Stanford 100 Leslie Suganandarajah, conductor Leia Zhu, violin Stanford Irish Rhapsody No.1 Mendelssohn Violin ConcertoBeethoven Symphony No. 4Stanford 100 concludes with his First Irish Rhapsody, decorously laced with traditional melodies woven into the most finely spun musical cloth.  Two exciting talents – conductor Leslie Suganandarajah and violinist Leia Zhu, ‘making that difficult transition from prodigy to star with apparent ease’ (The Guardian) – make their NSO debuts with Mendelssohn’s heart-on-sleeve Violin Concerto, stamped with his signature lyrical lightness of touch.  Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony moves from shadow to light and a high-wire finale of quicksilver contrasts and prancing humour. Presented by NCH

Stanford weekend organised by Trinity College Cambridge. More details to follow.

Schumann selected songs Stanford  Three selected songs from “Cushendall” Rebecca Clarke Viola Sonata (1919) Stanford Blarney Ballads Stanford String Quartet No. 6 Op. 122 (1910) with Benjamin Russell baritone Sharon Carty mezzo soprano Andreea Banciu viola ConTempo Quartet Part three of a three-concert series curated by Finghin at the Kevin Barry Room of the National Concert Hall, Dublin to mark the centenary of the death of Charles V. Stanford. More information here.

Heart's Music: the world of Stanford and Holst Friday, 22 March 2024 at 7.30pm St John's Waterloo, SE1 8TY Londinium (chamber choir) | Andrew Griffiths (conductor) Tickets from www.londinium-voices.org.uk/events Prompted by the centenary of the death of Charles Villiers Stanford, and the 150th anniversary of the birth of his student Gustav Holst, Londinium offers a stunning selection of British choral music from the early years of the twentieth century. Anchoring our programme are spectacular double-choir works by Stanford - his Milton setting On Time, and his virtuosic Latin Magnificat - and Holst's visionary The Evening Watch, on a text by Henry Vaughan. Alongside them we perform a highly varied sequence of works by students of both composers, including Vaughan Williams, Howells, Bainton, Coleridge-Taylor, Gurney and Rubbra. We also present music by earlier composers whom Stanford and Holst admired, and contemporary re-imaginings of some of Stanford's most beloved works by Judith Bingham and Janet Wheeler. Tickets include a complimentary programme, and wine will be served in the interval. Programme Charles Stanford: On Time Edgar Bainton: Into the Silent Land Ivor Gurney: Since I believe in God the Father Almighty Henry Purcell: Hear my prayer Stanford: Beati quorum via Janet Wheeler: Beati quorum via Herbert Howells: Regina Caeli Gustav Holst: The Evening Watch - interval - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Song of Proserpine Judith Bingham: The Drowned Lovers Stanford: The Blue Bird Ralph Vaughan Williams: Heart's Music Thomas Weelkes: Thule, the period of cosmography  & The Andalusian Merchant Holst: This have I done for my true love Edmund Rubbra: Eternitie Stanford: Magnificat for Double Choir

The Cherwell Singers in Oxford are giving a concert of music by Stanford on Sunday 24th March in the chapel of Mansfield College, Oxford. They are aiming to highlight the variety of his vocal works, and will include two of the Bible Songs - with associated Hymn settings, one each of Songs of the Sea and Songs of the Fleet, two of the Latin motets, How beauteous are their feet, The Blue Bird, Diaphenia, Evening Service in G, Te Deum in Bb. Programme and timings to be finalised.

Stanford Society trustee member, Adele Commins, will give a talks entitled Too English to be Irish: Reevaluating Charles Villiers Stanford’s Contribution to Irish Traditional Music at University College Cork on 5 April 2024

Modeled after the nineteenth century oratorios by Mendelssohn, “The Three Holy Children” by Irish composer Charles Stanford is a dramatic oratorio about the period of the captivity of the Jews under Nebuchadnezzar, and the miracle of the preservation of the Three Holy Children, who, for refusing to worship Bel, are cast into the fiery furnace by order of the Assyrian monarch. This concert will be a US Premiere and the first complete performance of the original 1885 version in almost 140 years, and is the direct result of Professor Mehaffey’s and Dave Fielding’s creation of a new performance edition of this piece.  Featuring the concert premiere of the famous Northrop Auditorium organ played on the School of Music’s new Virtual Pipe organ using the Hauptwerk™ sample set created by Evensong Music.

Saturday 6th April, 7.30 p.m. St Patrick’s Cathedral   Celebrating Centenaries Stanford 100 – Smetana 200 – Bruckner 200   C V Stanford 1852 – 1924 Te Deum and Jubilate in C op. 115 (version for brass ensemble, timpani and organ) From Bible Songs op. 113 "Out of the Deep" (Sharon Carty) "There shall come forth a rod" (Eamonn Mulhall) Beati quorum via Op. 38, No. 3   Bedřich Smetana 1824 – 1884 Vltava -  The Moldau (version for organ)   Anton Bruckner 1824 – 1896 Te Deum in C major, WAB 45 (version for Brass Quintet, Organ and Timpani)   Tickets: €25 by Eventbrite and at the door   Roisin O'Grady , Soprano Sharon Carty, Alto Eamonn Mulhall, Tenor Gyula Nagy, Bass David Leigh, Organ Dublin Brass Ensemble Goethe Choir John Dexter, Conductor

Memorial service in Westminster Abbey followed by the launch of Professor Jeremy Dibble's revised biography of Charles Villiers Stanford. More details to follow.

Stanford event held at Champs Hill with choral and chamber music. There will be involvement from the Guild Trio, Will Vann and Professor Jeremy Dibble. More information to follow when available!