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Temple Cantata - 8 November 2007
2nd October 2007
News Release
1st October 2007: For Immediate Release
Temple Cantata
William Towers & the Temple Players conducted by James Vivian
The Temple Church, London EC4
Thursday 8 November 2007 6.45pm
William Towers (countertenor) will sing 3 cantatas by Vivaldi, and Scarlatti father and son in this final Temple Cantata concert of 2007, accompanied by The Temple Players, a period instrument ensemble of young professional musicians, under the direction of James Vivian, Director of Music and Organist of the Temple Church. William Towers, increasingly in demand internationally as an opera and oratorio soloist, has also been a member of the Temple Church Choir since 1998 and is highly regarded as a countertenor of wide versatility.
This Temple Cantata concert, promoted by The Temple Music Foundation, and supported by the Temple Music Trust features three jewels of the cantata repertoire.
William Towers (“a radiant countertenor”) and James Vivian are available for interviews; please contact Ana Raphaeline on 020 7427 5641 or ana@temple2008.org to arrange a time.
Temple Cantata, Temple Church, Off Fleet Street, London EC4
Thursday 8 November at 6.45pm
Tickets £20, £15, and £10(unallocated seating) available online at www.templemusic.org
or by post from: Temple Music Foundation, The Master’s House, Temple Church, London EC4Y 7BB. (Please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.)
Programme includes:
Antonio Vivaldi: Cessate, omai, cessate RV 684
Alessandro Scarlatti: Infirmata vulnerata
Domenico Scarlatti: Salve Regina
Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concerto in C minor RV401
William Towers (countertenor)
Joseph Crouch (cello)
James Vivian (director)
The Temple Players
For further information on the Temple Cantata Concert please phone 020 7427 5641 or visit our website www.templemusic.org
For free high-resolution images please e-mail ana@temple2008.org
Notes for Editors
William Towers read English at Cambridge University and was a postgraduate scholar at the Royal Academy of Music where he won several prizes for singing and acting, and graduated with Distinction. His opera engagements have included Medoro Orlando and Farnace Mitridate, Rè di Ponto for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Oberon A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Teatro La Fenice Venice, at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre and for the Aldeburgh Festival, Death in Venice and Agripinna for Frankfurt Opera. His oratorio and recital schedule has featured appearances in many major venues and festivals in the UK and abroad, including Symphony Hall Birmingham, Barbican Hall, Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms, the Groβes Festspielhaus Salzburg, Konzerthaus Vienna, National Auditorium Madrid, Three Choirs Festival, Ravenna Festival, Flanders Early Music Festival, the Festival de Musique Ancienne de Lyon and La Chaise Dieu with distinguished conductors such as Sir Roger Norrington, Paul McCreesh, Robert King, Emmanuelle Haïm, Barry Wordsworth, Stephen Layton and Jeffrey Skidmore. Orchestras he has worked with include the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, City of London Sinfonia, The King’s Consort, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English Symphony Orchestra, Netherlands Bach Society, Concordia and Abendmusik. His recordings include Handel’s Messiah, Purcell’s Fairy Queen, Bach’s St. Mark Passion and Orff’s Carmina Burana.
James Vivian is Director of Music and Organist of the Temple Church. In addition to recitals and concerts which have taken him to Japan, Brazil, South Africa, USA, Bermuda and throughout Europe, he has appeared on many recording labels including Decca, EMI and Hyperion. His first solo organ CD, Passacaglia, recorded at the Harrison organ of the Temple Church, was released in 2005. He has appeared in many Festivals as an organist, including the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.
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