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Diary archive 2021-2022




​Pallade
Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Ensemble OrQuesta Opera Academy
Academy Director: Marcio da Silva
​Academy Manager: Helen May
Rye Creative Centre, TN31 7LS
Friday, 10th-Saturday, 11th March 2023, 7pm.
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​Academy Manager
Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Ensemble OrQuesta Opera Academy
Academy Director: Marcio da Silva
Rye Creative Centre, TN31 7LS
Wednesday, 1st-Saturday, 11th March 2023.



​Soprano soloist

Cavalli, Musiche Sacre
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HPO Singers, HPO Songbirds
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, February 25th, 2023, 7.30pm
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​​Aurore
Jacquet de la Guerre, Céphale et Procris,
​Ensemble OrQuesta 

Stage/Music Director: Marcio da Silva
The Cockpit, Marylebone
Tuesday, February 7th - Saturday, February 11th, 7.30pm
REVIEWS



Helen May, Recorder
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Kieran White - 12
Monteverdi, Cavalli, Cassini,
St Johns, Hyde Park
Sunday, January 23rd, 11.30am
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​Helen May, Soprano

Villa-Lobos, Bachianas No. 5
​Marcio da Silva, Baritone
Schubert Die Wintereisse
Francis Rayner, Piano

Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, January 14th, 2023, 4pm



​Christmas Gala Concert
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Assistant Music Director - HPO Songbirds
Wednesday, December 21st, 2022. 7.30pm

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Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Un Natale Veneziano
St. Thomas the Martyr, Winchelsea
Winchelsea Arts Festival
Friday, December 16th, 2022. 7.30p.m
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Soprano Soloist
Christmas Concert
Billingshurst Choral Society
Brass Quintet
Billingshurst Community Centre
Saturday, December 10th, 2022. 5.30p.m
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​Poppy Shotts, Helen May, Soprano soloists
​HPO Singers
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque

O Magnum Mysterium: Christmas Motets

Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, December 3rd, 2022, 7.30pm



​Soprano Soloist & Recorder
​Monteverdi, Madrigals
Ensemble OrQuesta Soloists
​Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
St Margaret’s Church, Putney
Sunday, November 20th, 2022, 6pm
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Soprano soloist
Saint Saens, Oratorio de Noel
Billingshurst Choral Society
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
St Gabriel’s Church, Billingshurst
Saturday, November 19th, 2022, 7.30pm



​Soprano soloist
Haydn, The Creation
Joint Abingdon Choral Societies
​Abingdon First Orchestra
Conductor: Michael Stinton
Amey Theatre, Abingdon
Friday, November 18th, 2022, 7.30pm
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​Soprano soloist
​Bach Magnificat in D
Charpentier, Te Deum
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, November 5th, 2022, 7.30pm


​Charpentier, Petits Opéras
Stephanie Gurga – clavecin, soprano, flute, 
Helen May – soprano, flûte
Kieran White – ténor
Marcio Da Silva – basse, guitare baroque, flûte
Cédric Meyer – luth, guitare baroque
Festival L'Eté au Verger, 
Veyrier, Switzerland
Samedi 13 Août 2022 17.30
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Poppea
​Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Ensemble OrQuesta
Stage/Music Director - Marcio da Silva
Grimeborn Festival, Arcola Theatre
Tuesday, 26th July, 7.30pm - Saturday, 30th July, 2022, 7.30pm. Saturday, 30th July, 3pm.
REVIEWS



​Soprano Soloist
Debussy, Trois Chansons
Brahms, Six Quartets Op.112
HPO Singers
Conductor - Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Friday, 8th July, 2022, 8pm
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Mimì
Puccini, La bohème
Stage/Music Director Marcio da Silva

Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Kieran Staub
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6GL
Saturday, June 11th, 2022, 7pm
REVIEWS


​Mimì
Puccini, La bohème

Stage/Music Director Marcio da Silva
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Luke Poeppel
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6GL
Saturday, June 11th, and
​Sunday, June 12th , 2022, 7pm
REVIEWS
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Helen May - Soprano
Celina Bridge - Soprano
​Leonel Pinheiro - Tenor
Marcio da Silva - Baritone
Francis Rayner - Piano

Recital - Italian Songs
St John the Evangelist, TN38 0RD
Saturday, May 14th, 2022, 4pm



Handel, Messiah
Billingshurst Choral Society
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
​Music Director, Marcio da Silva
St Gabriel's Church, Billingshurst
Saturday, 9th April, 2022, 7.30pm
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​Soprano soloist
Verdi Requiem
Grange Choral Society
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christchurch Priory, 
BH23 1BU
Saturday, April 2nd, 2022, 7.30pm



​Soprano soloist
Brahms - 
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, March 26th, 2022, 7.00pm
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Euridice, La Musica, Proserpina 
Monteverdi, L'Orfeo
(in concert)
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Music Director: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea,
Saturday, March 12th, 2022, 7.30pm.

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Jenůfa (cover)

Leoš Janáček, Jenůfa
Aylesbury Opera
Director: Louise Bakker
Music Director: Kelvin Lim
Court Theatre, Tring, HP23 5QY
Friday, March 4th, &
​Saturday, March 5th, 2022, 7.30pm.
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Recital

Lysianne Chen - Piano
Boyan Ivanov - Clarinet
Hampstead Garden Suburb Free Church
Hampstead, NW11 7AF
Friday, February 25th, 2022, 1pm.

This recital proceeded with an amended programme,
without Helen, as she was unwell.



​​Emilie
​Rameau, Les Indes Galantes
Ensemble OrQuesta
Stage/Music Director - Marcio da Silva
The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone
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Saturday, February 5th -
​Saturday, February 12th, 2022, 7.30pm.
REVIEWS
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​Schools Opera Workshop

​Workshop leaders: Marcio da Silva & Helen May
Thursday, February 10th, 2022, 9.15-11.30pm
Christ Church C.E. Primary Academy
Thursday, February 10th, 2022, 1.00-3.15pm
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School



​Public Masterclass

Nelly Miricioiu
Piano - Kelvin Lim
Aylesbury Opera
Aylesbury Music Centre
Aylesbury, HP21 7ST
Saturday, February 5th, 2.30-5.30pm
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Emilie

​Rameau, Les Indes Galantes
Ensemble OrQuesta
Stage/Music Director - Marcio da Silva

The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone
Stage/Music Director - Marcio da Silva
Friday, February 4th, 2022, 7.30pm


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​Christmas Gala Concert
Hastings Philharmonic Choir

Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Marcio da Silva
HPO Songbirds
Assistant Music Director - Helen May
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6GL
Saturday, December 18th, 2021, 7.30pm
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​Soprano soloist

Carols and Christmas Music
Bexhill Choral Society
Conductor - Kenneth Roberts
Nigel Howard - Piano and Organ
Cinque Ports Brass Ensemble
St Barnabas Church, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 1JG
Saturday, December 11th, 2021, 7.30p.m.


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Soprano soloist
Advent Memorial Service
St Margaret's Church
Putney Park Lane
SW15 5HU
​Monday, December 6th, 2021, 6.30pm


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​Britten, Ceremony of Carols
Soprano Soloist
​Vaughan Williams, Mass in G minor
HPO Singers
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea, TN37 6GL
Saturday, December 4th, 2021, 7.30pm.

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​Soprano soloist
Icarus Trust Christmas Carol Concert
St John's, Hyde Park

Hyde Park Crescent
London, W2 2QD

Wednesday, December 1st, 2021, 7pm-9pm​
DONATIONS
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Soprano soloist
Fauré, Requiem
Raminsh, Missa Brevis
French songs
​Conductor - Marcio da Silva
Billingshurst Choral Society
St Mary's Church, Billingshurst, RH14 9PY
Saturday, November 20th, 2021, 7.30pm
REVIEWS

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​Helen May - Soprano
Lysianne Chen - Piano

Jenny Clark Memorial Concert
​
St John's Hyde Park
Hyde Park Crescent
London, W2 2QD

Sunday, November 14th, 2021,
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Memorial Service
​St John's Hyde Park
Hyde Park Crescent
London, W2 2QD

Thursday, November 11th, 2021,

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La Contessa

Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro
HPO Ensemble
Stage/Music Director: Marcio da Silva
Conductor: Kieran Staub
Chaplin Theatre, Vinehall, Robertsbridge, TN32 5JL
​Sunday, October 17th, 2021, 5pm.
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​Gala duets
Helen May - Soprano
John Twitchen - Tenor
Bexhill Sinfonietta Singers
Bexhill Sinfonietta
Conductor: Kenneth Roberts
​Izzard Theatre, Bexhill, TN40 2JG

Sunday, October 10th, 2021, 7.30 p.m.

​Helen May - Soprano
Kieran White - Tenor
James Berry - Baritone
Stephanie Gurga - Continuo

Valéik: Sixième Saison - Roots
Die Feier des Genius Op.4: Bach
Bach, Chaconne in D minor (arr. de Gurga)
Bach, Partita in E major, Prelude (arr. de Gurga)

Salle des pas perdus, Sion, Switzerland
​Friday, October 8th, 2021, 7.30pm
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​Helen May - Soprano
Kieran White - Tenor
James Berry - Baritone
Stephanie Gurga - Continuo
Valéik: Sixiè
me Saison - Roots
Die Feier des Genius Op.4: Bach
Bach, Chaconne in D minor (arr. de Gurga)
Bach, Partita in E major, Prelude (arr. de Gurga)

Caves du Manoir, Martigny, Switzerland
Thursday, October 7th, 2021, 8pm

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Private funeral
St Margaret's Church
Putney,
​London, SW15 5HU
​Monday, September 27th, 2021, 1pm.
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​Alcina

Handel, Alcina
Ensemble OrQuesta
Stage/Music Director: Marcio da Silva

Théâtre Basse Passière, Normandy
Friday, September 17th, &
​Saturday, September 18th, 2021, 8pm

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Alcina
Handel, Alcina
Stage/Music Director: Marcio da Silva

Grimeborn Opera Festival
Arcola Theatre, London
Wednesday, August 25th, 7pm; Friday, August 26th, 7pm;
Saturday, August 27th, 3pm;
& Sunday, August 29th, 7pm.
REVIEWS
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​Soprano soloist

Concert in the Park
Alexandra Park, Hastings
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
​Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Saturday, August 14th, 2021, 3pm​




​Soprano soloist
Battle Festival Proms
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Battle Abbey, 
Battle TN33 0AE

Sunday, July 25th, 2021, 7.30pm.
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​​Soprano soloist
Vivaldi, Gloria
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Sunday, July 18th, 2021, 7.30 p.m.


Soprano soloist
​​Private wedding
​St Mary's Church, Thame
&
'Songs from the Musicals'
Thame Barns Centre
Saturday, July 17th, 2021.
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​HPO Singers

& Cantemus Choir
Rachmaninoff, All-Night Vigil
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Thursday, July 15th, 2021, 8pm



​Soprano soloist
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Choral
HPO Singers & Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor, Marcio da Silva.
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill.
Tuesday, July 13th, 2021, 8 pm.


Postponed due to Covid restrictions
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​Cantor
St Margaret's Church
Putney Park Lane,
​London, SW15 5HU
Sunday, July 11th, 2021, 10 am.


​Second Witch
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas
Ensemble OrQuesta
​HPO Singers
​Stage/Music Director: Marcio da Silva

Christchurch, St Leonards-on-Sea
Thursday, July 8th and
​Friday July, 9th 2021, 7.30 pm.
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​Climene
Cavalli, L'Egisto
Hampstead Garden Opera
​Stage/Music Director: Marcio da Silva
​The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone
Friday, June 4th, 7.30pm; 
Saturday, June 5th, 3.00pm;
Sunday, June 6th, 7.30pm; Thursday, June 10th, 7.30pm;
​Saturday, June 12th, 7.30pm 
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REVIEWS


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​Soprano soloist
Private funeral
St John's, Hyde Park
Wednesday, June 9th, 2021.
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Cantor
St Margaret's Church

Putney Park Lane, London, SW15 5HU
Sunday, May 9th, 2021, 10 am.




​​Soprano soloist

Haydn, The Creation
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Christchurch, St-Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, April 24th, 2021. 7 p.m.

Postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions
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​Soprano soloist
Handel, 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'
St Margaret's Church

Putney Park Lane, London, SW15 5HU
Sunday, April 11th, 2021, 10 am.

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​Amastre
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Cavalli, Xerse
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Music Director: Marcio da Silva
The Cockpit Theatre, Broadcast
On demand

February 20th - February 27th, 2021.
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​Amastre
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Cavalli, Xerse
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Music Director: Marcio da Silva
The Cockpit Theatre, Live stream
Saturday, February 20th, 2021, 7.30 p.m.

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