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CONCERT DIARY

​Forthcoming performances 
  
​Thursday 19th March, 2026
Lunchtime concert at St George's Bristol - ticket details coming soon
String Quartets from Sunrise to Nightfall, featuring The 'lost' Scherzo, Sohrab and Rustum, Nocturnal Scherzo, and The Spirit of Love
The Villiers Quartet, with Lucy Cox, soprano



Recent performances

3rd August, 2025 
The Music Summer School and Festival

Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk
Shakespeare set in time, including Come Away Death and Song of the Mad Prince
Kate Semmens, soprano; Steven Devine, harpsichord and piano

15th February, 2025

St Michael and All Angels Church , Marden, Kent TN12 9HP
'If music be the food of love' - Shakespeare settings including Come Away Death
Kate Semmens, soprano; Steven Devine, harpsichord and piano

​31st January, 2025

Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Oxford
The Spirit of Love, 3 songs for soprano and string quartet
The Villiers Quartet with Lucinda Cox, soprano

12th July, 2024
Nottingham Chamber Music Festival
St Mary's in the Lace Market
The Spirit of Love, 3 songs for soprano and string quartet
The Villiers Quartet with Emma Walshe, soprano


31st May, 2024 
St Paul's Church, Winchester 
Songs of Faith and Joy, with lute songs by Dowland and Coprario
James Gilchrist, tenor, with Mark Eden, guitar
Wessex Concerts, in association with Winchester Guitar Festival

26th May, 2024 

The Ascension Church, Plumstead
Poets in the Company of Women (including Song of the Mad Prince and Come Away, Death)
Kate Semmens, soprano with Steven Devine, piano

 9th March, 2024
Benslow Music LuteFest Tutors Concert
3 Fugues on Biblical Subjects performed by Lynda Sayce, Jacob Heringman, Matthew Spring and Xavier Diaz-Latorre

6th March, 2024
Kenworthy Hall, St Mary's College, Durham
A concert of music by Ailsa Dixon, featuring songs, piano, choral and chamber music
​and a talk by the composer's daughter, Josie Dixon
Performers from Durham University

16th April, 2023
St Mary's Church, Twyford, near Winchester
Songs by Women Composers (including Song of the Mad Prince and Come Away, Death)
Kate Semmens, soprano with Steven Devine, piano

 9th July, 2022
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, London
London Oriana Choir
These things shall be
Women Composers Festival

2nd July, 2022  
St John the Baptist Church, High Barnet
Nocturnal Scherzo - premiere of a new arrangement for string orchestra
The New London Orchestra, conducted by Joshua Ballance

10th April, 2022
Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Wilton near Salisbury
Quartets for Palm Sunday: Variations on Love Divine, with Haydn's Seven Last Words from the Cross
The Villiers Quartet

2nd April, 2022
St Mary's Church, Twyford, near Winchester
Music for Piano Duet, including Airs of the Seasons
Jong-Gyung Park and Anthony Zerpa-Falcon

11th November, 2020
Home Concert Club, digital recital
Songs by women composers, including Come Away Death
Lucinda Cox, soprano, with Tom Jesty, piano

 7th November, 2020
Global Women, Mightier Music:  Five15 online concert   To listen click here
Works by women composers, including These things shall be and an interview with Ailsa's daughter
London Oriana Choir

20th February 2020
St George’s Bristol, lunchtime concert series
The Spirit of Love, 3 songs for soprano and string quartet (world premiere)  and Nocturnal Scherzo
The Villiers Quartet with Lucinda Cox, soprano

November 8th 2019
University College Chapel, Oxford
An Advent Sequence from Variations on Love Divine - Illuminate String Quartet

 June 30th 2019
Stationer's Hall, London
These things shall be - London Oriana Choir

June 15th 2019
​St Briavels Church, Wye Valley Music 
Airs of the Seasons, sonata for piano duet - Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa (Piano4hands)

 June 12th 2019

University College Chapel, Oxford
These things shall be - The Martlet Voices

27 April  2019
St Bartholemew's Church, Winchester
Songs of Faith and Joy - Emily Gray (mezzo soprano) and Gerard Cousins (guitar)

8 November 2018
St George's Bristol, lunchtime concert series
Airs of the Seasons a sonata for piano duet (world premiere) - Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa

21 October 2018
Cantref church, Brecon Baroque festival fringe
Songs of Faith and Joy - Emily Gray (mezzo soprano) and Gerard Cousins (guitar)

20 October 2018
Romsey Abbey, St Ethelflaeda Festival

These things shall be  - Sansara

13 October 2018
Little St Mary's church, Cambridge

These things shall be - Cambridge Chorale, directed by Owain Park

12 October 2018
Little Missenden Festival, 8pm

These things shall be  - Sansara

11 November 2017
St Stephen's Bristol, memorial concert

These things shall be - London Oriana Choir

3 November 2017
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, London, memorial concert 

These things shall be - London Oriana Choir

5 July 2017
Cutty Sark, Greenwich, London
These things shall be (world premiere) - London Oriana Choir

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