Recital at St John’s Smith Square with horn player Alexei Watkins. Programme to include Beethoven’s Horn Sonata and Alex’s own Aria.

Following their sold-out Christmas concert last year, Alex’s choir Vox Luna returns to the Wallace Collection for a programme of festive favourites old and new.

Tickets here: https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/carols-at-christmas-2/

John Aveson plays Alex’s organ piece The Word Made Flesh at the Bank of England Carol Service. Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, reads the passage from the Book of John from which Alex’s piece derives. Held at St Margaret Lothbury in the heart of the City of London.

John Aveson plays Alex’s organ piece The Word Made Flesh at the Bank of England Carol Service. Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, reads the passage from the Book of John from which Alex’s piece derives. Held at St Margaret Lothbury in the heart of the City of London.

Sir Bryn Terfel, Lesley Garrett and the Orchestra and Chorus of English National Opera join with 2000 singers from around the UK to record Alex’s song A Place to Call Home at the London Coliseum as a charity single for Shelter.

If you’d like to take part in this recording, email Alex at [email protected]

The M1 Symphony is broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at 6.45pm. Alex’s music is performed by the BBC Philharmonic under the baton of Clark Rundell. The broadcast is a collaboration with producer Laurence Grissell, marking the M1’s 60th anniversary in words, sounds and music. Last year, Alex and Laurence worked together on The NHS Symphony, which won awards at the Prix Europa and UK ARIAS.

The Damian Singers perform Alex’s newly-composed anthem at Durham Cathedral, specially commissioned for their 25th anniversary year.

Alex’s Fairfield Fanfare, premiered in September by the London Mozart Players, is broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Radio 3 In Concert. The concert will be available here live and for 30 days after broadcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008ypq

The London Mozart Players premiere Alex’s new orchestral work, commissioned for the orchestra’s 70th birthday season. This gala concert will be the first to take place at the newly renovated Fairfield Halls.

Tickets here: http://londonmozartplayers.com/concert/fairfield-halls-opening-gala-concert/

Alex is interviewed by Katie Derham alongside members of the London Mozart Players on BBC Radio 3’s In Tune. Listen here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008gtw

Chandler Johnson performs Alex’s Three Tempestuous Tunes in recital at the First Presbyterian Church of Greenwood, South Carolina. These songs were written for tenor Nicky Spence and pianist Malcolm Martineau back in 2012.

The Damian Singers perform Alex’s newly-composed anthem at York Minster, specially commissioned for their 25th anniversary year.

Alex performs music by Beethoven, Britten and more at Blackheath Halls with horn player Alexei Watkins and tenor Nicky Spence. Programme also includes Alex’s piece ‘Aria’. Tickets available here: https://www.blackheathhalls.com/whats-on/blackheath-presents-alexei-watkins-french-horn-alex-woolf-piano

Alex accompanies soprano Rowan Pierce in the premiere of his new song, written for the Hands Up Foundation’s Music for Syria event at Cadogan Hall. This gala fundraising event also features performances from Dame Mitsuko Uchida, Simon Keenlyside and Iain Burnside, and is hosted by Petroc Trelawny. Tickets are available here: https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/music-for-syria/

Premiere of a new work commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society for members of the Philharmonia Orchestra. More details here: https://www.philharmonia.co.uk/concerts/music_of_today

Premiere of Alex’s organ voluntary The Word Became Flesh at St Pancras Church, London, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3’s Choral Evensong programme. Commissioned by the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music and performed by Léon Charles.

Broadcast of Alex’s song cycle ‘Quiet London’ on BBC Radio 3. Performed by Rowan Pierce (soprano), Elgan Llyr Thomas (tenor) and Iain Burnside (piano), and presented by Ian Skelly.

Available to listen here during/after broadcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tny5

Alex joins Alexei Watkins to present a varied programme of horn and piano music – including some of Alex’s own – at the beautiful Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace.

Alex conducts Vox Luna at St Matthew’s Church, Westminster (, as they perform a programme of mostly Russian repertoire. Alex also accompanies violinist Stephanie Childress in Prokofiev’s Five Mélodies. Thanks to the support of the Oleg Prokofiev Trust, this concert is FREE to attend (no tickets required).

All details are here: https://www.facebook.com/events/585405898641578/

Alex conducts Vox Luna as they make their debut at Dulwich Festival, performing a varied programme of works by Stanford, Rachmaninov, Whitacre, McDowall, Byrd, Bruckner and Tavener. Also includes the world premiere of Alex’s own ‘The Darkling Thrush’.

Tickets available here: http://dulwichfestival.co.uk/event/vox-luna-chamber-choir/

Alex appears on a panel chaired by Katy Hamilton at the Ludlow English Song Weekend, discussing his commission and surveying the weekend ahead in a discussion entitled ‘Transcendence, cherries, lunar eclipses, peals of bells…’

Rowan Pierce (soprano), Elgan Llyr Thomas (tenor), and Iain Burnside (piano) perform a new work by Alex in the opening concert of the Ludlow English Song Weekend 2019, alongside works by Finzi, Butterworth, Vaughan Williams and Ireland.

Second performance of Alex’s a cappella choral work The Virgin Mary, at the Chapel of Lincoln’s Inn. This performance takes place at Lincoln’s Inn’s annual John Donne Service; Alex’s piece, fittingly, is a setting of text by Donne.

Daniel Shao and Joseph Havlat give the live world premiere of Alex’s Golden Rhapsody, written for and recorded by Sir James Galway in 2017, at the 1901 Arts Club (London).

Tickets available here: http://www.hattorifoundation.org.uk/19-march-2019---daniel-shao-flute.html

Alex’s St John’s Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) and his setting of the Responses will both be sung at Evensong at St John’s College, Cambridge, marking 150 years since the consecration of the College Chapel.

2nd performance of Alex’s setting of the Responses and Preces, at St John’s College Evensong in Cambridge.

World premiere of Alex’s setting of the Responses and Preces, at St John’s College Evensong in Cambridge.

The Lipatti Piano Quartet premiere Alex’s new work for the ensemble at The Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, alongside works by Mark-Anthony Turnage, Amy Bryce and Joe Cutler.

More info here: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/130011-soundstate-sessions-volume-4-2019

Alex heads to Switzerland for performances of his Ave Virgo Sanctissima and Christmas arrangements by the Choeur St-Michel.

Alex heads to Switzerland for performances of his Ave Virgo Sanctissima and Christmas arrangements by the Choeur St-Michel.