Diary
A listing of Iain's future and recent events, including concerts and recordings, as well as notable performances of his arrangements and compositions.
2024
March-June - Composing, arranging and adapting the orchestral score for Planet Earth III tour. Opens October 2024.
10 April - Recording (solo piano) at Royal Hospital School, Holbrook
5 May - Concert (piano) with Simon Wallfisch (baritone). Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Music Festival, 12pm
12 June - Concert with Art Deco Trio. Summer Music in City Churches, St Giles Cripplegate, London, 8pm
15 June - Concert (piano) with City of London Choir, Roderick Williams (baritone). Includes Then Sing We All - A Jazz Cantata. Summer Music in City Churches, St Giles Cripplegate, London
29 June - Peter Holder (organ) performs new organ work, commissioned by Thaxted Festival. Thaxted Parish Church 12pm
3 July - Premiere of new organ work Heads Up. James Kealey (organ). AGO 2024 Conference, San Francisco, USA
22 July - Concert (piano) with Sarah Thurlow (clarinet), Clare O'Connell (cello), Kings Lynn Town Hall, Kings Lynn Festival, 6pm. Contemporary Consort with James MacMillan
10 August - Tonkunstler Orchestra perform A Party with Auntie, Wayne Marshall (conductor). Grafenegg Festival, Austria
12 October - Concert with Art Deco Trio. Leighton Buzzard
31 October - Concert with Art Deco Trio. St Mary's Perivale, London
Past events:
5, 6 March - Black Dyke Band and Darius Battiwalla (organ) perform new commission The New Pioneers. Nicholas Childs (conductor). Rochdale Town Hall reopening concerts
1 March - Concert (solo piano), Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A programme of American Songbook and jazz arrangements
29 February - Concert (piano) with London Serenata, Imperial College, London. Includes arrangement of Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin for wind quintet and piano
9 February - Recording (piano) of film soundtrack, AIR Studios, London
1-6 January - Camerata Nordica perform new arrangements of Johann Strauss II. Sweden tour
1 January - Tomo Keller (violin) performs new orchestrations of works by Korngold and Godowsky, with Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Germany
2023
22, 23, 24 December - Royal Northern Sinfonia perform In the Swamp by the Light of the Moon, Ellie Slorach (conductor), Eleanor Mooney (narrator). The Glasshouse, Gateshead
21 December - Live broadcast (piano) on BBC Radio 3 with BBC Singers to perform the winners of BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. Maida Vale Studios, London
20 December - Pianist and arranger for 'In Tune' Christmas Special, BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House. Live broadcast on BBC Radio Three
14 December - Live broadcast (piano) on BBC Radio 3 with BBC Singers of new arrangements for BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. Maida Vale Studios, London
18 December - Concert (piano) with BBC Singers. Includes a performance of Run, shepherds and new Christmas solo piano work A Carvery of Carols, as well as new arrangements for BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. Maida Vale Studios, London. Live broadcast on BBC Radio Three
14 December - Live broadcast (piano) on BBC Radio 3 with BBC Singers of new arrangements for BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. Maida Vale Studios, London
7 December - Recording (piano) of film soundtrack, AIR Studios, London
4 December - Recording with BBC Singers (piano) of new arrangements for BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. Maida Vale Studios, London
4 December - Woldingham School Choir and other school choirs perform new carol Rejoice and be merry. Peter Sparks (conductor). Westminster Cathedral, London
2 December - Halifax Choral Society and Black Dyke Band perform new brass band version of Nova, nova. Anthony Gray (conductor). Victoria Theatre, Halifax
21 November - Esther Yoo (violin) and Philharmonia Orchestra perform new composition and arrangements. Buckingham Palace
18 November - Concert (piano) with Britten Sinfonia, Stationers Hall, London
17 November - Concert (piano) with Britten Sinfonia, The Halls, Norwich
15 November - Anthony Roth Costanzo (countertenor) and La Nuova Musica perform new orchestrations of Mozart songs. David Bates (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London
10, 11 November - Concerts (piano) with Caroline Kennedy (soprano), Stuart Pendred (baritone). Let's face the Music: Celebrating Irving Berlin. Playground Theatre, London
5 November - Premiere of new Mass setting (choir and organ). All Saints Fulham Choir, Jonathan Wikeley (conductor)
29 October - Performance of new arrangements of songs by Bishi Bhattacharya. City of London Sinfonia, Kings Place, London
26 October - Lucy Crowe (soprano) and Anna Tilbrook (piano) perform new arrangement of Kosma's Autumn Leaves. Wigmore Hall, London
12 October - Concert with Art Deco Trio. St Mary's Perivale, London
2 October - Recording (piano) of chamber orchestra arrangement of Gershwin An American in Paris. Daniel Parkinson (conductor)
25, 26 September - Recording (piano) of new work for choir, soloists and ensemble by Richard Blackford
2 September - Concert with Aurora Orchestra (piano). Stravinsky The Rite of Spring from memory, with new musical introduction and exploration of the piece. Nicholas Collon (conductor). BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
1 September - Concert (piano) with St Martin's Chamber Orchestra, St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London. Piano soloist in Iain's arrangement of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
31 August - Concert with Aurora Orchestra (piano). Stravinsky The Rite of Spring from memory, with new musical introduction and exploration of the piece. Nicholas Collon (conductor). Saffron Hall
28 August - Concert with Aurora Orchestra (piano). Stravinsky The Rite of Spring from memory, with new musical introduction and exploration of the piece. Nicholas Collon (conductor). Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland
6 August - Interval guest for BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, BBC Radio Three, with Georgia Mann
25-30 July - Norwich Theatre Royal performs new show The Land of Might-Have-Been, with songs by Ivor Novello. Based on the life of Vera Brittain, book by Michael Williams, directed by Kimberley Sykes. Music arranged with original compositions by IF. Iwan Davies (conductor)
23 July - Concert with Art Deco Trio. Cambridge Summer Music. Childerley Hall, 4.30pm
22 July - Performance of new song arrangements, Horrible Histories - 'Orrible Opera at BBC Proms. English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London
22 July - Private house concert with Art Deco Trio. Suffolk
7, 11, 15, 18, 21 July - Buxton Festival performs new show The Land of Might-Have-Been, with songs by Ivor Novello. Based on the life of Vera Brittain, book by Michael Williams, directed by Kimberley Sykes. Music arranged with original compositions by IF. Iwan Davies (conductor)
17 July - Concert with Sarah Thurlow (clarinet), Clare O'Connell (cello), Kings Lynn Festival
8 July - Concert (piano) with La Nuova Musica, Lucy Crowe (soprano), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Compton Chamberlayne church. David Bates (conductor). Includes arrangements of American Songbook songs.
25 June - Concert (piano) with City of Bristol Choir. Includes Then Sing We All: A Jazz Cantata
13 June - Concert with Art Deco Trio. Summer Music in City Churches, St Giles Cripplegate, London
8 June - Private recital (piano) with Mary Bevan (soprano), London
May-June - Performances of new orchestration of Herbert Howells King David. Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (countertenor), David Bates (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin
26 May - Recording (piano) film session, AIR Studios, London
19, 22, 23 May - Recording (piano) film sessions, Abbey Road Studios, London
20 May - Wooburn Singers perform Then Sing We All: A Jazz Cantata. Jonathon Cole-Swinard (conductor). Holy Trinity Church, Hazlemere
9 May - Recording (piano) film session, Air Edel Studios, London
6 May - First performance of new organ piece Voices of the World for the Coronation of King Charles III, Westminster Abbey. Performed by Matthew Jorysz (Assistant Organist). Also includes arrangements of orchestral pieces for the Coronation Orchestra, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano: Holst Jupiter, Elgar Nimrod and Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
19 April - Recording (piano) with BBC Singers, Maida Vale Studios, London
13 April - Recording (piano) of new compositions and arrangements. Royal Hospital School, Holbrook
5 April - Concert with Art Deco Trio performing jazz-inspired arrangements of classical favourites. Launch of new CD recording Classical Changes. 1901 Arts Club, London
17 March - St John's College Choir, Cambridge perform 'Blues' Service with saxophone
16 March - Adjudicator for music competition, Rugby School
10 March - Recording (piano) with BBC Singers, Maida Vale Studios, London - CANCELLED
March-April - Royal Opera House Education and Nevill Holt Opera perform new arrangement of Mozart The Magic Flute for children
March-May - The Lost Estate perform new ensemble arrangements of jazz standards. The Greatest Night of the Jazz Age, The Lost Estate Theatre, London
18 February - Concert (piano) with Simon Wallfisch (baritone). St Hilda's College, Oxford
14 February - Art Deco Trio perform on In Tune, BBC Radio Three. Includes pieces from new album Classical Changes
3 February - Aurora Orchestra perform new chamber arrangements of Debussy Jeux and Gershwin's An American in Paris. Nicholas Collon (conductor). King's Place, London
27 January - Recording (piano) film sessions. Abbey Road Studios, London
24 January - Private concert (piano duet) with John Reid. St Pancras Clock Tower, London. Includes Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
2024
March-June - Composing, arranging and adapting the orchestral score for Planet Earth III tour. Opens October 2024.
10 April - Recording (solo piano) at Royal Hospital School, Holbrook
5 May - Concert (piano) with Simon Wallfisch (baritone). Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Music Festival, 12pm
12 June - Concert with Art Deco Trio. Summer Music in City Churches, St Giles Cripplegate, London, 8pm
15 June - Concert (piano) with City of London Choir, Roderick Williams (baritone). Includes Then Sing We All - A Jazz Cantata. Summer Music in City Churches, St Giles Cripplegate, London
29 June - Peter Holder (organ) performs new organ work, commissioned by Thaxted Festival. Thaxted Parish Church 12pm
3 July - Premiere of new organ work Heads Up. James Kealey (organ). AGO 2024 Conference, San Francisco, USA
22 July - Concert (piano) with Sarah Thurlow (clarinet), Clare O'Connell (cello), Kings Lynn Town Hall, Kings Lynn Festival, 6pm. Contemporary Consort with James MacMillan
10 August - Tonkunstler Orchestra perform A Party with Auntie, Wayne Marshall (conductor). Grafenegg Festival, Austria
12 October - Concert with Art Deco Trio. Leighton Buzzard
31 October - Concert with Art Deco Trio. St Mary's Perivale, London
Past events:
5, 6 March - Black Dyke Band and Darius Battiwalla (organ) perform new commission The New Pioneers. Nicholas Childs (conductor). Rochdale Town Hall reopening concerts
1 March - Concert (solo piano), Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A programme of American Songbook and jazz arrangements
29 February - Concert (piano) with London Serenata, Imperial College, London. Includes arrangement of Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin for wind quintet and piano
9 February - Recording (piano) of film soundtrack, AIR Studios, London
1-6 January - Camerata Nordica perform new arrangements of Johann Strauss II. Sweden tour
1 January - Tomo Keller (violin) performs new orchestrations of works by Korngold and Godowsky, with Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal, Germany
2023
22, 23, 24 December - Royal Northern Sinfonia perform In the Swamp by the Light of the Moon, Ellie Slorach (conductor), Eleanor Mooney (narrator). The Glasshouse, Gateshead
21 December - Live broadcast (piano) on BBC Radio 3 with BBC Singers to perform the winners of BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. Maida Vale Studios, London
20 December - Pianist and arranger for 'In Tune' Christmas Special, BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House. Live broadcast on BBC Radio Three
14 December - Live broadcast (piano) on BBC Radio 3 with BBC Singers of new arrangements for BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. Maida Vale Studios, London
18 December - Concert (piano) with BBC Singers. Includes a performance of Run, shepherds and new Christmas solo piano work A Carvery of Carols, as well as new arrangements for BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. Maida Vale Studios, London. Live broadcast on BBC Radio Three
14 December - Live broadcast (piano) on BBC Radio 3 with BBC Singers of new arrangements for BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. Maida Vale Studios, London
7 December - Recording (piano) of film soundtrack, AIR Studios, London
4 December - Recording with BBC Singers (piano) of new arrangements for BBC Radio 3 Carol Competition. Maida Vale Studios, London
4 December - Woldingham School Choir and other school choirs perform new carol Rejoice and be merry. Peter Sparks (conductor). Westminster Cathedral, London
2 December - Halifax Choral Society and Black Dyke Band perform new brass band version of Nova, nova. Anthony Gray (conductor). Victoria Theatre, Halifax
21 November - Esther Yoo (violin) and Philharmonia Orchestra perform new composition and arrangements. Buckingham Palace
18 November - Concert (piano) with Britten Sinfonia, Stationers Hall, London
17 November - Concert (piano) with Britten Sinfonia, The Halls, Norwich
15 November - Anthony Roth Costanzo (countertenor) and La Nuova Musica perform new orchestrations of Mozart songs. David Bates (conductor). Wigmore Hall, London
10, 11 November - Concerts (piano) with Caroline Kennedy (soprano), Stuart Pendred (baritone). Let's face the Music: Celebrating Irving Berlin. Playground Theatre, London
5 November - Premiere of new Mass setting (choir and organ). All Saints Fulham Choir, Jonathan Wikeley (conductor)
29 October - Performance of new arrangements of songs by Bishi Bhattacharya. City of London Sinfonia, Kings Place, London
26 October - Lucy Crowe (soprano) and Anna Tilbrook (piano) perform new arrangement of Kosma's Autumn Leaves. Wigmore Hall, London
12 October - Concert with Art Deco Trio. St Mary's Perivale, London
2 October - Recording (piano) of chamber orchestra arrangement of Gershwin An American in Paris. Daniel Parkinson (conductor)
25, 26 September - Recording (piano) of new work for choir, soloists and ensemble by Richard Blackford
2 September - Concert with Aurora Orchestra (piano). Stravinsky The Rite of Spring from memory, with new musical introduction and exploration of the piece. Nicholas Collon (conductor). BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London
1 September - Concert (piano) with St Martin's Chamber Orchestra, St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London. Piano soloist in Iain's arrangement of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
31 August - Concert with Aurora Orchestra (piano). Stravinsky The Rite of Spring from memory, with new musical introduction and exploration of the piece. Nicholas Collon (conductor). Saffron Hall
28 August - Concert with Aurora Orchestra (piano). Stravinsky The Rite of Spring from memory, with new musical introduction and exploration of the piece. Nicholas Collon (conductor). Musiikkitalo, Helsinki, Finland
6 August - Interval guest for BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, BBC Radio Three, with Georgia Mann
25-30 July - Norwich Theatre Royal performs new show The Land of Might-Have-Been, with songs by Ivor Novello. Based on the life of Vera Brittain, book by Michael Williams, directed by Kimberley Sykes. Music arranged with original compositions by IF. Iwan Davies (conductor)
23 July - Concert with Art Deco Trio. Cambridge Summer Music. Childerley Hall, 4.30pm
22 July - Performance of new song arrangements, Horrible Histories - 'Orrible Opera at BBC Proms. English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra. Keri-Lynn Wilson (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London
22 July - Private house concert with Art Deco Trio. Suffolk
7, 11, 15, 18, 21 July - Buxton Festival performs new show The Land of Might-Have-Been, with songs by Ivor Novello. Based on the life of Vera Brittain, book by Michael Williams, directed by Kimberley Sykes. Music arranged with original compositions by IF. Iwan Davies (conductor)
17 July - Concert with Sarah Thurlow (clarinet), Clare O'Connell (cello), Kings Lynn Festival
8 July - Concert (piano) with La Nuova Musica, Lucy Crowe (soprano), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Compton Chamberlayne church. David Bates (conductor). Includes arrangements of American Songbook songs.
25 June - Concert (piano) with City of Bristol Choir. Includes Then Sing We All: A Jazz Cantata
13 June - Concert with Art Deco Trio. Summer Music in City Churches, St Giles Cripplegate, London
8 June - Private recital (piano) with Mary Bevan (soprano), London
May-June - Performances of new orchestration of Herbert Howells King David. Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (countertenor), David Bates (conductor). Komische Oper, Berlin
26 May - Recording (piano) film session, AIR Studios, London
19, 22, 23 May - Recording (piano) film sessions, Abbey Road Studios, London
20 May - Wooburn Singers perform Then Sing We All: A Jazz Cantata. Jonathon Cole-Swinard (conductor). Holy Trinity Church, Hazlemere
9 May - Recording (piano) film session, Air Edel Studios, London
6 May - First performance of new organ piece Voices of the World for the Coronation of King Charles III, Westminster Abbey. Performed by Matthew Jorysz (Assistant Organist). Also includes arrangements of orchestral pieces for the Coronation Orchestra, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano: Holst Jupiter, Elgar Nimrod and Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
19 April - Recording (piano) with BBC Singers, Maida Vale Studios, London
13 April - Recording (piano) of new compositions and arrangements. Royal Hospital School, Holbrook
5 April - Concert with Art Deco Trio performing jazz-inspired arrangements of classical favourites. Launch of new CD recording Classical Changes. 1901 Arts Club, London
17 March - St John's College Choir, Cambridge perform 'Blues' Service with saxophone
16 March - Adjudicator for music competition, Rugby School
10 March - Recording (piano) with BBC Singers, Maida Vale Studios, London - CANCELLED
March-April - Royal Opera House Education and Nevill Holt Opera perform new arrangement of Mozart The Magic Flute for children
March-May - The Lost Estate perform new ensemble arrangements of jazz standards. The Greatest Night of the Jazz Age, The Lost Estate Theatre, London
18 February - Concert (piano) with Simon Wallfisch (baritone). St Hilda's College, Oxford
14 February - Art Deco Trio perform on In Tune, BBC Radio Three. Includes pieces from new album Classical Changes
3 February - Aurora Orchestra perform new chamber arrangements of Debussy Jeux and Gershwin's An American in Paris. Nicholas Collon (conductor). King's Place, London
27 January - Recording (piano) film sessions. Abbey Road Studios, London
24 January - Private concert (piano duet) with John Reid. St Pancras Clock Tower, London. Includes Stravinsky The Rite of Spring