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Jill Davies

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  • First Name Jill
  • Last Name Davies
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  • Website www.stephenlayton.com
  • About Me Conductor of Polyphony - Stephen Layton

    Stephen Layton is the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the City of London Sinfonia.

    Layton guest conducts widely and has worked with the London Philharmonic, the Philharmonia, the Philadelphia, the Minnesota, the Melbourne Symphony, the Auckland Philharmonia, the Hallé, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, the London Sinfonietta, the English, Scottish, and Irish Chamber Orchestras, the Ulster, the Bournemouth Symphony, the Royal Scottish National, the Northern Sinfonia and Australian Chamber Orchestras. He has collaborated with the Academy of Ancient Music, The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Britten Sinfonia, with whom he has recorded a wide range of repertoire including Handel, Bach, Bruckner, and Poulenc. For English National Opera he conducted Bach’s St John Passion in a stage production with Deborah Warner, and with Opera North he has conducted Handel's Joshua.

    Stephen Layton is the Conductor of Polyphony which he founded in 1986. He has been Music Director of the Holst Singers since 1993, and in 2006 he was made a Fellow and Director of Music of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he directs The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge. From 1997-2006, he was Director of Music at the Temple in London, and from 1999-2004 he was Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Kammerkoor. From 2000-2012 he was Chief Guest Conductor of the Danish National Vocal Ensemble.

    A champion of new music, Stephen Layton has premiered new works and recordings with a number of composers including Arvo Pärt, Thomas Adès and James MacMillan. His bold realisation of John Tavener’s epic seven-hour vigil, The Veil of the Temple - a new departure in British music - was premiered in 2003 at The Temple Church London and subsequently performed in 2004 at the Royal Albert Hall during the BBC Proms and in the Avery Fisher Hall, New York as part of the Lincoln Center Festival.

    Stephen Layton’s discography on Hyperion ranges from Handel and Bach with original instruments to Pärt, Lukaszewski, Lauridsen, Esenvalds and Whitacre. He has received two Gramophone Awards in the UK, the Diapason d’Or in France, The ECHO Deutscher Musicpreis in German, The Compact Award in Spain and four Grammy nominations in the USA.

    Highlights this season include performances of Bach: Mass in B minor with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Bach: St John Passion with the Auckland Philharmonia and Choir, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Polyphony in London and at DeSingel, Antwerp; Praulins: The Nightingale with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble and Michaela Petri; appearances with the MDR Rundfunkchor (Leipzig), Eric Ericson Chamber Choir (Stockholm), and the Slovenian Chamber Choir.

    Projects with the City of London Sinfonia include a performance of Pärt: Litany, with the Hilliard Ensemble at Southwark Cathedral; Tavener: Protecting Veil, with Matthew Barley at Christ Church, Spitalfields; and a continuation of the Fauré Requiem Tour, which began last season.

    Highlights in recent seasons have included critically acclaimed performances of Handel: Joshua, with Opera North; Bach: Christmas Oratorio, with the Copenhagen Philharmonic; Handel: Messiah, with the Hallé Orchestra and Chorus; a residency at the Cheltenham Festival, with The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge and the City of London Sinfonia; performances with Polyphony at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; Three Choirs Festival, with the Philharmonia Orchestra; and the BBC Proms, with the City of London Sinfonia.
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  • Polyphony
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    Polyphony was formed by Stephen Layton in 1986 for a concert in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. Since then the choir has performed and recorded regularly to great critical acclaim throughout the world. Recent reviews declare Polyphony ‘one of the best s...  morePolyphony was formed by Stephen Layton in 1986 for a concert in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. Since then the choir has performed and recorded regularly to great critical acclaim throughout the world. Recent reviews declare Polyphony ‘one of the best small choirs now before the public’ (Telegraph) and ‘possibly the best small professional chorus in the world’ (Encore Magazine, USA). In a new poll by Gramophone Magazine they were named as one of the world’s leading choirs ‘Stephen Layton's choir have become renowned for both their sound and versatility – whether in early music, or contemporary works such as those of Eric Whitacre, they embody the remarkable tradition of British choral excellence at its finest.’ For more than a decade Polyphony has given annual sell-out performances of Bach’s St John Passion and Handel’s Messiah at St John’s Smith Square. These have become notable events in London’s music calendar and have been broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and the EBU. According to the Evening Standard ‘no one ...    less
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    Stephen Layton Ian Bostridge Neal Davies Carolyn Sampson Iestyn Davies Nicholas Mulroy Roderick Williams Polyphony Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Adrian Peacock David Hinitt HYPERION RECORDS Release date: March 2013 Recording V...
    February 17, 2014
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    Polyphony
    Polyphony
    Polyphony was formed by Stephen Layton in 1986 for a concert in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. Since then the choir has performed and recorded regularly to great critical acclaim throughout the world. Recent reviews declare Polyphony ‘one of the best s...  morePolyphony was formed by Stephen Layton in 1986 for a concert in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. Since then the choir has performed and recorded regularly to great critical acclaim throughout the world. Recent reviews declare Polyphony ‘one of the best small choirs now before the public’ (Telegraph) and ‘possibly the best small professional chorus in the world’ (Encore Magazine, USA). In a new poll by Gramophone Magazine they were named as one of the world’s leading choirs ‘Stephen Layton's choir have become renowned for both their sound and versatility – whether in early music, or contemporary works such as those of Eric Whitacre, they embody the remarkable tradition of British choral excellence at its finest.’ For more than a decade Polyphony has given annual sell-out performances of Bach’s St John Passion and Handel’s Messiah at St John’s Smith Square. These have become notable events in London’s music calendar and have been broadcast by BBC Radio 3 and the EBU. According to the Evening Standard ‘no one ...    less
    February 17, 2014
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