David Hill
Born: 13th May 1957, Carlisle, Cumberland
Nationality: British
David Hill, is a choral conductor and organist. Beginning July 2013, he holds an appointment to the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. His highest-profile roles are as Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers from September 2007 until 2017, and Musical Director of The Bach Choir since April 1998.
He also holds the positions Chief Conductor of the Southern Sinfonia, Music Director of the Leeds Philharmonic Society, Associate Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and President of Bath Bach Choir.
Hill is President of the Incorporated Association of Organists, succeeding Catherine Ennis.
He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to music. He had a part in Coronation Street in 1970 where he broke into the vestry to play the organ and was befriended by Ena Sharples.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hill_(choral_director)
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Howells from David Hill and the Bach Choir
1st May 2020
David Hill leads the Bach Choir and BBC Concert Orchestra in a masterful new recording of Howells's monumental Missa Sabrinensis - a rarely-heard masterpiece ripe for revival.
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Holst and Delius on Naxos
16th Jul 2012
JoAnn Falletta conducts the Ulster Orchestra in Holst’s Cotswolds Symphony, and David Hill directs Delius’s Nietzsche-inspired Mass for Life with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
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Special offer. Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem | chamber ensemble orchestration by Iain Farrington
Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill
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Special offer. Victoria: Missa Ave Maris Stella
Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Early Music (Medieval and Renaissance)
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Building a Library, June 2016, Also Recommended
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare
Helena Dix (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Concert Orchestra, Bach Choir, David Hill
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st May 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Special offer. Victoria: Requiem 1605 'Officium defunctorum'
Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill (Master of the Music)
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Building a Library, October 2005, First Choice
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New. Blackford: The Black Lake - Festival Edition, Narrative Cantata for choir, soprano, 2 narrators & orchestra (Live)
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Betsan Llwyd (narrator), Oscar Torres (postproductioneditor), Steffan Rhodri (narrator), Three Choirs Festival Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Hill
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New. Blackford: The Black Lake, Songs of Nadia Anjuman, A Catalan Prayer & Three Rossetti Songs
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), James Atkinson, Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Britten Sinfonia, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, David Hill, Gavin Carr
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