Location: Christ Episcopal Church
84 Broadway at Elm
New Haven, CT 06511
Admission: Free
Open to: General Public
Description: Yale Schola Cantorum David Hill, guest conductor with members of Yale Baroque Ensemble. Program includes Frank Martin’s Mass as well as music of Henry Purcell.
Presented with support from Yale School of Music
David Hill, visits Yale to conduct Yale Schola Cantorum and members of Yale Baroque Ensemble.
Renowned for his fine musicianship across an extensive range of repertoire, David Hill is widely respected as both a choral and orchestral conductor. His talent has been recognized by appointments as chief conductor of The BBC Singers(Link is external), musical director of the Bach Choir(Link is external), chief conductor of the Southern Sinfonia(Link is external), music director of Leeds Philharmonic Society(Link is external) and associate guest conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra(Link is external) In 2002 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Southampton in recognition of his services to music.
David Hill’s broad-ranging discography extends to over seventy recordings, including many award-winners. He is engaged in committing to disc a series of works by major English choral composers with the Bach Choir and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for Naxos, the next being Delius’s Mass of Life.