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​Selected past performances
​of Chris's compositions
within the last few years


4 November 2023

Rejoice in the Lord was premiered at St Bartholomew, East Ham

23 July 2023

The choir of St Mary Magdalene, East Ham gave the premiere of Chris's Preces & Responses (Fourth Set) at Choral Evensong for the Feast of St Mary Magdalene

9 April 2023

The choir of St Mary Magdalene, East Ham gave the premiere of Chris's new setting of the ​Te Deum

24 December 2022

The choir of St Mary Magdalene, East Ham gave the premiere of Welcome all wonders in one sight at Midnight Mass

18 December 2022

The choir of St Mary Magdalene, East Ham gave the premiere of Christmas Day with words by Christopher Smart

11 December 2022

The choir of Our Lady, Help of Christians (St Mary's), Blackheath (director: Tim Murray) performed The World's Desire in their Carol Service​

27 August 2022

The St Teilo Singers, under Chris's direction, gave the world premiere of his Seventh Service at Bristol Cathedral

13 April 2022

David Oldfield performed Toccata Nuptiale in a recital at Weybridge URC

5 February 2022

Chris performed the final movement of Dominus regit me after Choral Evensong at Peterborough Cathedral

30 January 2022

Candlemas Procession​ was given its premiere performance at St Mary Magdalene's East Ham

23 January 2022

Charles Barland, DMA, University Organist and Professor of Music at the University of Dubuque, performed Toccata Nuptiale at the conclusion of his recital in the John and Alice Butler Hall, Heritage Center.  The entire recital may be heard here (Chris's piece is at 1'21'') and the programme is available here

19 December 2021

I Saw a Stable was given its premiere performance at St Mary Magdalene's East Ham.  It can be heard here

12 December 2021

The choir of Our Lady, Help of Christians (St Mary's) Blackheath (Director: Tim Murray) performed Hurry to Bethlehem at their 25th annual Carol Service

24 July 2021

Chris gave the premiere performance of Dominus regit me in a recital at St Mary Magdalene's, East Ham.  This piece will be published by Paraclete Press

22 May 2021

Chris gave the premiere performance of Exultate after Choral Evensong at Chelmsford Cathedral (on the Nave Organ).  ​This piece will be published by Paraclete Press

24 December 2020

Adey Grummet gave the premiere performance of Glory to God, a monophonic setting of the Gloria which she commissioned to sing in the Christmas Eve Mass at the College of St Barnabas, Lingfield

29 November 2020



​Chris directed the premiere of 
Virga Jesse floruit in a livestreamed service of Lessons and Music for Advent from St Matthew's Bethnal Green

13 March 2020

Dr William Sullivan performed Toccata Nuptiale  in his recital entitled 'Five Aspects of Love', part of the Friday Pipes series on the four-manual Möller organ at Third Baptist Church, 620 North Grand, St Louis, Missouri, USA

12 January 2020

Samantha Christopher and two of her clarinet pupils performed movements from Duet Suite and Liquorice Allsorts in a concert at St Botolph's Church, Colchester

21 December 2019

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15 December 2019




Love came down at Christmas received its first liturgical performance in the Carol Service at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green: the occasion for which it was composed.  This piece will be published by Paraclete Press

11 December 2019






​The Giltspur Singers gave two premieres in their Christmas Concert
:
  • Moonless Darkness
  • ​Love came down at Christmas

8 December 2019

The choir of St Mary's Catholic Church, Blackheath (Director: Tim Murray) peformed The Jolly Shepherd

16 November 2019

The choir of St Mary's Catholic Church Blackheath (Director: Tim Murray) performed Chris's second setting of the Bendictus as the canticle at Morning Prayer.  Tim commissioned the piece for this purpose but this was the first time that it had been possible to perform it in its liturgical context

25 October 2019

Heather Moen-Boyd played Toccata Nuptiale as the finale to her recital on the Hill, Norman and Beard organ at St Stephen's Uniting Church, 197 Macquarie Street, Sydney, Australia

1 August 2019

Baritone Roderick Williams OBE sang There is Sweet Music, (accompanied by Susie Allan, (piano) in a song recital at Cheltenham College as part of the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival

13 July 2019

Altar Prayer at Petertide, to words by Adey Grummet, was premiered at the College of St Barnabas, Lingfield

12 July 2019

Chris performed his Sonatina for Piano in a Giltspur Singers concert at St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London

11 July 2019

Toccata Nuptiale was performed by Ian Pattinson (Organist of Lancaster Priory) in a concert given by the King's Men at St George's Church, Kendal.  Reviewer Adrian Mullen wrote in the Westmorland Gazette that the piece 'proved very popular with the audience'

28 April 2019

Missa Sancti Teili was sung at Choral Eucharist at Llandaff Cathedral, conducted by Alex Thacker

11 March 2019

Dr Richard Dunster-Sigtermans (St Andrew's, Rugby) performed Toccata Nuptiale​ in a recital at Newcastle Cathedral

2 February 2019

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André ​ de Jager concluded his recital in the Duinzigtkirk in The Hague with Toccata Nuptiale​

16 December 2018

The choir of St Margaret's Lee (Director: Duncan Atkinson QC) performed Let Christians all with joyful mirth (now published by Paraclete Press)

11 November 2018

The choir of St Mary's Catholic Church, Blackheath (Director: Tim Murray) performed Bring us, O Lord God at their Mass for the Centenary of the WWI Armistice

21 October 2018

The choir of St Margaret's Lee (Director: Duncan Atkinson QC) performed Bring us, O Lord God at Choral Evensong

26 August 2018

The St Teilo Singers sang Missa Sacerdotes Domini​ at Exeter Cathedral, marking 20 years since the premiere of the work, which also took place in Exeter

4 August 2018

The Giltspur Singers performed a new commission (Two Doves) at the wedding of Mr Jonathan Stoneman and Ms Antonia Mott

24 June 2018

The choir of St Margaret's Lee (Director: Duncan Atkinson QC) sang Chris's Third Service (composed in 1996) at Choral Evensong

27 May 2018

Chris's ​Missa Sancti Teili​ was sung at Choral Eucharist at Llandaff Cathedral under the direction of Alex Thacker

8 March 2018

Christine Wells performed Toccata Nuptiale​ in a recital at St Nicolas Church, Newbury

10 December 2017

Chris's new setting of the Benedictus was premiered at the Christmas Carol Service at St Mary's Catholic Church, Blackheath.  Conductor Tim Murray commissioned this piece

3 December 2017

A transcription by Martin Cordner of Chris's arrangement of 'Winchester Old' was performed by the Cambridge Citadel Salvation Army brass band and Salvation Army Songsters, along with the audience the the 'Christmas Begins Here' concert at the West Road Concert Hall

8 October 2017

Chris's Descant to 'Westminster Abbey' was sung at ​Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, Portage, Michigan, USA

14 September 2017

Andrew Caskie performed Toccata Nuptiale in a recital at Kidderminster Town Hall

Week of 14 August 2017

Toccata Nuptiale was broadcast in the Pipedreams programme on United States radio.  The episode was called Toccata, again!  The version played was Michael Stairs' recording

8 July 2017

Chris's setting for organ of Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl -- one of the chorale tunes that Bach would have set in his Orgelbüchlein (if he had got round to it) -- was played by Nick Morris in a concert on Saturday 8 July, at St George's Church, Hanover Square, having been chosen for the short list in the Royal College of Organists /Orgelbüchlein Project Chorale Prelude Competition.  Chris's piece won the Audience Vote for Es spricht.  This piece later became the first of Chris's Eleven Chorale Preludes

4 July 2017

Laurence Caldecote performed Toccata Nuptiale​ in Winchester Cathedral.  His recording may be heard here

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