Performances

Orchestras and choirs conducted

  • The Northern Chamber Orchestra
  • Canzona (period instruments)
  • Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Lancashire Sinfonietta
  • 18th Century Concert Orchestra (period instruments)
  • The BBC Daily Service Singers
  • Blackburn Cathedral Choir
  • The Renaissance Singers of Blackburn Cathedral
  • The Choir of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
  • The Choir of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich
  • The Athenian Ensemble (founded by Richard as the resident orchestra of the ORNC Chapel)
  • Manchester Chamber Choir
  • Manchester Carollers
  • Euphony (professional choir founded by Richard)
  • Bliss Sinfonia
  • Northampton Bach Choir
  • The Belmont Ensemble of London
  • The Choir of St Paul's K Street, Washington, USA
  • The Choir of Trinity Wall Street, New York City, USA
  • The Choir of Trinity Church Princeton, NJ, USA

Some works conducted

  • Bach: Mass in B minor, St John Passion, St Matthew Passion
  • Beethoven: Emperor Piano Concerto (soloist Martin Roscoe), Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61
  • Böhme: Trumpet Concerto 
  • Briggs: Organ Concerto (1st Performance and recording) & Requiem (recording) 
  • Britten: St Nicolas, The Golden Vanity 
  • Elgar: ‘Cello Concerto (soloist Nicholas Trygstad) & Sea Pictures (soloist Jeanette Ager) 
  • Fanshawe: African Sanctus 
  • Fauré: Requiem
  • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
  • Handel: Messiah 
  • Haydn: Creation, Nelson Mass, Stabat Mater
  • Johnson Manning/Duffy: The Manchester Carols (1st Performance, recording for Naxos and BBC radio broadcast)
  • Mendelssohn: Elijah
  • Monteverdi: Vespers 
  • Mozart: Flute Concerto in G major, Clarinet Concerto, Piano Concerto No 27 (soloist Martin Roscoe), Requiem
  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No 2, Piano Concerto No 3
  • Ravel Piano Concerto in G major
  • Rutter: Gloria 
  • Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
  • Strauss: Horn Concerto no. 2; Morgen; Cäcilie
  • Vaughan Williams:  Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis, Overture: The Wasps, The Lark Ascending (soloist Lynne Fletcher), Five Mystical Songs (soloist Stephen Varcoe), Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Soloist Stephen Varcoe)
  • Vivaldi: Gloria
  • Verdi: Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves
  • Whitbourn: Annelies

Organ recitals and other performances 

  • Performed in the UK, Ireland, Austria, Italy, India and the USA
  • Performed extensively with the soprano Philippa Hyde as piano and organ accompanist
  • Choir Director for the Opening Ceremony and at the Final of the 2015 Rugby World Cup at Twickenham Stadium