Concert programme

Music of Our Time 2024

Event
Music of Our Time 2024
Dates
Wednesday 20 March 2024
Venue
St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London
Pages
36

Programme for Music of Our Time 2024, JAM's season opening concert at St Bride's Church, London, presenting ten works including the premiere of Isabelle Ryder's President's Commission Illumination and Tarik O'Regan's 2010 JAM commission The Night's Untruth, performed by Selwyn College Chapel Choir, Onyx Brass, Simon Hogan and Michael Bawtree. Inside are welcomes from Paul Mealor and Edward Armitage, a preview of JAM on the Marsh 2024 under Nicholas Cleobury, programme notes, texts and composer biographies, and details of the Writing for Opera residency.

In this publication

Paul Mealor LVO, Edward Armitage BEM, Isabelle Ryder, Tarik O'Regan, Toh Yan Ee, Steve Richer, Donald Wetherick, Marisse Cato, George W. Parris, Anselm McDonnell, Christopher Churcher, Jonathan Woolgar, Selwyn College Chapel Choir, Sarah MacDonald, Onyx Brass, Simon Hogan, Michael Bawtree, Nicholas Cleobury, John Frederick Hudson, Mark Padmore CBE, Ben Goldscheider, London Mozart Players, Stephen Layton, Jonathan Dove CBE, Grahame Davies CVO

Cover | 1 |

President's Welcome | 3 | Paul Mealor LVO, Tarik O'Regan, Isabelle Ryder, Michael Bawtree

Introduction to JAM's 2024 Season | 4 | Edward Armitage BEM, Sarah Armitage, Claudia Ott, Paul Mealor, John Frederick Hudson

JAM on the Marsh 2024: World Class, Up Close | 7 | Nicholas Cleobury

Festival Preview | 8 | Nicholas Cleobury, Changeling Theatre, John Frederick Hudson, Mark Padmore CBE, Ben Goldscheider, London Mozart Players, Holst Singers, Stephen Layton, Aki Blendis, Canterbury Cathedral Choir, Grahame Davies, JAM Sinfonia, Cameron Biles-Liddell, Daniel Shao, Felicitas Wrede, John Ballard, Jacqueline Shave, Edward Armitage BEM

Composers' Residency: Writing for Opera | 12 | Jonathan Dove CBE, Shirley Thompson OBE, Paul Mealor LVO, John Frederick Hudson, Grahame Davies CVO, Nicholas Cleobury, Toby Anderson, Sam Buttler, Roseanna Dunn, Jago Thornton

JAM's Big Give Campaign: the Festival Orchestra | 14 | Richard Peat, Timothy Knapman, Canterbury Cathedral Choir, London Mozart Players

Programme | 15 | Toh Yan Ee, Steve Richer, Donald Wetherick, Marisse Cato, Isabelle Ryder, George W. Parris, Anselm McDonnell, Christopher Churcher, Jonathan Woolgar, Tarik O'Regan, Paul Mealor, Selwyn College Chapel Choir, Sarah MacDonald, Onyx Brass, Alan Thomas, James Fountain, Andrew Sutton, Amos Miller, David Gordon-Shute, Simon Hogan, Michael Bawtree

Flux: Toh Yan Ee | 16 | Toh Yan Ee

First Light: Steve Richer | 17 | Steve Richer, Lisa Murfitt

Psalm 150: Donald Wetherick | 18 | Donald Wetherick

The Earth Was Without Form: Marisse Cato | 20 | Marisse Cato, Ella Jones

Illumination: Isabelle Ryder (JAM President's Commission) | 22 | Isabelle Ryder

Dawn: George W. Parris | 23 | George W. Parris, Ella Higginson

Rasp: Anselm McDonnell | 24 | Anselm McDonnell

This Shining Night: Christopher Churcher | 25 | Christopher Churcher, Susan Pilcher

My Lover Spoke: Jonathan Woolgar | 27 | Jonathan Woolgar

The Night's Untruth: Tarik O'Regan (JAM commission 2010) | 28 | Tarik O'Regan, John Keats, Samuel Daniel, William Shakespeare, Hart Crane

Performers: Selwyn College Chapel Choir and Sarah MacDonald | 30 | Selwyn College Chapel Choir, Sarah MacDonald

Biographies: Michael Bawtree and Onyx Brass | 31 | Michael Bawtree, Onyx Brass

Biography: Simon Hogan | 32 | Simon Hogan

History of JAM | 33 | John Armitage, Edward Armitage, Charles Cochrane, Timothy Jackson, Robert Jones, David Gordon-Shute

President's Award, Trustees and Creative Team | 34 | Paul Mealor LVO, Sarah MacDonald, Sarah Armitage, Susan Pilcher, Edward Armitage BEM, Charles Cochrane, Marah Dickson-Wright, Timothy Jackson, Patricia Rolfe, John Frederick Hudson, Claudia Ott

Supporters and Partners | 35 |

JAM (John Armitage Memorial Trust)