Broadcast: BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert 

Thursday, 9 February, c.4.00 pm 

A River

Gillian Keith, soprano

Gail Hennessy, baroque oboe

Reiko Ichise, viol

Julian Perkins, harpsichord

St Michael's and All Angels Church 

Walthamstow

London E17  6PQ

Wednesday, 25 January, 7.30 pm

 

2022

. . . et lamentable joye 

Anna Hashimoto, solo clarinet

St Mary le Strand 

London WC2R 1ES 

23 November, 7.30 pm 

Summer's Leave  

PREMIERE

Elgan Llŷr Thomas, tenor 

Rosalind Ventris, viola

Ian Tindale, piano

Ludlow E.S. Weekend Anniversary Concert

Wigmore Hall, London

22 October,  4.30 pm

CONCERT OF MUSIC BY RHIAN SAMUEL: 

Blythswood
Francesco Peverini, viola
Angela Zaccaria, piano     
1.The Therapy of Moonlight
5. Four-and-a-half Dancing Men
    from A Garland for Anne
Orietta Caianello, piano   
Little Serenade for Skaila
Giulia Moraca, harp  
The Hare in the Moon

Angelica Girardi, soprano

Orietta Caianello, piano  

The Gaze

Angelica Girardi, soprano

Orietta Caianello, piano   

L'ombra Illuminata: Donne della Musica Festival 

Auditorium 'Nino Rota',

Conservatorio 'N. Piccinni', 

Bari, Italy

Friday, 14 October, 2022 

 

The Moon and I 

Leann Schuering, soprano
Gail Hintz, piano
Winifred Moore Auditorium, 

College of Fine Arts,

Webster University, 

St Louis, MO 63119, 

USA  

Sunday, 9 October, 4.00 pm

Chorale Prelude: Valet will ich dir geben

William Whitehead, organ

The Orgelbüchlein Project

St Bride's, Fleet Street,

London

EC4Y 8AU

Saturday, 24 September, 11.30 am.

The Moon and I 

Leann Schuering, soprano
Gail Hintz, piano
St Timothy's Episcopal Church, 

808 N. Mason Road

Creve Coeur, MO 63141,

USA  

Sunday, 11 Sept, 3.00 pm

Sonata for violin and piano 

Mary Hofman, violin

Richard Ormrod, piano

Launch of CD, 'Unbroken Threads', 

Powis Hall,

Bangor, Gwynedd

5 September, time tba

Love bade me welcome 

Choir of New College, Oxford

Robert Quinney director

(broadcast of CD recording)

BBC Radio 3 Breakfast Show

31 August, 8.00 am 

Wind Trio 

PREMIERE 

Members of South Florida Chamber Ensemble: 

Marie Schwartz, flute

Christine Pascual-Fernandez, clarinet

Myrna Meeroff, horn

Deerfield Beach Cultural Centre, 

380 E Hillsboro Blvd, 

Deerfield Beach, 

Florida 33441 

USA

Sunday, 21 August, 3.00 pm EDT

Ribbons & Streamers II

PREMIERE

Lucy Driver, flute

Jamie Howe, viola

Mared Pugh-Evans, harp 

World Harp Congress, Cardiff, 2022

Rowe-Beddoe Studio, 

RWCMD, Cardiff

28 July, 11 am

Little Duos for oboe and cor anglais

Tailleferre Ensemble

Nottingham Chamber Music Festival

Nottingham Contemporary Gallery

Nottingham NG1 2 GB

14 July 1.00 pm

Spring Diary

James Atkinson, baritone

Sholto Kynoch, piano

Gower Festival

All Saints' Church, 

Oystermouth, 

Swansea SA3 4BZ

Friday, 8 July, 7.30 pm

Before Dawn (No 3 of 'The White Amaryllis')  

Ekaterina Maslakova, soprano

Rachel Toh, piano

Masterarbeit Korrepetition Vokal

Heilig Geist Saal, 

Hans-Sachs-Platz 2

90403 Nuremberg, 

Germany

Tuesday, 5 July, 4.30 pm

CONCERT OF MUSIC BY RHIAN SAMUEL :   

Orpheus (soprano, lute, viol/cello) 

PREMIERE of live performance 

Margarida Vaz Neto, soprano, 

Ben Finlay, cello

Emanuele Addis, lute  

Naming the Flowers 

Emanuele Addis, guitar 

Ribbons and Streamers I 

PREMIERE of new version 

Ben Finlay, cello

Emanuele Addis, guitar   

Time out of Time   

Ben Finlay, cello

Ekaterina Grabova, piano    

Royal Academy of Music, 

London

Friday, 17 June, 6.30 pm

The Hare in the Moon  

Mimi Doulton, soprano

St John the Divine, 

92 Vassall Road,

Kennington, 

London

 SW9 6JA

Wednesday, 15 June, 7 pm

RESCHEDULED from 8 June

Love bade me welcome

Choir of St Mary's Battersea 

Katy Silverman, director

St Mary's Church, Battersea 

London SW11 3NA

Sunday, 12 June, Evensong, 6.00 pm

Little Duos for oboe and cor anglais

Tailleferre Ensemble

St Anne's Church 

Kew Green

TW9 3AA

Sunday, 15 May, 3.30 pm

 

Little Duos for oboe and cor anglais

Tailleferre Ensemble

St Johns ARC, 

Old Harlow 

CM 17 0AJ 

Friday, 6 May, 1.30 pm

 

Redlands Suite (ob, cl, bsn)  

Tailleferre Ensemble

Belfry Arts Centre,

Cromer, Norfolk, NR27 0NT

Sunday, 17 April, 3.00 pm

The Moon and I 

U.S. PREMIERE 
Leann Schuering, soprano
Jonathan Heaney, piano
Tribute to composer Robert Wykes
E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall

Washington University,

St Louis, MO 63130, 

USA  

Sunday, 10 April, 3.00 pm

The Shape of Trees

(in 'Seven Ages of Woman') 

BBC Singers 

Grace Rossiter, conductor

BBC Radio 3

Thursday, 10 March, 9.30pm

Commissioned by BBC Radio 3

Toccata (from Isolation Suite)

Mack Scocca-Ho, piano 

Kaufman Music Center Contemporary Festival

Merkin Hall,

129 W. 67th St,

New York, NY 10023

USA

Sunday, 6 March, 4.30 pm

Love bade me welcome

Choir of St Paul's, Knightsbridge 

Joseph Fort, director

St Paul's, Knightsbridge

London SW1

Sunday, 27 February, 11.00 am

Naming the Flowers (from Wildflower Songbook) 

Sarah Winn,  mezzo-soprano

David Jones, piano

Finals, Frederic Cox Award for Singing

Concert Hall, 

Royal Northern College of Music

124 Oxford Road, 

Manchester 

Tuesday, 22 February, 7.30 pm

Bitter-Sweet 

U.S. PREMIERE 

Laura Kobayashi, violin

Susan Gray, piano

Colton Recital Hall,

Warren M. Lee Fine Arts Center

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, S.D. 

USA

Tuesday, 8 February, 7.30 pm