The Fifty for Fifty Project
Season 2024/25 – Past Concerts
Wednesday 16 April 2025
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Martin Brabbins
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Programme includes Piano Concerto
Sunday 13 April 2025
Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 1 Mill Street, Ludlow SY8 1AZ
Shana Moron-Caravel (mezzo), programme includes Lenten Flowers and Storm (Angels of the Mind)
Patrick Dow (baritone), programme incudes Gone, gone again is Summer and Being Young and Green (Seven American Poems)
Niall Townley (piano)
Saturday 12 April 2025
St Marie’s Cathedral, Norfolk Row, Sheffield S1 2JB
City of Sheffield Youth Orchestra, Conductor: Christopher Gayford
Programme includes A Colour Symphony
Saturday 12 April 2025
St Laurence’s Church, 2 College Street, Ludlow SY8 1AN
Lotte Betts-Dean (mezzo), Brett Dean (viola), Iain Burnside (piano).
Programme includes The Dandelion and Ragwort (Two Nursery Rhymes)
Tuesday 8 April 2025
Wigmore Hall, Wigmore Street, London W1U 2BP
Roderick Williams (baritone), Andrew West (piano)
Programme includes Siege (Seven American Poems)
Sunday 6 April 2025
St Luke’s Church, Victoria Rd, Chesterton, Cambridge CB4 3DZ
CSD Brass, Conductor: Chris Lawrence
Programme includes Fanfare Homage to Shakespeare
Sunday 6 April 2025
Howard Assembly Rooms, 32 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU
Roderick Williams (baritone), Andrew West (piano)
Programme includes Siege (Seven American Poems)
Thursday 3 April 2025
St Andrew’s Cathedral, Corner of George & Bathurst Streets, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2000
Richard Moore (organ)
Programme includes Praeludium
Sunday 30 March 2025 – Evening service
Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road, Ripon HG4 1QT
Tim Harper (organ)
Programme (after the service) includes Ballet for Children (Things to Come) arr Robert Gower
Sunday 30 March 2025
St Michael’s Church, 95/99 Oxford Terrace, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
Richard Moore (organ)
Programme includes Praeludium
Saturday 29 March 2025
Royal Hall, Ripon Road, Harrogate HG1 2SY
Harrogate Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Bryan Western
Lily Dai (cello)
Programme includes Cello Concerto
Saturday 29 March 2025
St Mary’s Church, Painswick GL6 6UT
Carducci String Quartet, Emma Johnson (clarinet)
Programme includes Clarinet Quintet
Thursday 27 March 2025 – Evening service
Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road, Ripon HG4 1QT
Tim Harper (organ)
Programme (before the service) includes Bridal Ceremony (Adam Zero) arr Robert Gower
Thursday 25 March 2025
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Roderick Williams (baritone), Andrew West (piano)
Programme includes Siege (Seven American Poems)
Thursday 27 March 2025
Recital Hall, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, 200 Jennens Road, B4 7XR
Performances and talks marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Arthur Bliss on 27 March 1975.
Programme includes Triptych, Viola Sonata, Violin Concerto, Piano Quartet, Two Nursery Rhymes.
For programme details go to the Events page
Wednesday 26 March 2025 – Evening service
Ripon Cathedral, Minster Road, Ripon HG4 1QT
Tim Harper (organ)
Programme (before the service) includes Pastoral for clarinet and piano arr for organ by Tim Harper
Tuesday 25 March 2025
St Mary’s, Barnes, Church Road, London SW13 9HL
Roderick Williams (baritone), Andrew West (piano)
Programme includes Siege (Seven American Poems)
Sunday 23 March 2025
Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana USA
Orion Rapp (oboe), Freimann Quartet
Programme includes Oboe Quintet
Sunday 23 March 2025 – Morning service
St Bride’s Church, Fleet St, City of London, London EC4Y 8AU
Robert Jones (Director of Music)
Programme includes Put Thou Thy Trust in the Lord
Saturday 15 March 2025
Bedale Methodist Church, 2 The Wynd, Bedale DL8 1ER
Tim Harper (organ)
Programme includes Ballet for Children arr Robert Gower
Saturday 15 March 2025
Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Stephen Bell
Programme includes The March from Things to Come
Monday 3 March 2025
St Michael’s Cornhill, St Michael’s Alley, London EC3V 9DS
Richard Moore (organ)
Programme includes Praeludium
Saturday 1 March 2025
St John’s Church, Waterloo, 73 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra
Programme includes A Colour Symphony
Saturday 1 March 2025
Marmen Quartet, Ajaz Begus (clarinet)
Programme includes Clarinet Quintet
Wednesday 26 February 2025
Royal Concert Hall, Theatre Square, Nottingham, NG1 5ND
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: John Wilson, Presenter: Stephen Johnson
Programme includes Metamorphic Variations, The March from Things to Come and the Overture to Miracle in the Gorbals
Saturday 22 February 2025
City Hall, Queen Victoria Square, Carr Lane, Hull, HU1 3RQ
Hull Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Simon Chalk
Programme includes three movements from Checkmate
Tuesday 4 February 2025
Lobe Block, Böttgerstraße 16, 13357 Berlin, Germany
Eva Zalenga (soprano), Adam Ambarzumjan (clarinet), Doriana Tchakarova (piano), Victoria Wong (violin) and Till Schuler (cello)
Programme includes Two Nursery Rhymes
Thursday 30 January 2025
St Mary’s Parish Church, Vicarage Road, Ambleside, Cumbria LA22 9DH
Talland String Quartet (RNCM)
Programme includes String Quartet in A
Wednesday 29 January 2025
Barrow-in-Furness
Talland String Quartet (RNCM)
Programme includes String Quartet in A
Saturday 25 January 2025
Audimax of TU Dortmund University, Vogelpothsweg 87
Wind Band of TU Dortmund University, Conductor: Constantin Hesselmann
Programme includes Suite from Things to Come
Sunday 19 January 2025
St Saviour’s Church, Brockley Rise, London SE23 1JN
David Aspin (viola), Kathryn Mosley (piano)
Programme includes Viola Sonata
Friday 17 January 2025
Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Way, Chichester PO19 6AP
BBC Concert Orchestra, Conductor: Richard Balcombe
Programme includes March from Things to Come
Friday 17 January 2025
Taunton School, Taunton TA2 6AD
David Aspin (viola), Kathryn Mosley (piano)
Programme includes Viola Sonata
Thursday 16 January 2025
Accrington Library, St James’ Street, Accrington BB5 1NQ
David Aspin (viola), Kathryn Mosley (piano)
Programme includes Viola Sonata
Wednesday 1 January 2025
St Albans Cathedral, Sumpter Yard, St Albans, AL1 1BY
St Albans Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Bill Carslake
Programme includes March from Things to Come
Saturday 23 November 2024
All Saints Church, Wiltshire Road, Wokingham, RG40 1TN
Crowthorne Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Robert Roscoe
Programme includes A Colour Symphony
Sunday 27 October 2024
Ivor Gurney Hall, Pitt Street, Gloucester, GL1 2BH
Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin), Duncan Honeybourne (piano)
Programme includes Sonata for Violin and Piano
Saturday 26 October 2024
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BP
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Andrew Manze
Guy Johnston (cello)
Programme includes Cello Concerto
Thursday 24 October 2024
Royal Concert Hall, Theatre Square, Nottingham, NG1 5ND
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Andrew Manze
Guy Johnston (cello)
Programme includes Cello Concerto
Thursday 12 October 2024
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Cambridge University Brass Ensemble
Programme includes Greetings to a City
Thursday 19 September 2024
Leicester Cathedral, Peacock Lane, Leicester LE1 5PZ
Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Adam Walker (flute), Carducci String Quartet
Programme includes Conversations for oboe, flute and string trio
Monday 16 September 2024
St Anne’s Cathedral, Cathedral Chambers, Great George Street, Leeds LS2 8BE
Darius Battiwalla (organ)
Programme includes The Rout Trot and the March from Things to Come