In October 2019, NLCC visited the CLF Art Café, Peckham, to present the première of Juvenilia, a new NLCC commission from Laurence Osborn. The work was coupled with other contemporary choral scores that explore communication, language, relationships, and power.
In May 2019, NLCC appeared at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank with Le Balcon and London Sinfonietta under Maxime Pascal in Stockhausen’s amazing Donnerstag Aus Licht.
December 2018 saw NLCC present a programme of experimental works within the Space Shifters exhibition at the Hayward Gallery on London’s South Bank. Gallery audiences were treated to works by Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, David Lang, John Cage, Robert Ashley, Peter Ablinger, and Philip Glass.
We then repeated the programme at the Siobhan Davies Studios, London SE1.
In November 2018, as guests of Festyvocal in Firminy, France, NLCC appeared at the iconic, late le Corbusier Église de S. Pierre to perform works by Xenakis, Dusapin, Messiaen, Macmillan, Harvey, and Britten, along with the world première of a new work by festival competition winner Julien le Hérisser.
In April 2018 the choir renewed its association with composer Frank Denyer to record his 1990s work The Fish that became the Sun, along with the Octandre ensemble, conducted by Jonathan Hargreaves.
Other past performances
2017
October: Brandenburg Choral Festival, London. Takemitsu Wind Horse, John Luther Adams Canticles of the Holy Wind (UK premiere), John Cage Living Room Music, and Barber Agnus Dei.
April: tour to Oslo to perform Berio’s Cries of London and two works by Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgren, Four Madrigals from the Natural World and Three Stages.
February: NLCC workshop tackling a range of challenging repertoire and ending with a run-through of Stockhausen’s extraordinary declamation Litanei 97.
2016
November: London Festival of American Music. Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel, directed by Odaline de la Martinez.
October: Brandenburg Choral Festival, London. Works by JS Bach and Bach re-imaginings by Sven-David Sandström.
June: Spitalfields Festival, London. World première of The Fatal Fire by Iain Bell, along with works by Berio, Bo Holten, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, and Sven-David Sandström.
May: Colourscape Festival / Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire. Works by Nystedt, Holten, Banchieri, Wylkynson, Monk, Kuivila, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen.
2015
October: St James’s Church, Sussex Gardens, London, conducted by Matthew Hamilton. Works by Nystedt, Torbjørn Dyrud, Anders Hillborg, Per Nørgård and Kaija Saariaho. Jointly presented with Ensemble 96 (musical director: Nina Therese Karlsen)
September: St Mary’s Church, Southampton and St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. Turning Points by David Owen Norris (world première)
September: Colourscape Festival, Clapham Common, London, conducted by Matthew Hamilton. Works by Nystedt, Holten, Banchieri, Wylkynson, Monk, Kuivila, Gudmundsen-Holmgreen.
May: All Saint’s Church, Hove, conducted by Matthew Hamilton. Animals! programme from January.
January: Wilton’s Music Hall, London conducted by Matthew Hamilton Judith Bingham Unpredictable But Providential Giles Swayne The Tiger Roberto Sierra Cantos popolares Adriano Banchieri Madrigale a un dolce usignolo; Capricciata a 3 voci; Contraponto bestiale alla mente; Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen Four Madrigals from the Natural World (ukp) Meredith Monk Panda Chant II
2014
September: Barbican Hall, London with the Britten Sinfonia and Britten Sinfonia Voices conducted by Martyn Brabbins John Tavener Flood of Beauty (wp)
August: British Library, London The Music of War conference Parry Songs of Farewell, Ravel Trois Chansons, Deborah Pritchard On Receiving News of the War conducted by Stephen Grahl,
June: Royal Festival Hall, London with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Voices and the Rodolfus Choirm conducted by Esa Pekka Salonen Mahler Symphony No. 8
May: Royal Festival Hall, London with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia Voices conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy Prokofiev Ivan the Terrible
January: London Coliseum Men in Motion, choreographed by Ivan Putrov, conducted by Richard Bernas Mozart Lacrimosa from Requiem
2013
December: Watford and Guildford Christmas Concerts with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth. Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Richard Rodney Bennett Four American Carols, Elgar The Snow, TchaikovskyNutcracker, Rimsky Korsakov The Snow Maiden Suite
November: Wilton’s Music Hall with the Kreutzer Quartet Beethoven Elegische Gesang
July: London Contemporary Music Festival Philip Glass Knee Plays from Einstein on the Beach
April: St Martins-in-the-fields, Brandenburg Spring Choral Festival Conducted by Stephen Grahl Tallis Lamentations of Jeremiah, Miserere nostri, O nata lux, Harvey Forms of Emptiness, Come, Holy Ghost, I Love the Lord
March: Macedonia Now! at Wilton’s Music Hall with the Kreutzer Quartet followed by recording Mihailo Trandafilovski Chetiri (wp), Pande Shahov Meier Settings (wp), Evdokija Danajloska Three Songs for the Wounded Human Being (part ukp, part wp), Miroslav Spasov Echos (ukp), Valentina Velkovska-Trajanovska Orpheus of Infinity(wp)
2012
August: BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall Conducted by Jukka-Pekka Saraste with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, Crouch End Festival Chorus Schoenberg Gurrelieder
August: BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall Conducted by Oliver Knussen with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and BBC National Chorus of Wales Debussy Le Martyre de Saint Sebastian
April: St Martins-in-the-fields, Brandenburg Spring Choral Festival Nystedt Immortal Bach, Mahler arr. Gottwald Die zwei blauen Augen, Debussy arr. Gottwald Angelus, Saariaho Nuits, Adieux, Wagner arr. Gottwald Im Treibhaus, Barber Agnus Dei, Lachenmann Consolation II, Ravel arr. Gottwald Soupirs, Mahler arr. Gottwald Ich bin der Welt abhanden
March: Royal Festival Hall, London Conducted by Lorin Maazel with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Philharmonia Chorus Britten War Requiem
2011
November: Xenakis in Huddersfield. An all-Xenakis programme at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival to mark the 10th Anniversary of the composer’s death. Including Medea Senecae, Serment, A Hélène, A Colone. With New Music Players, directed by Clement Power.
June: NLCC 30th Anniversary concert at the Spitalfields Festival, directed by James Weeks. William Billings Hymns and Anthems, Christopher Fox American Choruses, James Weeks The Freedom of the World (wp), with London Sinfonietta.
April: From Darkness into Light. A concert directed by Robert Hollingworth. Works by Byrd, Gibbons, Poulenc, Adrian Williams, Bo Holten, Robert Heppener.
2010
November: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and November Music, s’Hertogenbosch, Holland Michael Finnissy Gedächtnis-Hymne (world première) Peter Adriaansz Three Studies (world première) Kagel l’Invention d’Adolphe Sax, with Rascher Saxophone Quartet. We are most grateful to PRS for Music Foundation for its support of NLCC’s commission from Michael Finnissy.
July: NLCC premiered Allele, a new work for 40 voices by Michael Zev Gordon, based on DNA samples provided by the singers. Performances in the Diamond Light Synchrotron, Oxford, Cheltenham Festival, and the Royal Society of Medicine. Science project, composition, and performances generously supported by Wellcome Trust. The project and science are reported here.
April-May: London and Birmingham, with ENO Orchestra, conducted by Jane Glover. Handel Il Penseroso, choreographed by Mark Morris.
April: Days of Macedonian Music Festival, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia Danajloska Three Songs for the Wounded Human Being (wp), Miroslav Spasov Echos (wp), Andreevska By the lake, Avramovski Elegy
April: Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, with Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Borjan Canev Fauré Requiem (Macedonian premiere)
2009
Barbican Hall, London George Crumb Star-Child, with BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Harvey The Summer Cloud’s Awakening and Saariaho Nuits, adieux for chorus and Sept papillons for solo cello
Church of St Andrew, Holborn, London EC4 Nights, Farewells – works by Ligeti, Xenakis, Dusapin, Evan Johnson, and Saariaho. With Oliver Coates, cello.
Symphony Hall, Birmingham Stravinsky Threni, A sermon, a narrative and a prayer, The Flood, Babelwith CBSO, conducted by Sakari Oramo
Casa da Música, Porto Harvey Passion and Resurrection with Remix Ensemble, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann
2008
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Stockhausen Litanei, Chöre für Doris, Kagel Gegenstimmen, Burleskewith Jane Chapman, harpsichord, and Christian Forshaw, saxophone
St Marylebone Church, London NW1 Destruction and Rebuilding – works by Dallapiccola, Lassus, Lachenmann, Sciarrino, Monteverdi, and Xenakis
Norfolk & Norwich Festival Stravinsky Les Noces with Michael Clark Company, Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Jurjen Hempel
St Marylebone Church, London NW1 – In Memoriam Karlheinz Stockhausen Stockhausen Litanei and works by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Holst, Messiaen, Jonathan Harvey, conducted by Jeremy Summerly
Philharmonia Hall, Liverpool With Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Harry Bicket: Kenneth Hesketh Like the Sea, Like Time (world première)
2007
Barbican Centre, London With Michael Clark Company, Britten Sinfonia, conducted by Jurien HempelStravinsky Les Noces
7 Locks Festival, Northamptonshire 13th century anon. The Play of Daniel, directed by Jeremy Summerly and modern-day premières of 12th century English song, directed by Helen Deemer
‘The Long Weekend’, Tate ModernAlongside improvisations by Throbbing Gristle and films by Derek Jarman Hildur Gudnadóttir: The Shadow of the Sun, directed by the composer
Archipel Festival, Geneva, Switzerland Programme of works by Giacinto Scelsi
Nottingham, UK Bach St John Passion, with ViVa, conducted by Nicholas Kok
Recording project: Feldman For Stefan Wolpe and Rothko Chapel for Mode Records (not yet released)
2006
St John’s, Smith Square, London / BMIC Cutting Edge series Feldman For Stefan Wolpe, Harvey How could the soul not take flight?
Kerk van het Onbevlekt Hart van Maria, Maastricht, Netherlands James Wood Hildegard (completed version)
2005
Huddersfield / Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival Works for unaccompanied voices and voices and percussion by Giacinto Scelsi, including two UK premières
Flanders Festival, Antwerp, Belgium
With Champ d’Action, Percussion Group The Hague
Excerpts from James Wood Hildegard (Belgian première) also concert of plainchant and polyphony by Browne, Tallis, Sheppard, and Byrd
Royal Albert Hall, London With BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martyn Brabbins Holst The Planets, Colin Matthews Pluto
Hildegard 2005 UK tour: James Wood Hildegard. Performances at Norwich Cathedral (world première), St John’s Smith Square, St Davids Cathedral, and Salisbury Cathedral.
2004
Concert at Royaumont Abbey, France Francesconi Let Me Bleed (French première), Tallis Lamentations I & II
Concert at Liverpool Cathedral Stockhausen Litanei (UK première), 13th century anon. The Play of Daniel
Concert at the Aldeburgh Festival, Suffolk Janacek Hradcany Songs, Kaspar Rucky, Schubert Ständchen, works by Schumann, Holst, and Birtwistle
Concert in Mulhouse, France Harvey The Summer Cloud’s Awakening, Lauds, Messiaen O sacrum convivium
2003
BBC Promenade Concert, Royal Albert Hall, UK with Amadinda Iannis Xenakis Idmen (UK première), Nuits James Wood Tongues of Fire (World première)
Aldeburgh Festival Concert, Orford, UK Mauricio Kagel Schwarzes Madrigal, Burleske (UK premières) David Sawer Stramm Gedichte and works by György Ligeti
Manca Festival, Nice, France Jonathan Harvey The Summer Cloud’s Awakening (French première) Alejandro Viñao Epitafios and works by György Ligeti
Dublin International Organ & Choral Festival, Dublin, Ireland David Sawer Stramm Gedichte (Irish première) Luca Francesconi Let me bleed (Irish première) Claude Vivier O! Kosmos (Irish première) and works by Jonathan Harvey, Brahms, and Schönberg
Bath International Music Festival, Bath, UK 20th Anniversary concert (broadcast by BBC Radio 3) David Sawer Stramm Gedichte (commissioned by NLCC, world première) Luca Francesconi Let Me Bleed works by Jonathan Harvey and Claude Vivier
Oxford Contemporary Music, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, UK 20th Anniversary concert Jonathan Harvey The Summer Cloud’s Awakening (commissioned by NLCC for choir, live electronics, flute & cello, world première) works by Lassus, Tallis, Gabrieli and Schütz
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, St Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield, UK 20th Anniversary concert Luca Francesconi Let me bleed (world première of commission by NLCC and Isabel Nisbet) Tristan-Patrice Challulau Farben (NLCC Competition Winner world première) Alejandro Viñao Epitafios (UK première of NLCC 1999 commission)
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, UK with Rambert Dance Company and London Musici, conducted by Paul Hoskins Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Flanders Festival, Leuven, Belgium. Programme of music by Stravinsky, conducted by James Wood. Les Noces (including the version with pianola, cymbaloms, and percussion), Four Russian Peasant Songs, The dove descending, Introitus: T S Eliot in memoriam
BBC Promenade concert with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Singers conducted by Jac van Steen Jonathan Harvey Mothers Shall Not Cry (world première)
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