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16 February 2025
Chris gave the premiere of Carillon for organ after Choral Evensong at Chelmsford Cathedral. This service included the installation of Dr Sue Lucas as Archdeacon of Southend, and the piece is dedicated to Sue
22 December 2024
New Prince, New Pomp was premiered in the Christmas Carol Service at St Mary Magdalene, East Ham
18 December 2024
16 December 2024
Sleep, holy Babe was performed by choir of alumni of the University of Bristol in the London Branch of the Alumni Association's annual Carol Service at St Vedast-alias-Foster
15 December 2024
Ad cantus leticie was performed in the Carol Service at St Mary's Catholic Church, Blackheath, conducted by Timothy Murray
12 November 2024
Dr Anthony Gritten performed Chris's two Chorale Preludes on 'Sei gegrüßet, Jesu, gütig' (1, 2) at St Mary, Quarry Street, Guildford
24 August 2024
4 August 2024
Chris performed his two settings of Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig [ONE, TWO], composed for the Orgelbüchlein Project, in an organ recital at St German's Church, Metal Street, Adamsdown, Cardiff
14 June 2024
Dr Anthony Gritten performed two settings of Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig [ONE, TWO] (composed for the Orgelbüchlein Project in a recital at St Margaret Lothbury, London
28 May 2024
Dr Anthony Gritten performed Prelude and Fugue on the name of 'Durufle' in a recital at St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich
14 May 2024
Dr Anthony Gritten performed Prelude and Fugue on the name of 'Durufle' in a recital at King's Lynn Minster, Norfolk
12 May 2024
Ars Vitae was performed in the Blackheath Music Festival, sung by Simon Scott Plummer and Richard Murray
12 May 2024
Aurora lucis rutilat, the final movement of Lumen Christi was performed at the end of Solemn Mass at St George's Catholic Cathedral, Southwark by Alexander Wilson as part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music
8 May 2024
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Dr Anthony Gritten performed Prelude and Fugue on the name of 'Durufle' in a recital at Glasgow University Chapel
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4 May 2024
Dr Anthony Gritten performed Prelude and Fugue on the name of 'Durufle' in a recital at Eye Parish Church, Suffolk
26 April 2024
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Dr Anthony Gritten performed Prelude and Fugue on the name of 'Durufle' in a recital at St Bride, Fleet Street
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19 April 2024
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Dr Anthony Gritten performed Prelude and Fugue on the name of 'Durufle' in a recital at St Stephen Walbrook
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21 February 2024
Chris gave the premiere complete performance of Lumen Christi in an organ recital at the Welsh Church of Central London
17 December 2023
10 December 2023
The choir of Our Lady, Help of Christians (St Mary's), Blackheath (director: Tim Murray) performed Hark! Hark! glad tidings charm our ears in their Carol Service
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
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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 2019Chris returned to St Teilo's Church, Cardiff, where he had been Organist & Director of Music from 1993-2000 to give a recital, jointly with Chris Berry, prior to the church becoming an HTB plant church. The hope expressed on the poster (right) that the existing congregation would be allowed to share the church building with its new occupiers did not come to fruition and the Vowles organ now sits unused.
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15 December 2019
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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
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The Giltspur Singers gave two premieres in their Christmas Concert: |
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
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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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
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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 shortlist 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
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4 July 2017
Laurence Caldecote performed Toccata Nuptiale in Winchester Cathedral. His recording may be heard here
