London Bach Society Vocal Coaching, 15th November, 2025
Christopher will be leading a workshop day for young Bach singers for the London Bach Society in this year’s London BachFest. Working alongside Soprano Julia Doyle and language coach Gerhard Gall, the workshop will focus on the performance of both recitative and arias from Bach’s cantatas and larger vocal works with a specific view to preparing for the London Bach Sing Competition 2026.
More information at: https://bachlive.co.uk/about/bach-family-historical-articles/bachfest-other-events/
Partenope at ENO
Christopher is delighted to return to work with Christian Curnyn on Handel Partenope at English National Opera this autumn.
Projects
Revival of Anno with Anna Meredith and Scottish Ensemble
Christopher is thrilled to be returning to Anna Meredith’s fantastic collaboration with the Scottish Ensemble this autumn. A superb re-imagining of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Christopher is looking forward to revisiting this work at the Barbican Centre in London having previously recorded and toured it.
Bachtage in Aachen, November 2025
Christopher is delighted to be returning to Aachen, Germany to conduct Sinfonieorchester Aachen in a programme of Bach and Vivaldi for their annual Bachtage. Entitled Bach Unfinished and Finished the programme features an early version of Bach’s third orchestral suite, a Vivaldi concerto that Bach was re-work as a harpsichord concerto and Bach’s emotionally profound re-working of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. Christopher enjoys a fruitful collaboration with this group of musicians having conducted two operas previously in Aachen - Cavalli La Calisto and Cesti L’Orontea
Full programme at: https://bachverein.de/de/programm/id-2025/detail/orchesterkonzert-3
Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria at Garsington Opera
Christopher is thrilled to be returning to Garsington Opera to assist Laurence Cummings on Monteverdi Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria. This will be the second opera of the Monteverdi trilogy that Christopher has worked on at Garsington with Laurence