Dixit Dominus!
Programme
- George Frideric Handel — Dixit Dominus
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12
- Johann Sebastian Bach — Ihr Werdet Weinen und Heulen, BWV 103
Performers
William Petter
William Petter (1982–2016) was Musical Director of the Sine Nomine Singers from 2013 to 2016. A chorister at New College School, Oxford, he read neuroscience at University College London before studying as a tenor at the Royal Academy of Music, and sang with Philharmonia Voices, the choirs of Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral, The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia Voices and London Voices. He directed the professional choir of St Magnus the Martyr for ten years, as well as Concordia Voices and Sine Nomine, and in his last years composed a body of sacred music, recorded after his death. He died on 10 October 2016, a month after his 34th birthday; the choir's concert of 17 December 2016, Sing Lullaby, was given in his memory.
More at williampetter.org.
Jonny Davies
After being Queen’s Chorister and then Head Chorister at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, Jonny Davies won a music scholarship to Trinity School, Croydon. During his teenage years he studied violin with John Francis, piano with Nigel Clayton at Croydon Schools Piano Centre and organ with Simon Williams. He also acted as assistant organist at St Mary’s Church, Addington. He then went to Brasenose College, Oxford where he received an Organ Exhibition, and sang with Schola Cantorum and the Oxford Chamber Choir. Since leaving Oxford, Jonny has sung as a lay clerk in Guildford Cathedral, with the Holst Singers conducted by Stephen Layton, and with professional church choirs all over London. He was Director of Music at St Olave’s Church, Hart Street and St Katharine Cree in the City of London, from 2007 until 2015.
From the programme of 4 February 2023.
Rebecca Lea
Rebecca Lea grew up in Macclesfield and attended the King’s School before going on to study at The Queen’s College, Oxford, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and latterly the Royal Northern College of Music. She has appeared as a soloist in concert and on BBC Radio 3 with Manchester Camerata, Northern Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Ensemble 10/10, Psappha, and the NDR Radio Choir, Hamburg. Recent performances include Purcell’s King Arthur in the Laieszhalle, Hamburg; Louis Andriessen’s Dances with Ensemble 10/10 in Liverpool; Judith Weir’s The Consolations of Scholarship at The Sage, Gateshead; King Harald’s Saga at the Wigmore Hall; recitals at the Lake District and Chester Summer Music Festivals; and William Bolcom’s Cabaret Songs at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms Lates Series. She also works as a consort and ensemble singer with the BBC Singers, The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Exaudi, Stile Antico, The Choir of the Enlightenment, and Platinum Consort. Rebecca is Artistic Director of the award-winning music theatre company Re:Sound (www.resoundmusictheatre.co.uk). Recent work includes After Party, a new production about the life of composer Franz Schubert at the Oxford Lieder Festival and Battles Within and Without, a staged performance of Judith Weir’s choral masterpiece Missa del Cid, performed in London, Manchester and the Lake District. Company plans for 2015 include The Midnight Stories, three new operas for singer-instrumentalist ensemble, developed as part of the Aldeburgh Open Spaces Scheme, a three-year residency at Snape Maltings, kindly supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Help Musicians UK, and the RVW Trust. Rebecca lives in London with her husband William (our musical director) and baby daughter Rose.
From the programme of 4 July 2015.
William Petter
William Petter (1982–2016) was Musical Director of the Sine Nomine Singers from 2013 to 2016. A chorister at New College School, Oxford, he read neuroscience at University College London before studying as a tenor at the Royal Academy of Music, and sang with Philharmonia Voices, the choirs of Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral, The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia Voices and London Voices. He directed the professional choir of St Magnus the Martyr for ten years, as well as Concordia Voices and Sine Nomine, and in his last years composed a body of sacred music, recorded after his death. He died on 10 October 2016, a month after his 34th birthday; the choir's concert of 17 December 2016, Sing Lullaby, was given in his memory.
More at williampetter.org.
Harriet Webb
Harriet Webb read music at Manchester University where she studied violin with Ronald Birks of the Lindsay Quartet and singing with Diane Matthews at the Royal Northern College of Music. She currently studies with Sarah Dunstan. She has sung and made numerous recordings with several of the top London chamber choirs and groups such as the BBC Singers, Polyphony, the King’s Consort, and her own five- voice group, Amici. Solo work has included performances of Bach’s St Matthew and St John Passions, Christmas Oratorio and Magnificat, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Messiah, Israel in Egypt and Dixit Dominus, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Brahms’s Alto Rhapsody, Elgar’s The Music Makers, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Requiems by Duruflé and Bruckner, Liszt’s Via Crucis, Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit and Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and Christ’s Nativity. Harriet has also participated in a masterclass on English song with Ian Partridge.
From the programme of 13 March 2010.
The choir
Sopranos
- Jenny Burgess
- Anne Greenidge
- Phoebe MacBride
- Karen Mackintosh
- Katie Mackintosh
- Sue Oldham
- Sue Thompson
Altos
- Natalie Robinson
- Jill Saudek
- Darta Valtere
- Isobel Whelan
Tenors
- Martin Fosten
- Matthew Price
- Nick Stein
Basses
- Charlie Crabtree
- Chris Godfrey
- James Loader
- Mark Pinchin
- Bob Pruden
- Clive Richards
- Roger Thorpe