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2022

2021

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Christmas Gala Concert
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Conductor - Marcio da Silva
Assistant Music Director -
​HPO Songbirds: Helen May
Christ Church, St Leonards
Wednesday, December 21st, 2022. 7.30pm
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Christmas Gala Concert
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Marcio da Silva
Assistant Music Director - 
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HPO Songbirds: Helen May
Christ Church, St Leonards
Saturday, December 18th, 2021, 7.30pm




​​​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 Church, 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
Monday, December 6th, 2021, 6.30pm

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Poppy Shots, Helen May, Soprano soloistsHPO 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
Hvde Park Crescent London, 
Wednesday, December Ist, 2021, 7pm-9pm




​​​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, 730pm
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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
St John's Hyde Park
Hyde Park Crescent
London, W2 2QD
Sunday, November 14th, 2021,


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Soprano soloistBach 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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​Memorial Service
St John's Hvde Park
Hvde 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, Vinehall, Robertsbridge, 
Sunday, October 17th, 2021, 5pm.



​Poppea
Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea Ensemble OrQuesta
Director - Marcio da Silva
Grimeborn Festival,
Arcola Theatre
Tuesdav. 26th July - Saturday. 30th Julv. 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 SoloistDebussy, 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, 730pm


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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
Valeik: 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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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
Theâtre Basse Passière, Normandy Friday, September 17th, & Saturday, September 18th, 2021, 8pm
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​Soprano soloist,
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
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.



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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Jenúfa (cover)
Leos Janácek, Jenüfa
Aylesbury Opera
Director: Louise Bakker
​Music Director: Kelvin Lim Court Theatre, Tring
Friday, March 4th, &
Saturday, March 5th, 2022, 7.30pm.

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HPO Singers
& Cantemus Choir
Rachmaninoff, All-Night Vigil
Christchurch, St Leonards
 Conductor: Marcio da Silva

Thursday, July 15th, 2021, 8pm


Recital
Lysianne Chen - Piano
Boyan Ivanov - Clarinet
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Free Church, Hampstead,
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.
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Emilie
Rameau, Les Indes Galantes Ensemble OrQuesta
Director - Marcio da Silva
The Cockpit, Marylebone Saturday, February 5th -
Saturday, February 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-on-Sea Thursday, July 8th and
Friday July, 9th 2021, 7.30 pm.



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

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Climene
Cavalli, L'Egisto
Hampstead Garden Opera
Director: Marcio da Silva
The Cockpit, Marylebone
June 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, 12th, 7.30pm
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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
Saturday, April 24th, 2021.
7 p.m.

Postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions


Emilie
Rameau, Les Indes Galantes Ensemble OrQuesta
Director - Marcio da Silva
The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone
Friday, February 4th, 2022, 730pm
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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
Cavalli, Xerse
​Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque Music Director: Marcio da Silva The Cockpit,
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, Live stream
Saturday, February 20th, 2021, 7.30 p.m.
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