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Stephen Layton MBE

Collaborations

  1. Arvo PärtWith Polyphony, Stephen Layton has recorded three albums of Arvo Pärt's choral music for Hyperion: Berliner Messe & Magnificat (1998), Triodion & other choral works (2003) and Choral Works (2014). The composer was present at the sessions for the last two, and Triodion won the choral award at the Gramophone Awards 2004.Read about the project
Arvo Pärt, Stephen Layton and Veljo Tormis, Tallinn, 2009.
Arvo Pärt, Stephen Layton and Veljo Tormis, Tallinn, 2009.Arvo Pärt · Veljo Tormis
  1. Ēriks EšenvaldsIn 2007, Gabriel Jackson suggested exploring the music of the Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds. Soon afterwards, during a visit to Riga to conduct the Latvian Radio Choir, Uģis Prauliņš mentioned him again at…Read about the project
  2. Paweł ŁukaszewskiIn February 2005, Paweł Łukaszewski took the jury of the Musica Sacra International Composition Competition from Warsaw to his birthplace, Częstochowa. The bus jolted over rough roads through the snow-covered…Read about the project
  3. Veljo Tormis (1930–2017)In a backstreet of Tallinn stands a rather shabby block of flats, once home to composers during the Soviet years. Up a dark staircase, on the same landing, are two doors bearing the most extraordinary names…Read about the project
  4. Sir John Tavener (1944–2013)The first encounter with John Tavener came at the age of eleven, as a chorister at Winchester Cathedral in a performance of Ultimos Ritos. Tall, dressed in white and commanding in presence, he moved through…Read about the project
  5. Sir Karl JenkinsIn January 2014, Stephen Layton and Polyphony recorded Karl Jenkins's Motets for Deutsche Grammophon at All Hallows, Gospel Oak. Released in May that year, the album entered the UK Classical Artist Albums…Read about the project
  6. Uģis PrauliņšThe first encounter with Uģis Prauliņš’s Missa Rigensis came through a broadcast from Riga Cathedral. Its opening recalled Allegri’s Miserere, but at the end of the Credo came an extraordinary moment: half the…Read about the project
  7. Bach: Christmas OratorioIn December 2010, the Choir of Trinity College Cambridge and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment began a series of performances of Bach's Christmas Oratorio at St John's Smith Square, London. The…Read about the project
  8. Britten & Poulenc: An Anniversary Year2013 brought together two significant anniversaries: the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth and fifty years since the death of Francis Poulenc. The coincidence became the focus of a series of concerts in…Read about the project
  9. Bach: St John PassionFor more than thirty years, Stephen Layton's performances of Bach's St John Passion with Polyphony have been closely associated with Good Friday at St John's Smith Square, London.Read about the project