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2022

2021



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

Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Assistant Music Director
HPO Songbirds
Saturday, December 18th, 2021, 7.30pm


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​Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Un Natale Veneziano
St. Thomas the Martyr, Winchelsea Arts Festival
Friday, December 16th, 2022. 7.30p.m
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​Soprano soloist

Carols and Christmas Music
Bexhill Choral Society
Conductor - Kenneth Roberts
St Barnabas, Bexhill.
Saturday, December 11th, 2021, 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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​Soprano soloist

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


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Poppy Shotts, Helen May, Soprano soloists
​HPO Singers
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque

Christmas Motets
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards
Saturday, December 3rd, 2022, 7.30pm
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Britten, 
Ceremony of Carols
Soprano Soloist
​Vaughan Williams, Mass in G min
HPO Singers
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards
Saturday, December 4th, 2021, 7.30pm.


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

Hyde Park Crescent
London, W2 2QD

Wednesday, December 1st, 2021, 7pm-9pm​


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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
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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, 
Saturday, November 20th, 2021, 7.30pm
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​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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​Helen May - Soprano
Lysianne Chen - Piano

Jenny Clark Memorial Concert
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St John's Hyde Park
Hyde Park Crescent
London, W2 2QD
Sunday, November 14th, 2021,


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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
Saturday, November 5th, 2022, 7.30pm
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​Soprano soloist
Memorial Service

​St John's Hyde Park
Hyde Park Crescent
London, W2 2QD
Thursday, November 11th, 2021,


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​​Charpentier, Petits Opéras
Helen May – soprano, flûte
Festival L'Eté au Verger, 
Veyrier, Switzerland
Samedi 13 Août 2022 17.30
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La Contessa
Mozart, Le Nozze di Figaro
HPO Ensemble
Director: Marcio da Silva
Conductor: Kieran Staub
Chaplin Theatre, Robertsbridge, 
​Sunday, October 17th, 2021, 5pm.




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Poppea
​Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Ensemble OrQuesta
Director - Marcio da Silva
Grimeborn Festival,
Arcola Theatre
26th - 30th July, 2022. 
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​​Gala duets
Helen May - Soprano
John Twitchen - Tenor
Bexhill Sinfonietta Singers
Bexhill Sinfonietta
Conductor: Kenneth Roberts
​Izzard Theatre, Bexhill, 

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


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​Soprano Soloist
Debussy, Trois Chansons
Brahms, Six Quartets Op.112
HPO Singers
Conductor - Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards
Friday, 8th July, 2022, 8pm
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​​Helen May - Soprano
Valéik: Sixième Saison - Roots
Bach, Chaconne in D minor
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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Mimì
Puccini, La bohème
Director Marcio da Silva

Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Kieran Staub
Christ Church, St Leonards
Saturday, June 11th, 2022, 7pm
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Helen May - Soprano

Valéik: Sixième Saison - Roots
Bach, Chaconne in D minor
Bach, Partita in E major, Prelude (arr. de Gurga)

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


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​Mimì
Puccini, La bohème
Director Marcio da Silva
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Luke Poeppel
Christ Church, St Leonards Saturday, June 11th, and
​Sunday, June 12th , 2022, 7pm
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​Soprano soloist 

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


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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,
​St Leonards
Saturday, May 14th, 2022, 4pm
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Alcina
Handel, Alcina
Ensemble OrQuesta
Director: Marcio da Silva

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


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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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​Alcina
Handel, Alcina
Director: Marcio da Silva

Grimeborn Opera Festival
Arcola Theatre, London
Wednesday, August 25th -  Sunday, August 29th, 7pm.
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Soprano soloist
Verdi Requiem
Grange Choral Society
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christchurch Priory

Saturday, April 2nd, 2022, 7.30pm
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​Soprano soloist
Battle Festival Proms
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Battle Memorial Hall, 
Battle TN33 0AE

Sunday, July 25th, 2021, 7.30pm.


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​Soprano soloist
Brahms
Ein Deutsches Requiem
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christ Church, St Leonards
Saturday, March 26th, 2022, 7.00pm
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Soprano soloist

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


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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
Saturday, March 12th, 2022, 7.30pm.
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​Soprano soloist

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


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


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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.
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​Soprano soloist
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, 
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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​​Emilie
​Rameau, Les Indes Galantes
Ensemble OrQuesta
Director - Marcio da Silva

The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone
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February 5th - 12th, 2022, 7.30pm.
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Second Witch
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas
Ensemble OrQuesta
​HPO Singers
 
Director: Marcio da Silva
Christchurch, St Leonards
Thursday, July 8th and
​Friday July, 9th 2021, 7.30 pm.


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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
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​​​Climene
Cavalli, L'Egisto
Hampstead Garden Opera
​Director: Marcio da Silva
​The Cockpit, Marylebone
June 4th,
 5th, 6th, 10th, 12th. 2021.
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​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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​Soprano soloist
Haydn, 
The Creation
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Christchurch, St-Leonards-on-Sea
Saturday, April 24th, 2021. 7p.m
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Postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions


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Emilie

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

The Cockpit, Marylebone
Friday, February 4th, 2022, 7.30pm
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Soprano soloist
Handel, 'I know that my Redeemer liveth'
St Margaret's Church

Putney Park Lane, London, 
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
​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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