Conductor and composer
Saturday 26 October at 8pm, Lisbon Cathedral
Sunday 27 October at 10.30am, Mosterio do Jeronimos, Lisbon
Tuesday 29 October at 7pm, Faro Cathedral
David conducts Exultate Singers in concerts in Lisbon and Faro Cathedrals, and singing Mass at Mosterio de Jeonimos, Lisbon
Saturday 19 October at 7.30pm, St George’s Bristol
David conducts the 100 singers of City of Brsitol Choir and professional orchestra The Bristol Ensemble in a rapturous celebration of love. The programme includes poems by the ancient Greek female poet Sappho set to music by Jonathan Dove, as well as Vaughan Williams’ ravishing Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and music by Finzi and Byrd. Tickets £15 to £28, available from St George’s box office online and by phone on 0845 40 24 001
Wednesday 19 June at 7.30pm, Bristol Cathedral
David is conducting this year’s High Sheriff’s Concert in 2019 and has been commissioned to write a work which will receive its premiere at the event. The piece, Every breath a song, sets words by the Benedictine Sister, Delores Dufner from Minnesota, USA. David will conduct a chorus of 170 voices made of singers from Bristol Outh Choir, Exultate Singers, and the Bristol-based gospel choir Renewal Choir. Together they will perform a new work by the composer Toby Young and librettist Jennifer Thorp, As One, which celebrates the history and diversity of Bristol. Exultate Singers will also perform Tallis’ iconic 40-part motet, Spem in alium. More information can be found at www.exultatesingers.org
David’s White Light Gloria will be sung at the Walsingham Annual Pilgrimage on Monday 27th May in presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt Rev Justin Welby
David was interviewed by the news website Quartz about the huge benefits of singing at work. As conductor of workplace choirs at Airbus, Arval, Royal Mail and Sawday’s, David is passionate about the benefits of singing as part of the working day, drawing on a long history of workers using songs to commune during the day, from plantation slaves, to fishermen, to coal miners.
Read what David has to say about singing at work in the article here: https://qz.com/work/1613520/brits-are-fighting-burnout-by-joining-workplace-choirs/
Saturday 18 May at 7.30pm, St Laurence’s Church, Ludlow
City of Bristol Choir returns to St Laurence’s Church in Ludlow to perform spectacular music for choir, piano, organ and percussion on the theme of singing, love, time and nature including music by Bob Chilcott, Jonathan Dove, Parry, Britten and Walton. More information is available from the City of Bristol Choir website
Friday 15 March at 7.30pm, St Alban’s Church, Westbury Park, Bristol
David conducts City of Bristol Choir and the top notch ensemble Onyx Brass in a thrilling programme of ceremonial and celebratory music including music by Handel, Naji Hakim, John Rutter, brass specialist Philip Wilby, Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir and a performance of that most iconic of royal anthems, Hubert Parry’s I was glad. Tickets £18 for adults, £5 for students/under 18s, from Opus 13 music shop 0117 923 0164 and online at www.cityofbristolchoir.org.uk.
Saturday 30 March at 7.30pm, St George’s Bristol
Exultate Singers and the internationally renowned early music ensemble His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts join forces for a celebration of baroque choral and instrumental music from the powerhouses of Europe including music by Gabrieli, Schutz, Zielenski, de Vivanco and Ximenez. Tickets £12 to £24 from St George’s box office on 0845 40 24 001 and online at www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
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Saturday 9 February at 6pm, St George’s Bristol
Warm up a winter’s day with an early evening concert on the theme of love. Exultate Singers is delighted to be joined by the esteemed Alberni String Quartet to perform passionate music for choir and strings by British and American composers influenced by the sensual words, songs and sounds of other cultures. The programme includes three wedding anthems by David, as well as works by Eriks Ešenvalds, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Toby Young, Bob Chilcott, Gerald Finzi, With an early start at 6pm, there’s even time for dinner à deux afterwards, as the concert will be finished by 8pm.
Tickets and more information from St George’s Bristol, by phone on 0845 40 24 001 or over the counter at St George’s