Adam Pounds

Recent events

   
Adam Pounds
 

2010

4 July Michaelhouse, Trinity Street, Cambridge
The Academy of Great St. Mary’s
  • Mozart: Symphony no. 40 in G minor
  • Hummel: Trumpet Concerto (soloist: Ian Facer)
  • Beethoven: Romance in D
  • Haydn: St. Nicholas Mass (excerpts)
19 June Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge
Stapleford Sinfonia and Singers
Haydn: The Creation
12 June Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge
The Academy of Great St. Mary’s. Programme includes:
Beethoven: Eroica Symphony
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Pounds: Martyrdom of Latimer
20 March Stapleford Singers, Academy of Great St. Mary's (Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Cambridge)
 
Brahms:  'Tragic Overture'
Pounds:  'The Martyrdom of Latimer'
Brahms:  'A German Requiem'

2009

13 December Orchestra and Choir of Great St. Mary's (University Church, Cambridge) Christmas Concert
 
Pounds:  'A Northern Picture'
Bach:  Excerpts from the Christmas Oratorio
Elgar: 'Wand of Youth' suite no.2
 
Carols for all plus other Christmas music
6 December Stapleford Sinfonia and Singers (Parish Church, Stapleford)
 
Bach: Choruses from Christmas Oratorio
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
 
Plus others by Brahms, Warlock etc.
September Saturday September 26. Conducted Orchestra of Gt. St. Mary's. Weber: 'Der Frieschutz' overture, Dvorak: Mass in D, Dvorak: 'New World Symphony'
June Conducting engagements included the 6th June when Adam performed the Maria Theresa mass with the Stapleford Sinfonia and Singers, and 13th June when he conducted the second symphony by Brahms in a programme that also included works by Mendelssohn, Haydn and Delius.
May Completed work on ‘The Martyrdom of Latimer’ for orchestra, commissioned by the Ely Snifonia and to be performed on October 3rd in Ely Cathedral
April ‘A Prelude to Bach’ performed on the organ of Chester Cathedral
March Conducts Stapleford Singers in ‘The Music Makers’ by Elgar
January ‘A Cradle Song’ performed in Ely Cathedral

2008

December First performance of ‘To an Evening Star’ (SATB + organ), Cambridge. ‘Festival Overture’ performed in the University Church.
November First performance of ‘Blake’s Drum’ for singer and mixed ensemble (commissioned by the friends of Michaelhouse, Cambridge)
October ‘Syn’ performed in Cambridge
August ‘Cradle Song’ performed in Heidelberg
June Director ‘Lennox Berkeley & Friends’ festival in Cambridge. Chamber concert includes ‘Sonatina for flute & piano’
April First concert with the Stapleford Singers
March First performance of ‘Interludes from Syn’ in Cambridge
January Appointed as conductor of the Stapleford Sinfonia and Singers.

2007

December ‘A Cradle Song’ performed at Aldeburgh (Snape) and St. Olave’s Church, London. ‘Christmas Evocation’ performed in Cambridge. Release of CD ‘Magnificat’ which includes the ‘Cradle Song’
June First concert by the newly formed Orchestra of Great St. Mary’s in Cambridge.
March Founder of the Orchestra of Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge