
Past
events
To view forthcoming projects, please visit the Schedule page.
may
11
2022
mozart: secrets & seduction
National Opera Studio Young Artists
Andrew led the Young Artists of the National Opera Studio in a London staging of their Opera North residency project.
Hoxton Hall
London
apr
14
2022
bbc singers in concert
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
St Paul's Church
Knightsbridge
apr
8
2022
valiant-for-truth
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
St Gabriel's Church
Pimlico
apr
1
2022
schütz: The german orpheus
Thames Valley Early Music Forum
Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)
Andrew led an online workshop exploring the life and works of Heinrich Schütz, to mark 350 years since the composer's death.
All Saints Kingston
mar
19
2022
RVW, dyson & rutter
Kingston Choral Society & Thames Sinfonia
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
All Saints Kingston
mar
13
2022
lidarti: esther
Hampstead Garden Opera & Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
Free Church
Hampstead Garden Suburb
feb
11
2022
heartsong
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
St Peter's Church
Eaton Sq, London
dec
2021-FeB
2022
handel: theodora
The Royal Opera
Harry Bicket (conductor)
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.
The Royal Opera
dec
12
2021
monteverdi christmas vespers
Bampton Classical Voices and Players
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew returned to Bampton to direct the traditional concert for St Beornwald's Day: a gorgeous Christmas Vespers based around music by Monteverdi.
St Mary's Church
Bampton
dec
11
2021
a new dawn
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
St James's Church
Sussex Gardens, London
nov
20
2021
mass in troubled times
Kingston Choral Society / Thames Sinfonia
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
All Saint's Kingston
oct
15
2021
silence and music
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
St Gabriel's Church
Pimlico
oct
9
2021
josquin at 500
North West Early Music Forum
Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)
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.
St Columba's RC Church
Chester
sep
22
2021
josquin remembered
Southern Early Music Forum
Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)
Andrew led an online workshop exploring some of Josquin's most remarkable music, to mark 500 years since the composer's death.
Zoom
jul
24-30
2021
songs of thanksgiving and lament
Dartington Festival Choir
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
Dartington Hall
nr Totnes
jul
18
2021
music divine
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew directed Londinium's first performances since February 2020, including many favourites of the English choral repertoire.
St John the Divine
Kennington
jul
17
2021
music divine
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew directed Londinium's first performances since February 2020, including many favourites of the English choral repertoire.
Old Royal Naval College
Greenwich
jun
9
2021
forbidden touch
National Opera Studio
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew conducted the singers and rèpètiteurs of the National Opera Studio in a public showing of scenes directed by Emma Jenkins.
Hoxton Hall
may
19
2021
illuminating darkness
National Opera Studio
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew conducted the singers and rèpètiteurs of the National Opera Studio in a live-streamed showing of scenes directed by Olivia Fuchs.
Blackburn Hall
National Opera Studio
apr
26
2021
venetian music for ascension
Thames Valley Early Music Forum
Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)
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.
Zoom
apr
18
2021
josquin at 500
Benslow music
Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)
Andrew led an online workshop exploring some of Josquin's most remarkable music, to mark 500 years since the composer's death.
Zoom
jan
10
2021
josquin at 500
The Renaissance Singers
Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)
Andrew led an online workshop exploring some of Josquin's most remarkable music, to mark 500 years since the composer's death.
Zoom
dec
13
2020
In dulci jubilo!
Thames Valley Early Music Forum
Andrew Griffiths (workshop leader)
Andrew led an online workshop centred on Magnificats by Hieronymus and Michael Praetorius, and the origins of old-German carols.
Zoom
dec
12
2020
baroque Christmas cantatas
Bampton Classical Opera
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew directed pastoral Christmas cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti and Antonio Caldara from the harpsichord.
St Mary's Church
Witney
nov
20
2020
handel: ariodante
The Royal Opera
Christian Curnyn (conductor)
Andrew assisted Christian Curnyn and played harpischord continuo in concert performances of one of Handel's finest operas, with a stunning cast.
The Royal Opera
SEP
15-18
2020
BBC Singers
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
BBC Maida Vale Studios
mar
27
2020
town and country - CANCELLED
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
St John's Church, Waterloo
London SE1
mar
27
2020
BBC Singers - cancelled
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
St Paul's Church
Knightsbridge
mar
20
2020
BBC Singers - cancelled
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19. Andrew was to conduct the BBC Singers in music by Rolf Hind, Judith Weir and John Tavener. T
Cutty Sark
Greenwich
mar
21
2020
bach magnificat - cancelled
Kingston Choral Society / The Purcell Orchestra
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
All Saints
Kingston
feb
14
2020
love's tempest
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
St John's Church, Waterloo
London SE1
jan
3-6
2020
coro casa da música
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)
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.
Casa da Música
Porto
dec
14
2019
christus natus est!
Kingston Choral Society
William Vann (organ)
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Cecilia McDowall's festive cantata, plus carols for choir and audience.
St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
dec
13
2019
o magnum mysterium
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
A cappella Christmas music, including works by Francis Pott, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, John McCabe, Giles Swayne, Matthew Martin and Gabriel Jackson.
St John's Church, Waterloo
London SE1
nov
16
2019
Mendelssohn: St paul
Kingston Choral Society
Thames Sinfonia
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew conducted Mendelssohn's glorious early oratorio with Madeleine Pierard (soprano), Alex Sprague (tenor) and Thomas Faulkner (bass)
All Saints' Church
Kingston upon Thames
oct
11
2019
beyond the night sky
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Music inspired by space travel and the cosmos, including works by Barnaby Martin, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Ben Parry and Steve Martland.
St John's Church, Waterloo
London SE1
dec
7
2019
requiem for hieronymus bosch
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Semyon Bychkov, Andrew Griffiths (conductors)
Andrew conducted the BBC Singers in Franco-Flemish polyphony, and
as the offstage chorus in the UK premiere of Glanert's Requiem.
Barbican Hall
London
sep-
oct
2019
handel: Agrippina
The Royal Opera
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Maxim Emelyanychev (conductor)
Andrew worked as Assistant Conductor on Barrie Kosky's production, with a cast including Joyce DiDonato, Lucy Crowe, Iestyn Davies and Franco Fagioli.
Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden
sep
7-9
2019
coro casa da música
"Mulheres Pioneiras"
Sofi Jeannin (conductor)
Andrew led rehearsals with this leading Portuguese choir ahead of Sofi Jeannin's performances.
Casa da Música
Porto
aug
25
2019
time and tide
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
A cappella music including Rheinberger's Mass in Eb for Double Choir
St Augustine's Church
Bexhill-on-Sea
aug
24
2019
time and tide
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
A cappella music including Rheinberger's Mass in Eb for Double Choir
Christ Church
St Leonards-on-Sea
aug
2
2019
a venetian vespers for ascension
Soloists from Stile Antico; Dartington Big Choir; The City Musick
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew devised and conducted a mouthwatering 'fantasy' Vespers including music by Monteverdi, Croce, Bassano, and the Gabrielis.
Great Hall
Dartington
jul
12
2019
the grand tour
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew directed Londinium in a superbly eclectic programme of works based around the idea of the 'Grand Tour'.
St John's Church, Waterloo
London SE1
jun
29
2019
the power of music
Kingston Choral Society
James Orford (organ/piano); Clare O'Connell (cello)
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew directed Duruflé's Requiem, Max Bruch's The Power of Song and Tavener's Syvati, with soloists Jessica Gillingwater and Gareth Brynmor John.
St Andrew's Church, Surbiton
jun
19
2019
orchestra of the swan
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Following an acclaimed debut in 2018, Andrew returned to the Orchestra of the Swan to conduct a programme of Mozart, Beethoven and Thea Musgrave.
Bradshaw Hall
Birmingham Royal Conservatoire
apr
may
2019
purcell for the royal ballet
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
The Royal Opera House
Covent Garden
apr
6
2019
bach: b minor mass
Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus; Royal Northern Sinfonia
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew made his debut with the Royal Northern Sinfonia, with soloists Fflyr Wyn, Madeleine Shaw, Nick Pritchard and Ed Grint.
Sheffield City Hall
apr
4
2019
a mass of masses
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew conducted Londinium's debut for Eaton Square Concerts, performing masses by Vaughan Williams, Rheinberger, Albright and Rodney Bennett.
St Peter's Church,
Eaton Square, SW1
mar
30
2019
handel: messiah
Kingston Choral Society; The Purcell Orchestra
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew directed Handel's masterpiece to mark KCS' 250th concert.
All Saints' Church
Kingston upon Thames
mar
2
2019
total immersion: ligeti
BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
Andrew acted as chorus master to the BBC Singers for Ligeti's Clocks and Clouds.
Barbican Hall
London
feb
2
2019
the hour glass
Londinium
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
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.
St James' Church
Sussex Gardens, W2
feb
1
2019
bbc singers in concert
Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Andrew conducted the world premiere of John Pickard's new work Mass in Troubled Times alongside Vaughan Williams' Mass in G Minor.
St Peter's Church
Eaton Square, W1