Harry Bradford Conducts Palestrina, Victoria, Guerrero, Philips & Mendelssohn

With Recordare a Chamber choir of Genesis Sixteen and Collegiate Choir Alumni

On Saturday 25 January Harry Bradford directs Recordare in a programme of music for double choir for their first concert of 2020 at St Margaret's Church.

Palestrina - Magnificat Primi Toni
Victoria - Ave Regina Caelorum a 8
Guerrero - Regina Caeli a 8
Philips - Ecce Vicit Leo
Mendelssohn - Sechs Sprüche
Martin - Messe pour double choeur

Harry Bradford is a prize-winning conductor and choral director based in London. He recently graduated, with distinction, from the Royal Academy of Music where he studied for an MMus Degree under Patrick Russill and was awarded both the Sir Thomas Armstrong prize and the prestigious DipRAM award for an outstanding final recital. He has also participated in masterclasses with Paul Brough (BBC Singers), Simon Halsey, David Hill, Neil Ferris, Mats Nilsson and Roland Börger. Alongside his commitments at the Academy, Harry was the Genesis Sixteen Conducting Scholar 2018-19 receiving mentoring from Harry Christophers CBE and Eamonn Dougan and the Alec Robertson Scholar at Westminster Cathedral. He currently holds permanent positions with the Thames Philharmonic Choir, the North Herts Guild of Singers, Stanmore Choral Society, the Argus Media Office Choir and directs his close harmony group, the Chetwynd Consort.

Previously, Harry read music at the University of Cambridge and was a choral scholar in the choir of King’s College under the direction of the late Sir Stephen Cleobury. At King’s, Harry featured as a soloist on live BBC Radio and television broadcasts and was also Musical Director and arranger for the scholars’ close harmony group, ‘The King’s Men’. Harry remains active as a singer and has worked with Tenebrae, Mogens Dahl Kammerkor, the Hanover Band Chorus, London Choral Sinfonia, Siglo de Oro and Britten Sinfonia Voices as well as being a regular deputy in a number of London’s professional church choirs. Recent career highlights include being the youngest finalist of the International Competition for Young Conductors in Paris, working as Chorus Master at the St Endellion Easter Festival for the world premiere of Oliver Tarney's St Mark Passion, Assisting Harry Christophers for the London premiere of Sir James McMillan's 5th Symphony and becoming Musical Director of Recordare, a new London-based chamber choir consisting of Genesis Sixteen alumni. Harry is grateful to the Royal Academy of Music Bursary Fund, the Chizel Educational Trust, The Royal College of Organists and the Cherubim Music Trust for their support.

January 17, 2020