st john passion

Music Summer School & Festival

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted the festival choir and orchestra at the first week of the inaugural Music Summer School and Festival at Gresham's School, with James Gilchrist and soloists from Stile Antico. 

FAIREST ISLE

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted Londinium on tour in Slovenia. The programme celebrated the music of Stanford and Holst, and also included music by Slovenian composers.

FAIREST ISLE

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted Londinium on tour in Slovenia. The programme celebrated the music of Stanford and Holst, and also included music by Slovenian composers.

Dido & aeneas

Kingston Choral Society  

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted an all-Purcell programme, including My Heart is Inditing and Dido and Aeneas, with soloists Shakira Tsindos, Emyr Lloyd Jones, Rosalind Dobson and Shafali Jalota. 

arise, my love​

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led Londinium on a programme based on themes of love and springtime, including Francis Pott's Amore Langueo and music by Bernard Hughes, Kerensa Briggs and many others.

flights of fancy​

National Opera Studio Young Artists

Martin Duncan (director)

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Andrew conducted the London showing of the National Opera Studio's Opera North residency project, focusing on the music of Mozart and Rossini.

orchestra of the swan

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led the Orchestra of the Swan in a studio recording of Martin Romberg's Symphony of Saints with soprano Joanne Lunn.

tippett: new year

BBC Singers / BBC SSO / Martyn Brabbins

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Andrew worked as Chorus Master with the BBC Singers for a performance and recording of Tippett's final opera. 

heart's music​

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Londinium marked the anniversaries of Stanford and Holst with a programme including works by their students Gurney, Coleridge-Taylor, Rubbra and Vaughan Williams.

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elijah

Kingston Choral Society  

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led Kingston Choral Society in Mendelssohn's beloved oratorio, with soloists Anita Watson, Catherine Hopper, Tom Elwin and Felix Gygli, accompanied by the Thames Sinfonia.

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idomeneo

Destination Opera

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew leads a concert performance of Mozart's Idomeneo to inaugurate this new company.

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et voila!!

National Opera Studio Young Artists

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led the Young Artists of the National Opera Studio in their London showing of scenes directed for a residency at Welsh National Opera by Adele Thomas.

 

abendlied 

Londinium 

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted Londinium in a stunning selection of German music old and new, marking the anniversaries of Bruckner, Cornelius and Reinecke, and concluding with Schoenberg's Friede auf Erden.

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feliz navidad

Bampton Classical Voices

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew returned to Bampton to conduct the annual St Beornwald's Concert, this time focusing on festive music from Mexico in the early Baroque period.

a christmas mass

Kingston Choral Society  

Andrew Griffiths (conductor) with Gavin Roberts (organ)

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Andrew led Kingston Choral Society's traditional Christmas concert, including Ronald Corp's festive mass and carols for the audience to sing.

endless time

Londinium 

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted Londinium in a selection of music for Advent, including Duarte Lobo's Missa Vox Clamantis and works by McDowall, Briggs, and Marsh. 

myths & legends

National Opera Studio Young Artists 

Keith Warner (director) Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted Keith Warner's staging of scenes by Monteverdi, Charpentier, Rossi, Purcell, Sondheim, Birtwistle, Higgins, Tippett,  Wallen and Blake.

da vinci requiem

Kingston Choral Society & Thames Sinfonia 

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led Kingston Choral Society in Cecilia McDowall's Da Vinci Requiem, Dyson's Hierusalem, and works by Britten and Grace Williams, with soloists Katy Crompton and Gareth Brynmor John.

revolting rhymes

Orchestra of the Swan 

Andrew Griffiths (conductor) and Toyah Willcox (narrator)

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Andrew returned to OOTS to conduct Paul Patterson's wonderful children's pieces Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood.

endless time

Londinium 

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted Gabriel Jackson's stunning Requiem, and music by Howells, Miškinis, Ramsey, Schütz, Lassus and McDowall.

this shining night

Kingston Choral Society, Gavin Roberts (piano) 

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led Kingston Choral Society in a concert of music for a summer evening, including music by Barber, Schubert, Lauridsen and Chilcott.

london to edinburgh

Londinium 

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted Londinium in Edinburgh

voices in harmony

Londinium & Glasgow Chamber Choir

Andrew Griffiths and Nick Wilks (conductors)

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Andrew conducted a joint concert with Londinium and Glasgow Chamber Choir

delicious fire

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Londinium performed a concert celebrating the launch of their latest disc, featuring the the music of Kenneth Leighton.

crux fidelis 

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed a programme of Passiontide music include works by Matthew Martin, Roderick Williams and Sarah MacDonald, as well as Poulenc, Sanders, Leighton, Tallis, Byrd, Monteverdi and Purcell.

bbc singers composer workshop

BBC Singers

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led a BBC Singers workshop session for student composers, alongside Composer-in-Association Roderick Williams

mozart: c minor mass

Kingston Choral Society / Thames Sinfonia

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led Kingston Choral Society and soloists from the National Opera Studio in Mozart's C Minor Mass, Haydn's Insanae et vanae curae, and Luigi Gatti's mass based on Haydn's Creation. 

the fields of sorrow

Londinium / London Sinfonietta / Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

Andrew Griffiths (chorus master)

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Andrew prepared Londinium to perform Birtwistle's The Fields of Sorrow in their South Bank debut, part of a Birtwistle tribute concert.

verdi: requiem

Bath Choral Society & Bristol Ensemble

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew replaced an indisposed colleague at short notice, conducting Verdi's sacred masterpiece with soloists Katherine Broderick, Claudia Huckle, Andres Presno and Morgan Pearse.

the things we do for love

National Opera Studio

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed the London showing of the National Opera Studio's scenes as devised for WNO by Linda Kitchen.

credo! 

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led Londinium in a programme of music illuminated by faith, including the Frank Martin Mass for Double Choir and music by Byrd in his 400th anniversary year.

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in dulci jubilo

Bampton Classical Voices

Andrew Griffiths (conductor/continuo)

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Andrew returned to Bampton for the traditional St Beornwald's Day concert, including music by Schütz to mark 350 years since his death.

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make we merry 

Kingston Choral Society

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted the first KCS Christmas concert since before the pandemic, including David Bednall's cantata 'Make We Merry' as well as carols for the audience.

 

star of wonder 

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew leds Londinium in a festive Christmas programme featuring Poulenc's Un Soir de Neige, alongside works by Bernard Hughes, Jonathan Dove, Joanna Marsh, Cecilia McDowall, Francis Pott and more.

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orchestra of the swan

Toyah Wilcox (narrator)

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew returned to the Orchestra of the Swan to conduct two family performance of Paul Patterson's Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood at the Stratford Festival.

venetian vespers for ascension

Kingston Choral Society / English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

Monteverdi String Band / Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led KCS in a splendid Venetian Vespers for the Ascension including music by Monteverdi and both Gabrielis, with soloists from Stile Antico and some of England's finest players of historical instruments.

alcina

The Royal Opera

Christian Curnyn (conductor)

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Andrew returned to The Royal Opera as Assistant Conductor and continuo harpsichordist for Richard Jones' acclaimed new production of Handel's Alcina, starring Lisette Oropesa, Emily D'Angelo and Mary Bevan.

SHARED GROUND

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Londinium's season began with a programme celebrating the poet George Herbert. Alongside Alec Roth's Shared Ground, the choir sang music by Dove, MacMillan, Weir, Owain Park, Richard Lloyd, Howells, Gibbons, Playford and J.S. Bach.

handel: Semele

Opera Collective Ireland / Sestina / Akademie für alte Musik Berlin

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Andrew worked as Head Coach and continuo harpsichordist for Handel's Semele, stepping in to lead the first three performances of the run at the Kilkenny Festival  due to the indisposition of the conductor Christian Curnyn. 

monteverdi at Dartington

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew returned to Dartington Summer School to conduct Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 to close Week One, with soloists including James Gilchrist and members of Stile Antico

kingston choral society

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted Kingston Choral Society, accompanied by Gavin Roberts, in a delightful selection of English music including works by Elgar, Parry, Jonathan Dove, Cecilia McDowall and Graham Ross.

leighton recording

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed Londinium's second recording, featuring wonderful unrecorded works by Kenneth Leighton, alongside soloists Rebecca Lea, Nina Bennett, Ciara Hendrick and Nick Pritchard, and the Finchley Childrens' Music Group. 

before and after

National Opera Studio Young Artists

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted three performances of Keith Warner's staging of works by Steven Sondheim, alongside composers he admired (Berg, Ravel and Britten), and works by younger American composers including Missy Mazzoli and Nico Muhly.

Schütz: the german orpheus

Thames Valley Early Music Forum

Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)

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Andrew led an all-day workshop on music by Schütz, including works from his Psalms of David and Symphoniae Sacrae.

mozart: secrets & seduction

National Opera Studio Young Artists​

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Andrew led the Young Artists of the National Opera Studio in a London staging of their Opera North residency project.

bbc singers in concert

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted the BBC Singers in a programme of Passiontide music, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. Music included works by Byrd, Anerio, Cesis, Leighton, Sanders, Kerensa Briggs, Szymon Godziemba-Trytek, Aleksandra Chimielewska and Lesya Dychko. 

valiant-for-truth

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed Londinium in a concert marking 150 years since the birth of Vaughan Williams. Alongside RVW's own music, the programme included works by his teachers Parry, Stanford and Ravel, his friends Gustav Holst and Finzi, and his students Ina Boyle, Imogen Holst and Elizabeth Maconchy.

schütz: The german orpheus

Thames Valley Early Music Forum

Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)

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Andrew led an online workshop exploring the life and works of Heinrich Schütz, to mark 350 years since the composer's death.

RVW, dyson & rutter

Kingston Choral Society & Thames Sinfonia

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led Kingston Choral Society in Vaughan Williams' Toward the Unknown Region, Dyson's Agincourt and Rutter's Requiem. The soprano soloist was Rhiannon Llewellyn.

lidarti: esther

Hampstead Garden Opera & Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted the first ever UK performance of Cristiano Lidarti's Hebrew-language oratorio Esther, written in the eighteenth century. The cast included Eleanor Pennell-Briggs, Alexander Aldren, James Beddoe and Peter Edge.

heartsong

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew led Londinium in an atmospheric sequence of sacred music including Rheinberger's Mass in Eb, and motets by Byrd, Sheppard, Comes, Schütz, Tomkins and Rutter.

handel: theodora

The Royal Opera

Harry Bicket (conductor)

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Andrew returned to The Royal Opera as assistant conductor/continuo for Handel's oratorio, in a new staging by Katie Mitchell. The cast included Joyce DiDonato, Jakub Józef Orlinski and Ed Lyon. Performances were on 31 Jan and 2, 4, 7, 12, 14, 16 Feb 2022.

monteverdi christmas vespers

Bampton Classical Voices and Players

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew returned to Bampton to direct the traditional concert for St Beornwald's Day: a gorgeous Christmas Vespers based around music by Monteverdi.

a new dawn 

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Londinium's Christmas programme mixed beloved classics by Britten, Byrd, Vaughan Williams and Lassus with music by Swayne, Leighton, Praetorius and Naji Hakim. The centrepiece was Philip Moore's Salutatio Angelica.

mass in troubled times

Kingston Choral Society / Thames Sinfonia

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed Kingston Choral Society's first concert since December 2019, featuring Haydn's Nelson Mass, Mozart's Coronation Mass, and JC Bach's Magnificat in C.

silence and music

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Londinium's programme affirmed the power of singing to sustain us in troubled times. Repertoire included the UK premiere of Kerensa Briggs' Hear My Prayer, and recent works by Richard Allain & Bernard Hughes.

josquin at 500

North West Early Music Forum

Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)

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Andrew led an all-day workshop exploring some of Josquin's most remarkable music through the lens of a motet by Jacquet de Mantua, marking 500 years since the composer's death.

josquin remembered

Southern Early Music Forum

Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)

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Andrew led an online workshop exploring some of Josquin's most remarkable music, to mark 500 years since the composer's death.

songs of thanksgiving and lament 

Dartington Festival Choir​

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed the Dartington Festival Choir in Week One of the Summer School, sadly curtailed by a case of Covid-19. Repertoire included a new work by Nico Muhly, Schütz, Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Padilla, Purcell and Gibbons.  

music divine 

Londinium​

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed Londinium's first performances since February 2020, including many favourites of the English choral repertoire.

music divine 

Londinium​

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed Londinium's first performances since February 2020, including many favourites of the English choral repertoire.

forbidden touch 

National Opera Studio​

​Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted the singers and rèpètiteurs of the National Opera Studio in a public showing of scenes directed by Emma Jenkins.

illuminating darkness

National Opera Studio

​Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted the singers and rèpètiteurs of the National Opera Studio in a live-streamed showing of scenes directed by Olivia Fuchs.

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venetian music for ascension 

Thames Valley Early Music Forum

Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)

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Andrew led an online workshop for singers and instrumentalists exploring music for the Fèsta de ła Sènsa), a major public celebration of Venice’s glory. It includes music by Monteverdi, both Gabrielis, Croce and Bassano.

josquin at 500

Benslow music

Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)

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Andrew led an online workshop exploring some of Josquin's most remarkable music, to mark 500 years since the composer's death.

josquin at 500

The Renaissance Singers

Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)

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Andrew led an online workshop exploring some of Josquin's most remarkable music, to mark 500 years since the composer's death.

In dulci jubilo! 

Thames Valley Early Music Forum

Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)

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Andrew led an online workshop centred on Magnificats by Hieronymus and Michael Praetorius, and the origins of old-German carols.

baroque Christmas cantatas

Bampton Classical Opera

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed pastoral Christmas cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti and Antonio Caldara from the harpsichord.  

handel: ariodante

The Royal Opera

Christian Curnyn (conductor) 

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Andrew assisted Christian Curnyn and played harpischord continuo in concert performances of one of Handel's finest operas, with a stunning cast.

BBC Singers

 

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed the BBC Singers in a programme celebrating the healing power of music, recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3 to mark World Alzheimer's Day.

town and country - CANCELLED

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19. This fascinating programme explored the age-old rivalry between city and country life. Repertoire includes music by Richard Rodney Bennett, Musgrave, Leighton, Bingham, Bliss and Britten.

BBC Singers - cancelled

 

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19. Andrew was to conduct the BBC Singers in works by Stephen McNeff, Judith Bingham, Cecilia McDowall, Kerry Andrew, Siobhán Cleary and Deirdre McKay. 

BBC Singers - cancelled

 

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19. Andrew was to conduct the BBC Singers in music by Rolf Hind, Judith Weir and John Tavener. T

bach magnificat - cancelled

 

Kingston Choral Society / The Purcell Orchestra

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19. Andrew was to conduct Bach's Magnificat and Handel's Coronation Anthems with soloists Charlotte Bowden, Stephanie Hershaw, Emily Sierra, Matthew Keighley and Dafydd Allen.

love's tempest

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted Londinium in a varied programme of music on the theme on the theme of Love, including works by Bednall, Elgar, Harvey, Jackson, Parry, Rorem and Watkins.

coro casa da música

Sofi Jeannin (conductor)

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Andrew returned to work with this leading Portuguese choir ahead of Sofi Jeannin's performances. Repertoire included Poulenc's Mass in G and Phillippe Manoury's Fragments d’Héraclite.

christus natus est!

Kingston Choral Society

William Vann (organ)

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Cecilia McDowall's festive cantata, plus carols for choir and audience.

o magnum mysterium

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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A cappella Christmas music, including works by Francis Pott, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, John McCabe, Giles Swayne, Matthew Martin and Gabriel Jackson.

Mendelssohn: St paul

Kingston Choral Society

Thames Sinfonia

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted Mendelssohn's glorious early oratorio with Madeleine Pierard (soprano), Alex Sprague (tenor) and Thomas Faulkner (bass)

beyond the night sky

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Music inspired by space travel and the cosmos, including works by Barnaby Martin, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Ben Parry and Steve Martland. 

requiem for hieronymus bosch

BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra

Semyon Bychkov, Andrew Griffiths (conductors)

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Andrew conducted the BBC Singers in Franco-Flemish polyphony, and

as the offstage chorus in the UK premiere of Glanert's Requiem.

handel: Agrippina

The Royal Opera

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor)

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Andrew worked as Assistant Conductor on Barrie Kosky's production, with a cast including Joyce DiDonato, Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies and Franco Fagioli.

coro casa da música

"Mulheres Pioneiras"

Sofi Jeannin (conductor)

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Andrew led rehearsals with this leading Portuguese choir ahead of Sofi Jeannin's performances. 

time and tide

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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A cappella music including Rheinberger's Mass in Eb for Double Choir

time and tide

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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A cappella music including Rheinberger's Mass in Eb for Double Choir

a venetian vespers for ascension

Soloists from Stile Antico; Dartington Big Choir; The City Musick

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew devised and conducted a mouthwatering 'fantasy' Vespers including music by Monteverdi, Croce, Bassano, and the Gabrielis.

the grand tour

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed Londinium in a superbly eclectic programme of works based around the idea of the 'Grand Tour'.

the power of music

Kingston Choral Society

James Orford (organ/piano); Clare O'Connell (cello)

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed Duruflé's Requiem, Max Bruch's The Power of Song and Tavener's Syvati, with soloists Jessica Gillingwater and Gareth Brynmor John.

orchestra of the swan

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Following an acclaimed debut in 2018, Andrew returned to the Orchestra of the Swan to conduct a programme of Mozart, Beethoven and Thea Musgrave.

purcell for the royal ballet 

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew made his debut for the Royal Ballet, conducting Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's new work Medusa. Performances were on 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 21 May.

bach: b minor mass 

Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus; Royal Northern Sinfonia

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew made his debut with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, with soloists Fflyr Wyn, Madeleine Shaw, Nick Pritchard and Ed Grint.

a mass of masses

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted Londinium's debut for Eaton Square Concerts, performing masses by Vaughan Williams, Rheinberger, Albright and Rodney Bennett.

handel: messiah

Kingston Choral Society; The Purcell Orchestra

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed Handel's masterpiece to mark KCS' 250th concert.

total immersion: ligeti

BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sakari Oramo (conductor)

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Andrew acted as chorus master to the BBC Singers for Ligeti's Clocks and Clouds.

the hour glass

Londinium

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew directed a programme on the theme of Time, including Irving Fine's The Hour Glass and the premiere of Barnaby Martin's I saw eternity.

bbc singers in concert

Andrew Griffiths (conductor)

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Andrew conducted the world premiere of John Pickard's new work Mass in Troubled Times alongside Vaughan Williams' Mass in G Minor.